Friday, September 11th 2026 - 08:41 UTC
Vance focused his remarks on the Democratic Party, which he described as “the party of hate” and accused of holding the country in contempt
US Vice President J. D. Vance closed the Republican Party's first-ever midterm convention in Dallas on Thursday with a forty-minute speech that strengthened his standing as a contender for the 2028 presidential nomination, before an audience that chanted his name.
Vance focused his remarks on the Democratic Party, which he described as “the party of hate” and accused of holding the country in contempt. He said it is no longer the party of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy or Bill Clinton, and framed a Democratic vote in November as a threat to American prosperity. He defended birthright citizenship, the traditional family, a tough line on crime and changes to school curricula.
When an attendee interrupted to urge him to run as Donald Trump's successor, the vice president replied that they would worry about that later and that first they had to win in November. His main rival in internal polling, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was absent: he was wrapping up a tour of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
