Why did Vice President JD Vance choose to visit Rocky Mount?

VEHICLE OWNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED

AND GET A FIX FOR FREE. VICE

PRESIDENT JD VANCE MADE A STOP

IN ROCKY MOUNT TODAY. HE WAS

AT THE POWERHOUSE IN ROCKY

MOUNT MILLS, SPEAKING TO A

GROUP OF A SMALL GROUP ABOUT

200 SUPPORTERS. THERE. HE

TALKED ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S

ECONOMIC POLICY FOCUSING ON

TAX CUTS AND BRINGING PRICES

DOWN. HE ALSO MENTIONED THE

RISING COST OF FUEL SINCE THE

START OF THE FIGHTING IN THE

MIDDLE EAST.

>> BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID

VERY CLEARLY IS THAT HE DOES

NOT LIKE WILL PRICES HIGHER

AT WILL PRICES AND NEITHER DO

I. BUT HE ALSO BELIEVES THERE

WANT TO MAKE THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE SAFER AND THEY WERE TO

BRING THOSE PRICES AT THE PUMP

BACK DOWN TO THE LEVELS THEY

NEED TO BE FOR THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE YEARS IN ADVANCE ALSO

SPENT SOME TIME SPEAKING ABOUT

2 BIG RACES HERE IN OUR STATE.

ONE IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT,

ONE WHERE ROCKY MOUNT IS

LOCATED, HE RALLY TO SUPPORT

LAURIE BUCKHOUT.

>> WHO'S TRYING TO UNSEAT

DEMOCRAT DON DAVIS AND HE WAS

INTRODUCED BY U.S. SENATE

CANDIDATE MICHAEL WHATLEY.

HE IS HOPING THAT VOTERS WILL

CHOOSE HIM AS THEIR NEXT U.S.

SENATOR DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR

ANDERSON. CLAYTON RELEASED A

STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO

VANCE'S VISIT SAYING NO ONE CAN

BE A NO ONE HAS BEEN A BIGGER

CHEERLEADER FOR THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION DRIVING UP COSTS

IN DC INSIDER MIKE, A WALKWAY

AND AS PRICES SOAR ACROSS THE

BOARD FOR WORKING FAMILIES

WHILE HE CONTINUES TO FALSELY

CLAIM THAT COSTS ARE DOWN THIS

MIGHT GIVE YOU A LITTLE SENSE

AS TO WHY THE VICE PRESIDENT,

JD VANCE WAS HERE IN OUR STATE,

NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA

HAS A COUPLE BIG ELECTIONS

COMING UP IN THE MIDTERMS AND

OPEN SENATE SEAT AND A

COMPETITIVE HOUSE RACE. BUT

WHY ROCKY MOUNT SPECIFICALLY OF

ALL THE PLACES THEY CAN GO.

PRESIDENT TRUMP AGAIN WAS HERE

IN DECEMBER WHEN COOPER WAS

THERE IN JANUARY TO GET A SENSE

OF HOW THE CITY FITS INTO THIS

LARGER POLITICAL PICTURE.

I SPOKE TO WRAL, STATE GOVERNOR

REPORTER PROSPECTS.

OR JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK

QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. THE FIRST

ONE IS WEISS, JD VANCE IN ROCKY

MOUNT SPECIFICALLY TODAY.

WELL, TODAY HE WAS TALKING

ABOUT LOWER PRICES. I THINK IF

YOU TUNED IN YOU SAW A BIG SIGN

BEHIND HIM THAT SAID BIGGER

PAYCHECKS, LOWER PRICES THAT

COMES AT A TIME WHEN.

>> GAS PRICES HAVE BEEN GOING

UP FOR ATTACKING IRAN AND IN

THE U.S. SENATE RACE WE HAVE IN

OUR STATE, WE SEE DEMOCRAT ROY

COOPER LAUNCHING HIS OWN

CAMPAIGN. I THINK IT'S CALLED

SOMETHING LIKE A MAKE STUFF

CHEAPER OR MAKE FRIENDS IS

LOWER. AND SO WE'RE SAYING

COMPETING A SLOGAN IS HERE AT

A TIME WHEN, YOU KNOW THE

ECONOMY ONCE AGAIN IN THE

ELECTIONS AND IS TOP OF MIND

FOR EVERY I WILL SEE. ROCKY

MOUNT SEEMS TO HAVE SOME

SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT WE

HAVE. THE VICE PRESIDENT THERE

TODAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS

THERE IN DECEMBER. PRESIDENT

TRUMP ALSO WAS THERE BACK IN

2024.

>> WHAT IS IT ABOUT IT

THROUGHOUT OUR AREA, OUR ENTIRE

STATE THAT MAKES ROCKY MOUNT

THIS PLACE WHERE THEY CONTINUE

TO GO NOW FOR POLITICAL

REASONS. IT MAKES SENSE FOR

REPUBLICANS TO KEEP GOING BACK

FOR 2 REASONS. ONE. ALL RIGHT.

ROCKY MOUNT IS IN NASH COUNTY.

NASH COUNTY IS WHERE ROY COOPER

IS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE

IN THE U.S. SENATE RACE AND

HISTORICALLY, COOPER HAS OVER

PERFORMED WITH REPUBLICANS AND

UNAFFILIATED VOTERS IN EASTERN

NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH BY AND

LARGE REPUBLICAN AREA. SO

THEY'RE THINKING MIGHT BE IF WE

KEEP GOING BACK TO ROCKY MOUNT,

GO BACK TO COOPER'S HOME COUNTY

CHIP AWAY, CHIP AWAY, CHIP AWAY

AT HIS SUPPORT. MAYBE WE GIVE

REPUBLICAN MICHAEL WHATLEY A

BETTER SHOT IN THE U.S. RATE

U.S. SENATE RACE. MEANWHILE,

THAT'S ALSO THE IN THE FIRST

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WHERE

THEY'RE TRYING TO UNSEAT