OXFORD Miss. — As Vice President J.D. Vance appeared at a Turning Point USA event on campus in Oxford on Wednesday, others with different points of view met to voice their concerns.

The town-hall format meeting, called Mississippi Rise Up was held in the Student Union, not far from the TPUSA event. It was sponsored by the Young College Democrats organization, and drew a diverse crowd of about 200.

Professors and politicians spoke, answered a variety of questions, and expressed their opinions on where the country was headed.

Tennessee Rep. Gloria Johnson was one of those who spoke.

"The Republican Party cares so little that Speaker Johnson told everyone to go home. He said, 'don't come to Washington.' The President left the country when people, starting November 1, are not going to be g

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