Vance Takes RNC Stage, Charlie Kirk Honored, 25 Years Since 9/11 Terror Attack: AM Update 9/11

Emily Jashinski (0:00)

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Stand still, not a chance.

Emily Jashinski (0:05)

You're a lifelong learner who's come this far.

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Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Jushinski, host of After Party and The Megyn Kelly Wrap-Up Show on SiriusXM Channel 111 It's Friday, September 11th, 2026 This is your AM Update.

JD Vance (0:28)

We can never, we will never let them win. We're going to beat them back in November.

Emily Jashinski (0:34)

Vice President JD Vance and President Trump making the closing argument for Republicans in Dallas, rallying voters in the fight for control of Congress.

Lucas Miles (0:42)

If Charlie were standing here tonight with that microphone still in his hand, what would he say to us? I think he would say, the work's not finished.

Emily Jashinski (0:52)

The Republican Party honoring Charlie Kirk one year after his assassination, remembering the man who helped shape a generation of young conservatives. The notorious Tate brothers denied bail in Miami as they fight extradition on dozens of rape and sex trafficking charges. America marking 25 years since September 11th, 2001, remembering the lives stolen, the heroes who sacrificed everything, and the moment a wounded nation stood together.

All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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Emily Jashinski (2:18)

Vice President JD Vance taking center stage on the final night of the Republican Party's first ever midterm convention before President Trump returned to deliver the closing remarks. Mr. Vance using the nationally televised address to make the Republican case for retaining control of Congress. The address also giving the Vice President a major national platform amid growing speculation about his own White House ambitions in 2028 Mr. Vance taking the stage one night after the president delivered a nearly two-hour address repeatedly warning that Democrats would dismantle his agenda if they regained control of either chamber.

The Vice President presenting Republicans as the Party of Common Sense, drawing a broader cultural contrast with the Democrat Party.

JD Vance (3:00)

I'm here to tell you this is who the Democrats are now, my friends.

They're not just the party of little higher taxes, maybe some dumb regulations. They're not the party of FDR or JFK. Hell, they're not even the party of Bill Clinton anymore. The Democrats are the party of hatred. They're the party that despises America and the people who built it. They're the party that can find sympathy for the terrorists who perpetrated 9-11, but they say that people with names like James Vance are incapable of loving people with names like Usha, and they couldn't be more wrong.

Ladies and gentlemen, because the Democrats have become such a nightmare, we will never let them win. We're going to beat them back in November.

Emily Jashinski (3:49)

Mr. Vance pointing to the administration's record during its first two years, arguing Republicans have delivered on the promises that returned President Trump to the White House.

JD Vance (3:57)

Donald Trump's administration, it's not just the first government in the last 80 years to actually stop a border invasion, it's the first in the last 80 years to reverse the border invasion. Under Donald Trump's leadership, we've created one million new jobs. For my entire life, I saw corporations ship jobs overseas and be rewarded by Washington. Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime to crack down on people shipping our jobs overseas and fight for American businesses and American workers for a change.

We've seen the largest drop of violent crime in the history of the United States of America because we've backed the police and throw the bad guys in prison. It's not rocket science. We did what generations of Democrat politicians promised but failed to do. We actually took on Big Pharma and lowered drug costs for all of our citizens.