heartfelt tribute on X<\/a> to his \u201ctrue friend\u201d Charlie Kirk.\n <\/p>\n\n Vance recalled their friendship beginning in 2017, when Kirk sent him a congratulatory message following Vance\u2019s appearance on Tucker Carlson\u2019s Fox News show.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThat moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today,\u201d Vance wrote.\n <\/p>\n
\n He described Kirk\u2019s steadfast support during his Senate and later vice presidential campaigns. He praised Kirk\u2019s faith, devotion to his family, and willingness to engage with those he disagreed with.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cCharlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind,\u201d Vance wrote. \u201cLike me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Vance credited Kirk for his ability to rally people around the Republican cause.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cSo much of the success we\u2019ve had in this administration traces directly to Charlie\u2019s ability to organize and convene. He didn\u2019t just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Vance gave details about his personal friendship with Kirk, describing group chats with him and \u201cpeople he introduced me to over the years,\u201d and celebrating milestones and supporting each other through loss.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cYou ran a good race, my friend,\u201d Vance wrote. \u201cWe\u2019ve got it from here.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Vance plans to travel<\/a> to Utah Thursday, according to a source familiar with his plans.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vice President JD Vance paid on Wednesday a heartfelt tribute on X to his \u201ctrue friend\u201d Charlie Kirk.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-135802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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