JD Vance turned an awkward situation into applause after someone collapsed during an event with Danica Patrick in North Carolina.
Donald Trump’s running mate was speaking when the person shrieked and fell down to gasps from the crowd.
As the Ohio Senator rushed over to them, he decided to make light of it, saying: ‘Kamala Harris built this platform behind us.’
The audience gave both laughs and a standing ovation for the Republican VP nominee’s joke as Vance cracked a smile.
Vance was participating in a town hall conversation with the former racecar driver in Greensboro Thursday night.
JD Vance turned an awkward situation into applause after someone collapsed during an event with Danica Patrick in North Carolina
Donald Trump’s running mate was speaking when the person fell and as the Ohio Senator rushed over to them, he decided to make light of it. ‘Kamala Harris built this platform behind us,’ he said after starting to crack a smile
Patrick questioned him about the idea of globalists wanting people to ‘own nothing and be happy.’
Vance responded: ‘They want you to live in a pod, eat bugs and own nothing, right?’
Both Patrick and Vance admitted to having tried to eat crickets in the past, which Vance explained.
‘I’m ashamed to admit it, I have also tried cricket. It is honestly more disgusting than you can possibly imagine. So don’t eat the bugs. We want to eat red meat,’ he said.
The town hall comes on a busy night on the campaign trail, as Barack Obama is holding a rally for Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh, while Kamala Harris held a town hall in Las Vegas.
With 26 days until the election, the polls continue to show the race is shaping up to be one of the closest in history.
Betting platform Polymarket revealed the highest odds yet for Donald Trump against Kamala Harris, giving him a 54.4 percent chance of winning November’s election.
A Peterson Foundation survey of the swing states shows Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump in Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Wisconsin by two points or less.
Vance was participating in a town hall conversation with the former racecar driver Dancica Patrick in Greensboro Thursday night
With 26 days until the election , the polls continue to show the race is shaping up to be one of the closest in history
In Georgia and Pennsylvania, it is a dead heat.
A Reuters poll meanwhile shows the Vice President leading among suburban voters – the households that make up around half the electorate – by 47 percent to 41 percent.
Candidates have also been reacting to Hurricane Milton, while Vance is in North Carolina, where Helene hit hardest weeks ago.