JD Vance Wisconsin visit; Milwaukee Police Association endorses Trump-Vance
MILWAUKEE - Republican Vice Presidential Nominee JD Vance's plane made an emergency landing at Milwaukee Mitchell International Aiport shortly after departing the same airport on Friday, Aug. 16.
After his speech at the Milwaukee Police Association building, the plane carrying Vance experienced some sort of issue while leaving Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, turned around and made an emergency landing.
The airline says it landed safely.
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JD Vance's plane at Milwaukee Mitchell Intl. Airport
Senator Vance campaigned at the Offices of Milwaukee's Police Union. On Friday, that group got involved in the presidential race and endorsed the Republican presidential ticket of Trump-Vance.
"To the police officers: we support you. We love you. We know it's not easy to be a police officer. We know we're losing a lot of good people from the force, some doing retirement, but some they're just sick of all the garbage," said Vance. "In about six months, your job is going to become a hell of a lot easier."
The Milwaukee Police Association backed Donald Trump in 2020 and it did it again in 2024.
"He made sure somebody had the officers back, and I can’t be more supportive than this administration and President Trump, because I know we have a partner in him and I know he will always have our back," said Andrew Wagner, former MPA President.
Guarded by police and Secret Service snipers on the rooftop, Vance visited the Milwaukee Police Union, and had an off-camera round-table discussion with representatives from several Wisconsin departments.
"I think that we are clearly the party and the movement of law enforcement. You talk to the field guys and the FBI, the people who are actually on the ground dealing with the bad guys, and they're as frustrated with their leadership as we are. We just want American leadership to empower law enforcement to enforce the laws. It's going to make us all safer if we do that," Vance added.
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn spoke at a nearby Harris campaign event and criticized Vance.
"He’ll prop up a convicted felon who promised to pardon the jan 6 rioters. It’s kind of ironic that he’s standing with police officers while he’s the running mate of a man who's a 34-time convicted felon," said Harry Dunn.
FOX6 questioned both JD Vance and the union about the Democratic criticism.
Jason Calvi: "They said: why is the police union backing a ticket that has a convicted felon on that ticket?"
"They’re here pledging that they’re going to support us, and they’re going to try to fix the issues that we are having," answered Alex Ayala, MPA President.
The union represents 1,300 rank-and-file Milwaukee officers, the cops who serve a deeply blue city, in a state that will help decide who wins the White House.
Get ready for a lot more campaign visits, as the road to the White House runs through Wisconsin.
The Harris Campaign says Vice President Kamala Harris will rally in Milwaukee along with Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday, Aug. 20, as the Democratic National Convention mets in Chicago. The Wisconsin event is set for the same venue that hosted the Republican National Convention: Fiserv Forum.
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That's where Senator Vance accepted the VP nomination.
Friday was his third visit to Wisconsin as the VP nominee. Vance was last in battleground Wisconsin on Aug. 7. He spoke to supporters in Eau Claire on the same day Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally just a few miles away.