A demonstrator interrupted JD Vance mid-speech at a Republican Party convention, and the vice president responded by offering to purchase the man a plane ticket, according to Frankfurter Rundschau.
The protester was carrying a Mexican flag, WELT reports. Vance told the man he would buy him a flight ticket and called on him to leave the United States, according to that outlet's account of the exchange.
Frankfurter Rundschau described the response as an unusual offer. The incident occurred during Vance's address at the convention, though the reporting does not specify the city or venue.
In the same speech, Vance characterized the Democratic Party as "the party of hate," according to tagesschau.de. n-tv.de reported that Vance delivered a fiery address that appeared to be on track as a campaign-style speech before he departed from his prepared remarks.
The episode comes amid broader discussion of Vance's political future. Handelsblatt has reported on the question of who will succeed Trump, framing the contest as a choice between Vance and Marco Rubio.
Coverage of the interruption and the vice president's reaction was carried by multiple German outlets, including Frankfurter Rundschau, WELT, tagesschau.de and n-tv.de.
What to watch next: whether Vance's remarks at the convention signal a formal step toward a future campaign, and how the exchange with the protester is received in the days that follow.
