Republican Jewish Coalition welcomes Trump’s VP pick: ‘Vance will always stand with the Jewish community, Israel’

By Jacob Magid

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16 July 2024, 3:15 pm

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Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Republican US vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance, center, and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance arrive on the floor during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

MILWAUKEE — The Republican Jewish Coalition hails Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s pick of Sen. JD Vance to be his running mate.

“A son of Middletown, Ohio, Marine Corps veteran, and successful businessman, JD Vance’s life story is the quintessential American dream. We know Senator Vance will serve our country with distinction as vice president as he has in the US Senate. We also know Senator Vance will always stand with the Jewish community and with America’s key strategic ally Israel,” the RJC says.

While some more hawkish Republicans have expressed concerns over Vance’s isolationist-leaning foreign policy views, the RJC says, “We were proud to endorse and actively support Senator Vance for the US Senate in 2022. He is an incredibly important voice in support of our shared conservative values and principles.”