US Vice President JD Vance has warned Republicans their children’s futures are at risk if they don’t put aside their differences and get out to vote in the midterms.
But his speech overnight at the GOP midterm convention, dubbed “Trumpapalooza”, was most notable for what it did not include.
Vance did not once say the word “Iran”, despite the US’s ongoing (and deeply unpopular) war.
The only time he even uttered the word “war” was in reference to his “dear friend”, assassinated right-wing firebrand Charlie Kirk, saying “Charlie hated war. Whether it was Europe or Africa, the Middle East. He didn’t care. He just hated war.”
Overnight The New York Times reported that Vance, who opposed the war from the outset, has deep concerns about the country’s military strategy, putting him at odds with the president.
