Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance told a group of supporters that his grandmother once pulled a .44 Magnum handgun on a motorcyclist who displayed a middle finger.
At a Wednesday campaign event in Michigan, Vance attributed his success to his grandmother.
"I managed to build a life because I had a mamaw who was tough as nails," he explained. "She was my grandmother, she was my guardian angel, and she had a foul mouth on her."
Vance recalled going on a trip with his grandmother and aunt at the age of four or five.
"There must have been, somebody got cut off or something, because this guy was driving like crazy," he remembered. "He was cutting us off. He was on a motorcycle, actually. He was flipping us off, and you could tell he was just in a bad mood."
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"I remember that mamaw reached underneath her car seat, pulled out a .44 Magnum, and tapped it on the window," Vance added. "And that was the end of the aggressive driving on the highways of Eastern Kentucky."
