Unknown quantity Confusion over Vance as VP pick
The Guardian Weekly|July 26, 2024
He was spared by the hand of God!" a man wrapped in a flag chanted as he walked past a line of people outside the 12,000-seat Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Ethan Meyers
Unknown quantity Confusion over Vance as VP pick

The display prompted a smattering of loud cries of "USA! USA!" but the general tone of the packed-in crowd who gathered last weekend to see Donald Trump's first rally since a would-be assassin opened fire on him at a campaign event in Pennsylvania a week earlier was more laid-back.

Indeed, despite the impact of the shooting on US politics, it felt like back to business as usual for the Trump campaign roadshow.

Trump-wearing a smaller bandage on his ear than he had at the recent Republican National Convention in Milwaukee - said his Democratic opponents called him "a threat to democracy" but claimed that he "took abullet for democracy" when he was shot.

In Michigan, the former president predicted a landslide election. But he pushed back on accusations that a second Trump presidency would be influenced by the extremist manifesto Project 2025 written by the conservative Heritage Foundation and people close to Trump and his campaign.

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