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US Vice President JD Vance faced an awkward moment during a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, after losing his place in his notes while criticizing Democratic state Senator Sarah Trone Garriott. The incident unfolded live on stage as Vance paused mid-speech, appeared confused, and asked aides for help locating his talking points. Sections of the crowd responded with loud boos and visible frustration as the speech briefly stalled.
Videos of the moment quickly spread across social media, triggering sharp political reactions online and fueling fresh debate over Vance’s campaign style and public speaking performances ahead of upcoming political events.




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00:00What is, uh, this, what is, uh, Zach, you're gonna have to help me out with her name here.
00:06I lost my page here. Okay. All right. Okay. There we go. Sarah Trone Garriott. There he
00:14is. I'm on the wrong page here. As the president United States has said,
00:21we got a little, a little blip in the Middle East. We've got to take care of some business
00:24on the foreign policy side, but you know what we're doing simultaneously? We're working with
00:29congressmen and we're finding ways every single day to make sure that you guys and the farmers
00:35of this great state get access to the products that they need. We're working on it. We're working
00:40on it every single day. Now, when I see that, when I see Iowa farmers who need to get that
00:45E15 to market,
00:47what is, uh, this, what is, uh, Zach, you're gonna have to help me out with her name here.
00:53I lost my page here. Okay. All right. Okay. There we go. Sarah Trone Garriott. There he
01:01is. I, I, I'm, I'm on the wrong page here.
01:07So while Zach is fighting to make sure for the benefit of Iowa, but frankly, for the benefit of
01:13the whole country, that we get more E15 into the market all over the United States of America,
01:19America, his opponent voted to push biological males and girls sports as early as kindergarten.
01:29Okay. While he fought very hard for the working families tax cut to make sure that you got to keep
01:35more of your hard earned money and why you guys in fact are going to have the biggest tax refund
01:40season are starting to have the biggest tax refund season in American history. He was fighting for
01:46more money in your pocket. She was voting against banning gender transition surgeries for minors.
01:54She was voting against schools giving parental notification if students start changing their
01:59pronouns. Now we all hear that and we all think that's pretty crazy, but recognize that not everybody
02:07agrees with us. Here's the thing. Even if you don't think that's crazy, why is that the priority of a
02:13woman who wants to represent you in Washington DC? Why isn't she working to increase your take-home pay?
02:27Why isn't she fighting for the farmers to get more of that E15 all over the United States of America?
02:32Why isn't she fighting to lower housing costs for the people of this district, the people of the state,
02:37and the people of the United States of America? And it goes back to the question that I asked at
02:41the
02:41very beginning of this discussion. We have two parties in Washington DC. And I hate to say this,
02:48because I was raised by blue-collar Union Democrats. My ma'am on Papaw, they said that back when they
02:55were
02:55voting in the 80s and 90s, the man and woman who raised me, ma'am on Papaw said, we're for
03:01Democrats
03:01because Democrats are for working people. And I don't think that's true anymore, my friends. And
03:06it's a heartbreaking thing. It's heartbreaking for a kid who came from a Union Democrat family to realize
03:11that Democrats these days, they seem to care more about gender transition than they do about you
03:17keeping more of your hard-earned money. And I really do believe this, that there are Democrats like my
03:22ma'am on Papaw all over the great state of Iowa, but I hate to say it, and I hate
03:26to break it to you,
03:27but there are none left in Washington DC.
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