Vance: Eighty-four days ago, of course, on this very field, an assassin tried to fill our hearts with terror. But we are here to say we can't be intimidated. We cannot be stopped. We won't be denied, We Will Make America Great Again, and we're gonna do it together.

Vance: Sadly, our opponents have not heeded Abraham Lincoln's words and listened to the better angels of our nature. Even after that terrible assassination attempt that took one man's life, and nearly took many others, they continue to use dangerous, inflammatory rhetoric, The media has continued to call Donald Trump, the guy who actually won his primary, a threat to democracy. A democrat senator called Donald Trump an extensional threat to our democracy.

Vance: What started out as a natural disaster [Helene], is becoming a man-made disaster. When Appalachia was under water, remember, president Biden was sitting on a beach, and Kamala Harris was in a San Francisco fundraiser. That is not leadership. That is a disgrace. And now we're seeing reports that deployments of the military and the National Guard are moving at a snail's pace. My friends, who the hell is running this country right now, because it sure isn't Joe Biden, and it sure isn't Kamala Harris.