VP travel pool report #4 - Vance remarks

Vance concluded his remarks at 12:26 CT with a wave to the crowd and he headed back behind thr stage.

Pool is waiting for Vance under the wing of AF2. Pool walked by Vance talking to staff while members of congress and Brooke Rollins mingled with people backstage, near what looked like a photo line.

The rally was standing room only just outside the hanger, with all seats taken. (Pooler asked for a crowd estimate). There’s at least several hundred seats. Crowd waved “defend our future” signs, along with the Texas flag and American flag. Many wore Make America Great Again hats. One woman held a portrait of Vance up.

A woman was taken out a few minutes after Vance began speaking for disrupting the crowd. Vance told her to get the hell out, we are trying to save this country.

Vance talked about Paxton’s record, and Paxton’s lawsuits against the Biden administration:

“Now you all know the saying better than I do. You don’t mess with Texas. And you know why you don’t mess with Texas? Because if you do, Ken Paxton's going to kick your ass.”

On bringing energy prices down:

Vance announced that the administration was using the Defense Productiom Act to expand the refinery there.

“We are going to expand the refinery right here in Tyler Texas”

“Here's what we want to do, ladies and gentlemen. We want millions of gallons of commercial grade and military spec fuel to come out of this refinery, in addition to what it's already producing.”

On Talerico:
“Ladies and gentleman, this guy’s a freak. Don’t elect him, pick Ken Paxton”

“James Talarico needs to take a week or two to get his own head examined because he's lost his damn mind”

Natalie Andrews
The Wall Street Journal
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