Tucker Carlson’s talk with JD Vance was a huge success… but the thousands of attendees suffered massive delays because there were only eight metal detectors to screen 6,000 people.
Saturday’s event in Hershey, Pennsylvania, featured a large crowd that watched the former Fox News host and Republican vice presidential candidate discuss the 2024 election and the state of modern America.
But the 8 p.m. event at the city’s Giant Center did not start until 10 p.m. because of the security delay, which comes after two assassination attempts on Donald Trump over the summer.
Some attendees took to social media to express their frustrations.
‘JD Vance and Tucker Carlson will say the delay was due to crowd demand when in fact it was because someone decided there should only be eight metal detectors for a crowd of 6,000,’ one user shared on ‘X’, formerly Twitter.
“Tucker Carlson and JD Vance arrived two hours late due to poor security logistics. This is the worst night in American history,” posted another.
Another commented: ‘Tucker Carlson and JD Vance at the Giant Center were delayed due to malfunctioning magnetometers.
‘Tucker Carlson just got here so the show will definitely be delayed,’ the user added.
Nearly 6,000 event attendees wait outside as Tucker Carlson’s talk with JD Vance was marred by two-hour delays over claims there were only eight metal detectors to screen everyone.
Vance is shown walking onto the stage at the Giant Center to greet Carlson. Media were only able to film the first few minutes of the event.
Many of the guests praised the spectacle itself. The media were only allowed to film the first few minutes of the event.
That led Vance to insist that polls were skewed in favor of liberals and to criticize modern American lawmakers for being out of touch with ordinary people.
During the chat, the pair exchanged laughs and made fun of each other’s career paths, with both agreeing that they “don’t even know what they’re doing right now.”
Vance then went on to refer to the American people as “poor in their own country,” blaming the current administration’s leadership for high interest rates that make it “too expensive” to own property.
The Ohio senator also claimed that election polls are misleading after citing an inconsistency in polling from Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, which predicted the former president would lose Wisconsin by 17 points, a state he later won.
“Even with the idea that polls are fundamentally biased, you need to reach the right people to get an accurate poll,” he said.
When Carlson asked the Republican candidate about the current state of his campaign based on recent polls (which Carlson says are “designed to mislead”), Vance confidently replied that his party “will win.”
“They can’t get depressed and give up on their country. They have to go out and vote because if they do, we will win. So go out and vote and we will win,” he said.
Earlier in the day, Vance appeared at the Berks County Fairgrounds in Leesport, where he was met with a sea of red and blue Trump-Vance signs before taking verbal jabs at Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.
Earlier in the day, Vance appeared at the Berks County Fairgrounds, where he was met by a sea of red-and-blue Trump-Vance supporters before taking verbal jabs at Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.
In his article on the economy, the vice presidential candidate shared his experience from a day earlier, when he walked into a Pennsylvania grocery store and noticed that prices were “too high.”
He then mocked Harris’ record before attempting to convince event attendees why they wouldn’t want to put Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, in the White House.
“On November 5, the American people, the people of Pennsylvania, will send a message: Harris is being fired and Trump is coming back,” he said.
The vice presidential candidate continued to focus his attention on what he believes are Harris’ flaws, rather than her plans if elected.
Vance focused primarily on two areas when attacking Harris: the economy and the southern border.
In his article on the economy, the vice presidential candidate shared his experience from a day earlier, when he walked into a Pennsylvania grocery store and noticed that prices were “too high.”
He explained that the cost of a dozen eggs has risen to almost $4, while when Trump was president the cost of eggs was approximately $1.50.
He continued that sentiment, adding that “the price of ground beef went from just under $4 a pound to $6 a pound because Harris cast the deciding vote” on what he called the “Inflation Explosion Act.”
“She says that on day one she will address the affordability crisis affecting American families.”
Vance added: “Kamala, Day 1 was 1,400 days ago. What the hell have you been doing all this time? Stop talking about what you’re going to do and go out and do it.”
The US inflation rate at the end of August 2024 was 2.5 percent, its lowest level since February 2021. The morning call information.
The highly anticipated event, taking place at the GIANT Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, marks the Republican vice presidential nominee’s first trip to the Midwest after previous visits to the Philadelphia area.
Vance said it’s not just food prices that are too high, “everything is more expensive and people can’t afford to meet their basic needs because of Harris’ policies.”
Carlson’s visit is part of a national tour featuring conservative guests including Donald Trump Jr., Glenn Beck and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
When President Biden and Harris were sworn in, the rate was 1.4 percent.
Vance said it’s not just food prices that are too high, “everything is more expensive and people can’t afford to meet their basic needs because of Harris’ policies.”
Vance also blamed the Biden-Harris border policy for allowing drug trafficking from Mexico.
Ahead of her visit to Hershey, Onotse Omoyeni, Pennsylvania rapid response director for Harris for President, released the following statement.
‘JD Vance arrives in Pennsylvania as Republicans across the state are announcing their support for Vice President Harris, including more than a dozen former senior national security officials who know Trump and know he is unfit to serve as commander in chief.
“Democrats, Republicans, and Independents across Pennsylvania are rallying behind Vice President Harris because she will lead our country forward, and they are ready to turn the page on the extreme politics of Trump and Vance,” the statement concluded.
Carlson’s visit is part of a national tour featuring conservative guests including Donald Trump Jr., Glenn Beck and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
