Vance says he first thought Trump had been killed in July assassination attempt: 'was so pissed'
Vice presidential candidate JD Vance told Joe Rogan that he felt compelled to guard his family immediately after the first assassination attempt on former President Trump.
Vance appeared as a guest on an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" released Thursday where he recalled his initial reaction to the assassination attempt against Trump during a July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
He revealed that ahead of the rally, Trump had toyed with the idea of having him come and announcing him as the pick there.
"He basically said, 'Well, I think I'm probably going to pick you, but I don't know, and I'm not ready to make a decision.' And then he looks at one of his staff members who's in the room, he's like, 'Actually, wouldn't it really set the world ablaze if we just made the decision today, and so why don't you come up with me and we'll just do the announcement in Butler, Pennsylvania?'" the Ohio senator said.
Vance was willing to do it, but Trump changed his mind again, saying he still hadn't completely decided on him and the announcement needed to be better prepared.
"I go back home to Ohio , he gets shot, you know, the initial reaction was, I actually thought they had killed him, because when you first see the video, he grabs his ear, and then he goes down, and I'm like, ‘Oh my God, they just killed him,’ and I was so pissed," Vance said.
"But then I go into like fight-or-flight mode. With my kids, I'm like, you know, ‘Alright kids’ - We're at a mini-golf place in Cincinnati, Ohio. I grab my kids up, throw them in the car, go home, and load all my guns, and basically stand like a sentry at our front door and that was my - that was sort of my action to it," he said.
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