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- Sen. JD Vance of Ohio gave his high-profile VP acceptance speech on Wednesday night at the RNC.
- Donald Trump made Vance his VP pick, anointing a MAGA heir apparent.
- Vance repeatedly referenced the three key battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Sen. JD Vance of Ohio on Wednesday railed against decades of American policy in his major national moment as the Republican vice presidential nominee.
Like former President Donald Trump, Vance underlined a populist Republican Party to the point that he came out to a Merle Haggard hit that was written in protest of the war in Iraq.