Vance's rally came one week after he was announced as former President Donald Trump's running mate for the 2024 presidential election.
On Monday, Vance took center stage in his hometown, which has played a crucial role in his upbringing and was the catalyst for much of what has happened to him, including being the backdrop of his memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," in which he shared his story of growing up in poverty in America's Rust Belt and being surrounded by violence and addiction.
The Ohio senator made his first official appearance at a campaign rally on Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, alongside Trump. During that appearance, Vance wasted no time attacking Harris, who only one day later would receive an endorsement from Biden and other Democrats to top the Democratic ticket.
During the rally, Vance claimed "elite Democrats got in a smoke-filled room and decided to throw Joe Biden overboard." Biden left the race amid mounting calls from fellow Democrats to do so since his poor debate performance last month.
"This is not OK, ladies and gentlemen. You cannot, for three-and-a-half years, take a guy who clearly didn't have the mental capacity to do the job," Vance said.
Vance then turned to Harris and Senate Democrats, repeating a claim Trump has made that she was complicit in hiding Biden's mental fitness.
"Kamala Harris lied about it. My Senate Democratic colleagues lied about it. The media lied about it," Vance said, adding it was an "insult to voters."
During his remarks, he said the Trump-Vance ticket would fight for different groups of people including workers, parents and grandmothers.
"What President Trump and I want to do -- we want to a drill, baby drill," Vance said. "We're gonna shut down that border, we're gonna put American citizens first, because that's what American citizens are gonna elect us to do. It's common sense."
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