Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance stunned reporters Wednesday by attempting to confront Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz on the tarmac when their planes arrived at similar times here.
“I figured I’d come by and one just get a good look at the plane because hopefully it’s going to be my plane in a few months, but I also thought you guys might get lonely because the vice president doesn’t answer questions from reporters and hasn’t for 17 days,” Vance told traveling campaign reporters.
Vance, who spoke to the press after approaching Air Force Two, asked: “Have they given you guys an explanation for why she won’t take questions from reporters?”
Although Harris has given few on-record answers to reporters since President Biden dropped his re-election bid on July 21 and endorsed her as his successor, she has frequently gaggled off the record with reporters on Air Force Two — answering questions about various topics but not permitting those answers to be reported.
The vice president and Walz, the Minnesota governor whom Harris announced Tuesday as her running mate, seemed to have peeled out of the Eau Claire airport shortly before Vance approached Air Force Two.
Harris and Walz posed for pictures with Girl Scouts members upon their arrival before motorcading to a nearby rally venue.
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World class trolling. It’ll be his plane very soon
Vance is showing boss-like qualities.
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This.
Is.
Awesome.
Kamala has gone almost 3 weeks without facing real questions from the press...
Go JD!
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