Carolyn Stallworth (center), a Trump supporter, said she was at the rally to see JD Vance. “I’m here to see JD, of course.” Stallworth said she enjoyed his debate performance earlier this week. Photo by Julia Beverly/The Atlanta VoiceLindale, Ga. – What was once a working mill and one of the largest employers in the town of Lindale is now a great place to get wedding and prom photos taken or in the case of politics, a great place to hold a rally. A sign on an exterior wall of the once mighty mill ironically read “Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!” Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance was coming to Floyd County to talk to voters just days after taking part in a debate with Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The debate was a topic of conversation among the hundreds of people attending the rally on Friday, Oct. 4.Vance used that momentum from the debate to make his first visit to Floyd County an opportunity to talk about the economy, the “American Dream”, fracking, gun control, and Harris the “Border Czar.” JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance visited The Varsity location in Rome while in Floyd County, Georgia on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. Photo by Julia Beverly/The Atlanta VoiceVance also took questions from the media. From two separate stages, members of the local and national media asked Vance election-related questions. The Atlanta Voice asked him whether he believes Trump should debate Harris again and take a note out of his book by sticking to just policy and less name-calling?In response to that question, Vance said, “Kamala Harris already had an opportunity to do a second debate and she turned it down. I really think it’s important that the media gets this story right. She said she didn’t want to debate on Fox News and that’s her decision to deprive the American people of a second presidential debate.” During his speech, Vance used the popular Trump catchphrase, “drill, baby, drill” and said Harris wants to take guns away from American citizens, while allowing drug cartels and illegal immigrants to have access to guns.“This is a hell of a country, my friends. Don’t ever forget that,” said Vance who added that the American dream is still possible, but only with a Trump-Vance administration. “We’re not just running this race because it will be fun to beat the Democrats,” Vance said. “Though it will be fun to beat the Democrats.”Among a half-dozen Black people in attendance for the rally was Carolyn Stallworth. She wore a black “Trump” cap, black t-shirt, jeans, and matching patent leather loafers. She told The Atlanta Voice that she was there for Vance and had been a long time Republican.“I’ve been supporting Trump since he came down the escalator in 2016,” Stallworth said. She said she had been to Trump rallies in the past, most recently when she lived in Michigan, but Friday afternoon in a refurbished and retrofitted mill was going to be her first time seeing Vance in person. “Obviously, I want to see J.D.,” she said. Stallworth said the civility of the debate was something that stood out to her. She said she believes that was how political discourse used to be. “It’s better for all of us when it’s like that,” she added.Trump supporters during the rally in Lindale, Georgia on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. Photo by Julia Beverly/The Atlanta VoiceFormer United States President Donald Trump was also in Georgia on Friday. He wasn’t holding a rally, but instead was touring Hurricane Helene-ravaged Valdosta. United States Vice President Kamala Harris was in Augusta on Wednesday, Oct. 2 to tour that city’s hurricane-damaged neighborhoods. Georgia Senator Majorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Lt. Governor Burt Jones, Georgia State Representative Katie Dempsey, Floyd County Commissioner Scotty Hancock, Trump campaign senior advisor and Third Congressional District candidate Brian Jack, and other local representatives came on stage to welcome Vance to Floyd County. During the opening prayer Dempsey asked God to “Please, please, please protect President Trump” and to “Please give [Vance] your courage.”Jack received a large ovation after saying Republican supporters needed to get out and vote in mass numbers. “Donald Trump took a bullet for us, the least we can do is go out and vote for him,” he said. Greene used her time on stage to blame Harris for an infusion of immigrants coming into the country via the border. She also used the mill as an example of what has become a problem around the country. “This Mill represents everything that has happened to America the last four years,” she said. “This is like a skeleton representing America last policies of the current administration.” The post JD Vance holds rally in Northwest Georgia, talks debate, economics and “Border Czar” appeared first on The Atlanta Voice.