Louisiana leaders react to Trump picking JD Vance as vice president for 2024 presidential election
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Former President Donald Trump announced that his vice president and running mate for the 2024 presidential election is JD Vance on Monday, July 15.
The junior Republican senator from Ohio is a Yale Law graduate and Marine veteran. He also wrote the hit memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” which was later turned into a Netflix film starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams.
Among them, Gov. Jeff Landy congratulated Vance, as did other Louisiana leaders like U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy.
“He has been an outstanding leader in the Senate and will be a great addition to the Trump ticket. I am confident that he will excel in his new role as Vice President and look forward to working with him to Make America Great Again!” Landry wrote on X, formerly called Twitter.
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“President Trump was and will be an incredible president, and J.D. Vance is a great guy. He is thoughtful. He’s deliberate. He’s whip-smart. And he’s a fine American.
“I’m going to miss him in the Senate.”
“Senator J.D. Vance was born and raised in Appalachia, served our country as a U.S. Marine, and is regarded as one of the most thoughtful Senators in Congress. He possesses a profound understanding of the anxieties of working families and has both the lived experience and the policy expertise to help President Trump deliver a government worthy of the people it is supposed to serve.
“From our economy, to the border, to our standing in the world, our nation is in turmoil under four years of President Biden. President Trump needs a vice president with innovative ideas and the ability to articulate them to every single American voter and Senator J.D. Vance fits that mold perfectly. It is time to unite our nation and we are eager to grow our House majority and get to work with this ticket to restore America’s greatness once again.”
J.D. Vance is a STRONG pick for Vice President of the United States! I’m fired up to work alongside President Trump and J.D. Vance to Make America Great Again!
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