AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Vance turns flag-waving heckler into a midterm rallying cry at Dallas convention
Vice President JD Vance used a protester's Mexican and Palestinian flag stunt at the Republican National Midterm Convention to deliver an unscripted broadside against the left, and the Dallas crowd roared back with chants of "USA." The disruption came Thursday night during Vance's keynote address at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, the second and […] The post Vance turns flag-waving heckler into a midterm rallying cry at Dallas convention appeared first on American Almanac .
Vice President JD Vance used a protester's Mexican and Palestinian flag stunt at the Republican National Midterm Convention to deliver an unscripted broadside against the left, and the Dallas crowd roared back with chants of "USA." The disruption came Thursday night during Vance's keynote address at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, the second and final day of the two-day Republican gathering. A male protester pulled a Mexican flag and a Palestinian flag from his pocket, waved them overhead, threw them toward the crowd, and screamed "Free Palestine." It was the first successful protest disruption of the entire convention. Vance did not miss a beat. He dropped his prepared remarks and addressed the incident head-on, turning the…Open
