Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate J.D. Vance spent more than half of his time at the rally in Phoenix at the Arizona Biltmore on Thursday answering questions from the media. Unlike Vice President Kamala Harris, who does not answer even off-the-cuff softball questions from sympathetic mainstream media reporters, Vance does not shy away from antagonistic reporters.
Balin Overstolz of KTAR News, a Phoenix radio station known for its attacks on MAGA candidates, which refused to run an ad in 2022 critical of then-Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, asked why the polls were so close between the Trump and Harris campaigns, “even with high frustration regarding the border?”
Vance responded, “I was actually talking to President Trump just before I came out here, and he reminded me when he won the presidency back in 2016, one of the closest states was Wisconsin, and there were polls out there that said he was going to lose Wisconsin by 17 points. OK, and he won with 15. … And look right now, we’re at a stage in the campaign where there are a lot of good polls for the Trump campaign. Ignore if you see a bad poll. To the Trump campaign, ignore the good polls, the bad polls. Who cares? Let’s get out.”
In Overstolz’s article about the rally, he said Vance’s statement that “unsecure borders have led to an increase in drugs, such as fentanyl coming into the country” was a “claim.” Overstolz’s LinkedIn bio, which includes pronouns, states that he has worked as a videographer for an LGBT-focused comics book publishing group for over 13 years.
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