Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) officially accepted former President Donald Trump’s nomination to be his vice presidential running mate on Wednesday during his speech at the Republican National Convention.

“So, tonight, I stand here humbled, and I am overwhelmed with gratitude to say I officially accept your nomination to be Vice President of the United States,” Vance told a raucous crowd.

Vance shared his story of growing up in Middletown, Ohio, where “people spoke their minds, built with their hands, and loved their God, family, community, and country with their whole hearts.”

“But it was also a place that had been cast aside and forgotten by America’s ruling class in Washington,” he said. “When I was in the fourth grade, a career politician by the name of Joe Biden supported NAFTA, a bad trade deal that sent countless good American manufacturing jobs to Mexico.”

“When I was a sophomore in high school, a career politician by the name of Joe Biden gave China a sweetheart trade deal that destroyed even more good middle class jobs,” he continued. “And when I was a senior in high school, Joe Biden supported the disastrous invasion of Iraq. And at each step of the way, in small towns like mine in Ohio or next door in Pennsylvania or in Michigan and other states across our country, jobs were sent overseas, and children were sent to war.”

Vance said that “Democrats flooded the country with illegal immigrants” which forced U.S. citizens to have to compete for jobs with people who should not be in the U.S.

“Joe Biden’s inflation crisis is really an affordability crisis,” he added. “Many of the people that I grew up with can’t afford to pay more for groceries, more for gas, more for rent, and that’s exactly what Joe Biden’s economy has given them. So, prices soared, and dreams were shattered. And China and the cartels sent fentanyl across the border, adding addiction to the heartache.”

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JD VANCE: “I officially accept your nomination to be vice President of the United States of America.” pic.twitter.com/f8Y9vYRdz5

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A World War II veteran commanded a standing ovation during his Wednesday night speech at the Republican National Convention (RNC), saying that he believed the America he once fought for was still worth fighting for.

Sgt. William Pekrul, a D-Day survivor and veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, told the crowd that he had once kissed the ground upon returning to the United States — and expressed his sorrow at what President Joe Biden and his administration had done to the nation he loved.

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98-year-old WWII veteran and father of 11 children Sgt. William Pekrul speaks more coherently than Joe Biden at the RNC:

“America, people say, America is an idea. But I believe that America is much more than that. America is our home.” pic.twitter.com/91r5ArMAlK

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“There aren’t many of us still here, but for us – those of us who are still here, that America is still worth fighting for,” he said. “It hurts my heart to see what our current president and vice president have done to the country that I love so well.”

He went on to list several major military failures that have happened under Biden’s watch, from the withdrawal from Afghanistan to the porous southern border.

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“America, people say, is an idea. But I believe America is much more than that. America is our home,” he said.

He went on to talk about his own experiences fighting for his country, and nearly brought the house down when he said that even at 98 years old, he would enlist again if former President Donald Trump were returned to the post of Commander in Chief.