Watch: JD Vance Rushes to See What’s Wrong After Scream in the Audience Disrupts Town Hall
During a recent town hall event in Greensboro, North Carolina, Republican vice presidential candidate and Ohio Senator J.D. Vance reacted promptly to a woman’s scream, which was caused by her chair breaking. Despite the tense atmosphere surrounding this election season, characterized by prior assassination attempts on political figures, Vance immediately leaped to check on her well-being without showing concern for himself. He mixed humor with his concern, jokingly implying that Vice President Kamala Harris was responsible for the faulty chair, which drew laughter from the audience. This incident occurred during a question-and-answer session moderated by former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick, highlighting Vance’s calm demeanor in potentially alarming situations. His military background as a Marine Corps veteran was noted, illustrating his training to react in crises. The incident sparked positive reactions on social media, praising Vance’s instinctive and compassionate response.
In an election season that has already seen two assassination attempts on the Republican presidential nominee, it was a scene that could have meant the worst.
But when a woman’s scream pierced the hall during an event where GOP vice presidential candidate and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance was appearing, Vance didn’t show a second’s hesitation.
He leaped to his feet immediately to see what was wrong — and made sure it was all right.
BREAKING: Someone just SCREAMED behind JD Vance at his Town Hall in North Carolina. It turns out that the lady’s chair broke. Vance immediately stopped everything he was doing to check up on her
Vance: “You okay, Ma’am?” And he even even added jokes, “Kamala Harris built this… pic.twitter.com/bTTEnrxlyy
— George (@BehizyTweets) October 10, 2024
The action took place Thursday during a town hall meeting in Greensboro, in hurricane-ravaged North Carolina, according to the Washington Examiner.
Vance was conducting a question-and-answer session with the audience moderated by former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick when the scream interrupted a man’s question about streamlining disaster relief aid.
The video is below:
“Just a second, man,” Vance said.
“We OK?” he asked the audience.
The problem appeared to be that the woman had slipped from her seat and shrieked as she lost her balance, the Examiner reported.
Vance passed off the incident with a joke — and a jibe at Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris:
“Kamala Harris built this platform behind us. That’s what happened,” he said, as the audience laughed.
Considering that former President Donald Trump barely survived an assassin’s bullet in Pennsylvania in July, and that another would-be assassin was arrested after being changed from the scene of a planned golf-course attack on Trump in September, any out-of-the-way occurrence at a political gathering could signal a real danger to the candidate on stage.
But in the real-time moment of crisis, Vance showed no concern for his own well-being, only a determination to face the problem at hand.
And social media users took notice:
His natural reaction in those first split seconds says a hell of a lot about the man.
— Mark Daub (@mark_daub) October 11, 2024
He was able to remain calm. That scream would have shaken most people.
— Sharon Palmer (@SharPalm1918) October 11, 2024
Marines are trained to run to the danger.
— guycocoa (@guycocoa) October 11, 2024
In addition to being Trump’s running mate, an Ohio senator and best-selling author, Vance is a Marine Corps veteran who served from 2003-2007, according to USA Today.
He spent six months on duty in Iraq as a military public affairs officer.
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