Vance takes swipes at DNC during campaign event

 Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance took cracks at Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, during a campaign event Thursday ahead of the final night of the Democratic National Convention.

Vance poked fun at the late start time of Walz’s speech Wednesday — which did not begin until 11:22 p.m. ET — and criticized Harris’ record on key issues.

“I appreciate the Democrats not being able to keep anything on time, because I think by the time that he spoke, everybody in the state of Georgia was already in bed,” Vance said at the campaign event in Valdosta, Georgia.

“If you weren’t asleep at the beginning of the speech, you were sure as hell asleep by the end of the speech,” Vance said.

CNN previously reported that after running significantly behind schedule Monday night, DNC organizers moved up the program start time on Tuesday.

Vance claimed Walz was unable to speak to Harris’ accomplishments on cost-of-living issues or making the US more “peaceful and secure” because of her role in the current administration.

“He couldn’t say that, because Kamala Harris has caused the very policies that have made Americans’ lives worse over the last few years,” Vance told reporters.

“Her argument, and the argument of her surrogates, is, ‘We’re going to do things better when I get power.’ She’s had power for three and a half years, and she’s made everything worse