Vance heads to midterm events after embarrassing empty seat disaster

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JD Vance is hitting the road again to help get allies elected ahead of the midterms. It comes just days after a disastrous visit to Hungary helping out President Donald Trump’s ally and three-term incumbent Viktor Orbán, who was defeated at last weekend’s election.

On Tuesday, Vance also spoke at a Turning Point USA event at Akins Ford Arena in Athens, Georgia, where he was met with thousands of empty seats. Axios reports that Vance will travel to Iowa on April 30, where he will appear at two events. First, at a swing district in the southwest of the state to assist Rep. Zach Nunn in what is expected to be a close fight against Democratic state Senator Sarah Trone Garriott.

Then he is heading to an event for TPUSA at Iowa State University in Ames, despite the bruising event on Tuesday. Tickets to the event were free at the 180,000-sq.-ft. venue, which has a capacity of more than 8,000 seats. Vance, however, suffered the ignominy of what MS NOW’s Jake Traylor estimated was around only one-quarter attendance, around 2,000 people. Footage from the event shows rows and rows of empty seats, especially in the surrounding stands.

Vance’s visit to Iowa at the end of the month comes as talk of him running for president in 2028 swirls. The 41-year-old, alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has been heavily touted as the frontrunner to succeed Trump. The Iowa caucuses serve a historic role as the first-in-the-nation trials for presidential hopefuls in their respective primaries, and are a key psychological battleground early on in any race for the White House.

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