RNC Takeways, Day 3: JD Vance takes the stage, Peter Navarro speaks hours after release from prison [Video]

Republicans were welcoming JD Vance as Donald Trump’s running mate on the same night devoted to blasting President Joe Biden’s leadership on the world stage.The 39-year-old Ohio senator accepted the vice presidential nomination late Wednesday night. He offered remarks about his life story as a son of Appalachia, reaffirming Trump’s connections to Americans who feel alienated socially, economically and politically. But even as Republicans talked of Vance as a potential heir to the “Make America Great Again” movement, Day 3 programming at the Republican National Convention made clear that Trump and his “America First” agenda define the party in 2024. Beyond the stated themes of the night, Republicans marched eagerly into culture wars and, after mostly avoiding even allusions to the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks, they hailed former adviser Peter Navarro as a hero hours after he was released from prison for ignoring a congressional subpoena seeking his testimony about …