Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and a slew of leaders from across our Republic helped kick off a breakfast event in Milwaukee, and as I hitting post on this, I enter the FiServ Forum for the 57th time—not to watch a Marquette basketball game, but to attend President Trump’s acceptance speech. The day began at 4:10 a.m. when I started greeting the first of hundreds of guests I had invited to hear Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance, Governor Glenn Youngkin from my native Virginia, and U.S. Senator Ron Johnson from my current home state of Wisconsin speak.
Vance kicked off the God and Country Breakfast to a capacity crowd of 550 in the main ballroom a few blocks from FiServ and 1,000 filling the entire floor of Milwaukee’s famous Pfister Hotel. Also present was Joel Pollak, a former colleague from my days as a Breitbart editor and one of the leading Jewish reporters in conservative media.
Pictured: TBOR Action and WIFFC President John Punder, alongside Alex Cucchairo, as they set up their booth for the prayer breakfast.
Earlier today, Door-to-Door Canvassing Director Alex Cucchiaro and President John Pudner greeted hundreds they had invited to the event, starting bright and early at 4 a.m., as attendees began to arrive just 10 minutes later. Both split time between Take Back Our Republic Action (a 501c4) and Wisconsin Faith and Freedom (a 501c3).
Pictured: President John Punder awaits the breakfast as VP-nominee JD Vance visits to speak with him and event attendees.
To watch VP-nominee Vance's remarks from the breakfast, please click here.
House Speaker Mike Johnson later recalled his first conversations after former President Trump's attempted assassination last Saturday, as well as the harrowing story of the near-drowning of his two sons. Both events, despite their dire circumstances, showcased the divine providence that occurs in our daily lives.
However, the most poignant speech of the breakfast for our Wisconsin Faith and Freedom members might have been from John's native Virginia, with Governor Glenn Youngkin. Pudner also attended Youngkin's meet and greet earlier in the week - as these two events appear to be the biggest two events of the week outside the convention itself.
Also in attendance was John's former colleague from his days as an editor at Breitbart, Joel Pollak, who he was thrilled to reconnect with and who posted the interview below.