 ...smiled as he sat next to his running mate, J.D. Vance, the first-term Ohio senator. He sometimes smiled, but mostly listened and didn't talk much, his right ear bandaged after it was nicked by a bullet two days ago at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. He's speaking Thursday night. Congressman Byron Donalds pushed the new theme of the party. And if there was ever a time in our nation to come together, that time is now.