Vice President JD Vance implored North Carolina voters to back Senate Republican candidate Michael Whatley in his competitive battle against former Gov. Roy Cooper, as some Republicans warn the historically toss-up state could be getting away from the GOP.

The vice president praised Whatley as “the best RNC chair that we have ever had” during a Monday visit to Greensboro, North Carolina, while blasting Cooper as “the loyal servant of the hard Left” on key issues such as crime, voter ID, and gender ideology.