By james art 
PHOENIX – JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, appeared at a rally in Arizona on Saturday afternoon, three days before Election Day on November 5.
Vance, a senator from Ohio, spoke to Dillon Precision Products, an ammunition retailer located at Scottsdale Airpark.
Vance, who returned to Arizona after a rally in Peoria last week, appeared alongside Donald Trump Jr., the former president’s son.
The Ohio senator took the stage around 2:15 p.m. and spoke for about half an hour, focusing mainly on the border and the economy while attacking Kamala Harris.
Vance began by thanking Republican Senate candidate Cary Lake, who took the stage earlier Saturday, while criticizing Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego, calling him a “far-left radical pretending to be a moderate.”
The Republican vice presidential nominee blamed Harris for the 453,000 illegal immigrants he claimed existed in Arizona and further accused her of the 425,000 criminal illegal immigrants he claimed existed in the United States.
“The number of criminal migrants we have in this country, thanks to Kamala Harris’s failed border policies, is more than twice the size of the United States Marine Corps,” Vance said.
“Kamala Harris rolled out the red carpet for every illegal alien. She has offered to give them free health care, she has promised to give them Social Security and Medicare, which would bankrupt these programs.
“Meanwhile, our guy is telling the illegal aliens in this country, especially the criminal migrants, ‘Pack your bags because you’re going home in three months.’
Vance said the state of Arizona spends $1.4 billion each year to deal with illegal immigration.
He then turned his attention to drug cartels importing fentanyl. “Kamala Harris would rather invite the Mexican drug cartels into our country than enforce the law against them,” Vance said.
Vance talks about the state of the economy while attacking Harris
The cost of living, affordable housing and the prices of groceries and utilities were also key highlights for Vance on Saturday.
“A vote for Kamala is a vote for four more years of sky-high inflation,” Vance said. “This is a vote for four more years of unaffordable groceries and unaffordable housing.” This is a vote for four more years of a wide-open southern border. This is a vote for four more years of fentanyl flooding our country. And I think the people of Arizona in three days we will send a message.
“We don’t want four more years of broken policies by Kamala Harris.” Our message to Kamala Harris is, “You’re fired. Go back to San Francisco where you belong.”
Vance asks for Tim Waltz
The Ohio senator asked for prayers for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, saying, “He has the hardest job in American politics.”
“Governor Tim Walz,” Vance said. “You wouldn’t expect me to feel bad for him because he goes around the country lying about me and President Trump. But let’s be honest, he has to be lying about us because he has nothing else to talk about.
“Because Governor Tim Waltz can’t say that Kamala Harris did anything to lower grocery prices, because of course her policies made grocery prices much more expensive. He can’t say that Kamala Harris did anything to close the border, because of course, for four years, she did everything she could to open the border. And the biggest challenge of all is that Tim Waltz has to pretend that Kamala Harris is competent enough to be President of the United States. It’s hard work.”
The economy was another thing Vance paid attention to. He said Trump has created a lot of private sector jobs while Harris only brags about the economy.
“Last month, the US economy lost 28,000 private sector jobs. The US economy lost 46,000 manufacturing jobs last month,” Vance said. “If you read the jobs report, it says the US economy gained 12,000 jobs. Do you know what that means? Whole of Government — We’ve created more government jobs than we’ve lost in the private sector.
“This is Kamala Harris economics in a nutshell. You pay higher taxes, you pay higher grocery prices, you get worse jobs with lower wages. But the government bureaucrats who work for Kamala Harris are doing just fine.
Vance also poked fun at Harris’ appearance on “The View” earlier this month, when she said, “There’s nothing that comes to mind” when asked what she would do differently than President Biden.
“That means if you vote for Kamala Harris, you’re going to get more of the same,” Vance said. “More of the same open border. More of the same policies that raise the cost of groceries, gas, and everything else. More of the same failed leadership. More of the same chaos around the world and more of the same failed leadership in the Oval Office.”