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... Vice President JD Vance arrived on stage following an introduction by Kirk's widow, Erika, as pyrotechnics and the song "Long Cool Woman" went off in the background.

There, he echoed Charlie, applauding the display of "free thinkers" whilst calling for conservative unity after a weekend of high-profile clashes on the TPUSA AmericaFest stage.

"Every American is invited [into MAGA]," Vance said. "Charlie invited all of us here for a reason because he believed that each of us, all of us, had something worth saying, and he trusted all of you to make your own judgement, and we have far more important work to do than cancelling each other."

Every speaker at the event was unified in their animosity towards transgender Americans, yet much of the event was marked by debate. ...