ATLANTA — Georgians waited for hours in line to see Sen. JD Vance speak in Atlanta on Saturday morning with just 10 days left until this year's pivotal presidential election.
"Anything he wants to talk about because I admire him and President Trump, which I got to see on Wednesday at the Duluth rally," one Trump and Vance supporter said. "And it was the first rally I ever attended, and it was awesome."
As one person mentioned, it's not the first time this week a vice presidential or presidential candidate campaigned in Georgia.
"I love it," said one woman. "I love to see all them come."
One reason why Georgia is so hotly visited this election season is because it is a crucial battleground state.
"It means that they’re trying to get votes from this swing state," said another woman.
"If I were going to run for office, I would be speaking to constituents," said one man. "And if I wanted to be a president of a country that had swing states, I would spend my time there, just like this, on the ground asking what are the real issues with people."
11Alive's Molly Oak was presented with the opportunity to ask Vance a question about how he feels he and Trump are performing in battleground states -- but specifically right in Georgia.
"I think that we are winning the state of Georgia right now. I really do," Vance said, adding, "And honestly my biggest concern is complacency (among voters) down the stretch because if the election were held tomorrow, I am 100 percent confident Donald Trump is the next president of the United States. And that is a very good thing. But, but -- the election is not tomorrow. The election is 10 days from now. So what we have to do is keep our foot on the gas. We've got to keep on working. We've got to keep on running through the finish line."
Georgia congressmen Andrew Clyde, Rick Allen and Mike Collins all joined Vance on stage.
11Alive asked people what they hoped the senator would talk about on Saturday.
"The cost of living, especially for me and my family, who is on social security, isn’t very much and doesn’t go very far at all," said one woman, who added she also hoped Sen. Vance would discuss immigration, the border,and the economy.
The economy and inflation seemed to be the hot topics for Saturday's crowd.
"Gas and food. We’re all about gas and food. We’d love no tax on tips and no tax on overtime," said one man. "Most of us are living on credit cards now, so dropping the interest on credit cards to 10 percent is an awesome thing that would affect all Americans no matter what color, creed, race, religion you are."
Here is a full breakdown of Vance's visit to Atlanta: