Convention delegates react to JD Vance pick: 'If Trump likes him, I love him'

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98% : The delegates on the floor below alternated between chants of "we love Trump" and "JD.""If Trump likes him, I love him," Williams, the delegate from North Carolina, told me.
89% : Lee was midway through casting Utah's 40 delegate votes for Trump, when he added, "and his newly announced running mate, my friend and colleague J.D. Vance!"The news was a surprise to many inside the arena.
69% : But midway through Monday evening's session, Trump emerged from the tunnel as Lee Greenwood sang "God Bless the U.S.A." and delegates cheered.
63% : Trump announced his pick, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, via a post on social media hours earlier.
57% : It had a made-for-TV feel: "It's like a highly sophisticated version of The Apprentice," Trump said last week.
57% : ""I was leaning toward JD because of his youth and his presence behind Trump," added Mike Slagle, a delegate from Oregon.
49% : "If that's who Trump picked, that's the choice.
49% : "Trump arrived in Milwaukee Sunday evening, but there was no early indication he would appear at the convention before Thursday, when he is scheduled to accept the party's nomination.
39% : Trump ended up making an appearance Monday evening, though he did not speak -- and the cat had long been let out of the bag.
15% : After Trump survived an attempted assassination on Saturday, there were questions about whether Trump would attend the convention at all.

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