JD Vance Speaks To Reporters After Surprise Visit To Kamala Harris's Air Force Two.
Vance stunned reporters Wednesday by attempting to confront Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance stunned reporters Wednesday by attempting to confront Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz on the tarmac here when their planes arrived at about the same time.
“I figured I’d come by and one just get a good look at the plane because hopefully it’s going to be my plane in a few months,” the Ohio senator told campaign reporters after approaching Air Force Two.
“I also thought you guys might get lonely because the vice president doesn’t answer questions from reporters and hasn’t for 17 days.”
The unexpected stunt snatched attention away from a large nearby rally featuring Harris, 59, and Walz, the 60-year-old Minnesota governor who joined the Democratic ticket on Tuesday.
Harris and Walz posed for pictures with Girl Scouts Troop #3307 on the tarmac shortly before Vance overshadowed their first joint Midwestern campaign stop.
The Democratic candidates seemed to have left seconds before their rival walked over.
Vance tried to confront Harris on the Wisconsin tarmac.
Harris’ campaign attempted to mock Vance by posting video of his plane landing at the Eau Claire airport with the TikTok-style oral caption, “all of a sudden, I hear this agitating, grating voice.”
“Make sure AF2 is deep cleaned because Lord only knows what @KamalaHarris and her team have done on there,” Trump-Vance campaign spokesman Steven Cheung tweeted back.
“The smell alone on that plane must be crazy.”