New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis speaks with Fox News Digital. (Fox News Digital)
"After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio," Trump announced on his Truth Social platform Monday afternoon.
Sen. JD Vance, a Republican from Ohio, second left, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, left, and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican from New York, address the media outside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York City on May 13, 2024. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Malliotakis also joined Vance and a bevy of other Trump allies at the courthouse during the trial, with the New York congresswoman telling Fox News Digital she had the opportunity to get to know Vance well as they defended Trump during what she described as a "sham trial."
"I actually got to know JD quite a bit when we both went with President Trump to the courthouse during his sham trial in New York City," she said. "So I’m happy for him. I wish him the best of luck, and I think he’s going to do a great job."
A message of unity has taken center stage at the RNC after the assassination attempt on Trump on Saturday evening at a rally in Pennsylvania. Malliotakis said the "outrageous" attacks on Trump have hit levels seen in third-world countries and that it "needs to stop."
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"Ever since President Trump came down the escalator nine years ago, he’s been vilified by the left. His opponents have done everything to try to destroy him financially, professionally, personally, and the rhetoric has gone way too far. And look what they did this year alone. They tried to kick him off the ballot, tried to put him in jail, and now someone tried to kill him. And it’s because of the rhetoric that came from the left, saying that President Trump is so dangerous, the biggest danger to democracy and comparing him to Hitler."
"It’s outrageous and it has to stop."
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is rushed off the stage during a rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Before he was ushered out, Trump appeared to yell "Fight!" while giving a fist pump to the crowd to indicate he was OK.
"I’m just so happy that he’s alive, that he’s doing well, that he will be here. I think that there’s a lot of excitement here in Milwaukee right now for President Trump’s speech on Thursday."
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"We believe he will be calling on the country to come together because we may have differences as Americans on policy. And we need to learn, all of us, to debate it respectfully on the House floor, in the media and at the ballot box."
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