JD Vance tells VP Harris at campaign rally in GA to 'Stop telling the American people they're bad'

GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance spoke Saturday at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, telling Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris to “Stop telling the American people they're bad for wanting a secure southern border."

That comment was part of a litany of issues that Vance focused on during his speech as the campaign heads into its final week for the November 5 election. 

"Here's my message to Kamala Harris," Vance told the crowd in Atlanta. "Stop censoring your fellow citizens, try to persuade them and you might actually get somewhere. Stop telling people they're racist because they want their children to go to schools with kids who speak the English language," according to Fox News. 

"Stop telling American citizens they're bad people because they don't want fentanyl flooding their communities,” Vance continued. “Stop telling the American people they don't deserve to have smaller hospital wait times. Stop telling the American people they're bad for wanting a secure southern border."

Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment but got no response. 

Georgia is considered one of the key battleground states in the upcoming election, after Joe Biden won it in 2020, and the state elected two Democratic senators in January 2021 runoffs in the traditionally Republican state. 

This year, the state is seeing record early voting numbers. Election officials say they have already seen more than half of the 2020 total turnout. 

"So over 50% of the turnout for 2020 has already voted in Georgia," tweeted Gabriel Sterling, the chief operating officer for the secretary of state's office. "So for people like Joe Biden & Stacey Abrams, you were wrong saying we had voter suppression here. It’s easy to register & vote in Georgia…and really hard to even try to cheat. Great job by our voters & counties."