Posts

Vance Clashes With CBS Host During Fiery Debate Over Refugee Program Paused by President Trump

/0 Comments/in , /by

Vice President JD Vance clashed with CBS host Margaret Brennan Sunday morning when the Republican defended President Trump’s decision to halt a refugee program that quickly barred hundreds of Afghans from reaching the US last week.

Vance tore into Brennan during a sit-down interview on “Face the Nation,” arguing the vetting process refugees currently undergo is not thorough enough and that his “primary concern as the vice president is to look after the American people.”

Brennan asked whether Afghan refugees, including some who worked with the US government, should be allowed in the country, and pointed out Vance said last year he doesn’t think the country “should abandon anybody who’s been properly vetted and helped us.”

But Vance was quick to insist he doesn’t think all the refugees have been vetted the right way.

“And now that we know that we have vetting problems with a lot of these refugee programs, we absolutely cannot unleash thousands of unvetted people into our country,” the veep added. (Read more from “Vance Clashes With CBS Host During Fiery Debate Over Refugee Program Paused by President Trump” HERE)

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr

JD Vance Receives Backlash From Conservatives for ‘Rewarding’ an ‘Enemy’ News Org. With First Sit-Down Interview

/1 Comment/in , /by

Vice President JD Vance received backlash from conservatives on Thursday after it was announced that his first sit-down interview would be conducted by Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan.

After CBS News political reporter Olivia Rinaldi broke the news that Vance would grant his first interview as vice president to Face the Nation on Sunday, conservative media figures criticized the decision.

(Read more from “JD Vance Receives Backlash From Conservatives for ‘Rewarding’ an ‘Enemy’ News Org. With First Sit-Down Interview” HERE)

Trump, Vance Roll Their Eyes As Left-Wing Pastor Lectures Them On Trans People, Illegal Aliens (VIDEO)

/1 Comment/in , /by

President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance visibly rolled their eyes as the Episcopal bishop of Washington, Mariann Budde, lectured them on being kind to transgender people and immigrants at Tuesday’s National Prayer Service.

Budde requested that the newly sworn-in president and vice president “have mercy” on gay, lesbian and transgender people as well as illegal immigrants who are allegedly “scared” by the new administration. The new leaders did not appear amused by her lecture, with Vance repeatedly shooting looks to his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance.

“In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now,” Budde said. “There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives. And the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants, who work the night shifts in hospitals. They may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors, they are faithful members of churches and our mosques, synagogues and temples.”

Trump and Vance attended the National Prayer Service along with Usha, First Lady Melania Trump and their families at the Washington National Cathedral. The interfaith service was held to “offer prayers of thanksgiving for our democracy” at the beginning of the new administration, according to a statement from the National Cathedral. (Read more from “Trump, Vance Roll Their Eyes As Left-Wing Pastor Lectures Them On Trans People, Illegal Aliens (VIDEO)” HERE)

JD Vance Walks Back President Trump’s Promise to Pardon All J6ers

/2 Comments/in , , /by

By New York Post. Vice President-elect JD Vance said that President-elect Donald Trump will issue pardons for peaceful protesters on Jan. 6, 2021 — but not violent rioters.

Vance said that there were scores of individuals who “were prosecuted unfairly” after the Jan. 6 ransacking of the Capitol and that the Trump administration will “rectify that.”

“If you protested peacefully on January the 6th, and you’ve had Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice treat you like a gang member, you should be pardoned,” Vance, 40, told “Fox News Sunday” about the line Trump will draw.

“If you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned. And there’s a little bit of a gray area there. But we’re very much committed to seeing the equal administration of law.”

Vance later responded to backlash over his comments — with some accusing him of “walking back” promises to pardon people who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6. (Read more from “JD Vance Walks Back President Trump’s Promise to Pardon All J6ers” HERE)

____________________________________________________

‘We Will Raise Hell’: MAGA Activists ‘Swearing Vengeance on J.D. Vance’ for New ‘Betrayal’

By Raw Story. Donald Trump’s number two has found himself to be the number one target of several faithful members of the MAGA movement, including Jan. 6 rioters. . .

That comment struck a chord with numerous Trump supporters, including Philip Anderson, a Texas man who was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges connected to the riot.

“Telling your own supporters that the election was stolen and then not giving them a pardon or commutation after you sent them into what you call a ‘fedsurrection’ and ‘trap’ is a betrayal,” he wrote Sunday. “All of the J6 defendants must be saved. JD Vance is wrong and I hope Trump will save his own supporters.”

Another Jan. 6 defendant, Samuel Fisher, (aka Brad Holiday ), replied to Anderson, saying, “He better or we will raise hell for the rest of our lives.” . . .

“J6 defendants and family members are swearing vengeance on JD Vance if all of the J6 defendants are not saved. And they are right to do it,” he said on X. (Read more from “‘We Will Raise Hell’: MAGA Activists ‘Swearing Vengeance on J.D. Vance’ for New ‘Betrayal’” HERE)

“No Excuse”: Trump Fumes on Truth Social After Senate Confirms Biden Judges — Thanks to GOP Absences

/5 Comments/in , /by

Republican senators are urging some of their colleagues, including Vice President-elect JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Donald Trump’s Secretary of State pick Marco Rubio, R-Florida, to get back to the office and block Democrats from confirming judges during the lame-duck session while they still have the majority and the White House.

After their absences helped Senate Democrats to confirm several of President Joe Biden’s nominees, Republicans fumed about Vance, Rubio and others during their weekly caucus lunch and to reporters. “I’m not going to bubble wrap it,” said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. “There’s no excuse for that, it’s our job to be here and vote.”

“We want to see [Vance] and some of our members back because of these votes we’re having,” Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., told reporters. “Particularly on some of the circuit court judges.”

Trump himself issued marching orders on Truth Social on Tuesday. “The Democrats are trying to stack the Courts with Radical Left Judges on their way out the door,” Trump declared. “Republican Senators need to Show Up and Hold the Line — No more Judges confirmed before Inauguration Day!” he wrote, just a few hours after he invited several GOP senators, including Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to witness a SpaceX launch while the rest of the chamber was voting. (Read more from “No Excuse”: Trump Fumes on Truth Social After Senate Confirms Biden Judges — Thanks to GOP Absences” HERE)

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr

Hegseth Fires Back At ‘Anti-Christian’ Report From Associated Press

/0 Comments/in , /by

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, fired back at a hit piece in the Associated Press that attacked him for a religious tattoo he has.

The report said that Hegseth, an Army National Guard veteran, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member because of the tattoo, which they claimed was linked to white supremacy.

Retired Master Sgt. DeRicko Gaither told the AP that he received an email from a former National Guard member that included a photo of Hegseth’s tattoos.

The report said:

Gaither told AP he researched the tattoos — including one of a Jerusalem Cross and the context of the words “Deus Vult,” Latin for “God wills it,” on his bicep — and determined they had sufficient connection to extremist groups to elevate the email to his commanding officers.

(Read more from “Hegseth Fires Back At ‘Anti-Christian’ Report From Associated Press” HERE)

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr

JD Vance to Rogan: Liberals Should Learn From ‘Boyz N the Hood,’ Math Isn’t ‘Racist’

/0 Comments/in , /by

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) told Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience Thursday that liberals should learn from the classic John Singleton 1991 film Boyz n the Hood that math is not “racist.”

Vance, who taped the episode with Rogan on Wednesday, noted that he had re-watched the film recently, and recalled watching it often when he was growing up — in his own version of poverty, in a white working-class neighborhood.

Vance said that he related to Singleton’s coming-of-age story — and especially to the idea that “math isn’t racist.”

That line is delivered by Laurence Fishburne, who plays Jason “Furious” Styles, a father and mortgage broker who is determined to keep his son from following a path into violence and death on the streets of South Central Los Angeles.

Vance said that Styles was an inspiration to him, since he himself was growing up without a father. He also related to Styles’s effort to stop large financial institutions from buying up all of the real estate in the neighborhood, which spoke to him as a resident in a small town dominated by far larger economic forces. (Read more from “JD Vance to Rogan: Liberals Should Learn From ‘Boyz N the Hood,’ Math Isn’t ‘Racist’” HERE)

CNN’s Jake Tapper Tried to Corner JD Vance on Trump’s Alleged Remarks About Hitler. It Didn’t Go Well.

/0 Comments/in , /by

Jake, how did you think this would end? Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) has been the grim reaper regarding liberal narratives and the hosts who try to corner him on them on CNN. Host Dana Bash was twisted into knots when Vance expertly dismantled her plan of attack regarding the allegations that Haitian migrants were chopping up pets. Now, The Atlantic is trying to rehash another ‘loser and suckers’ hoax, trying to claim that Donald Trump spoke fondly of Adolf Hitler, and his generals and denigrated the death of murdered US Army soldier, Vanessa Guillen, in 2020. The

The Guillen family and their attorney have gone on record saying the publication misled them. This claim is getting credence because Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly, is also on record saying the former president made such comments.

Yet, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who also hates Trump, couldn’t recall when Mr. Trump said anything Kelly was alleging. It was so horrible that Kelly kept working for Trump and kept Trump’s purported Third Reich affinity to himself until two weeks before Election Day.

This story doesn’t pass the smell test, but Tapper tried to flank Vance on it this weekend with disastrous results. The Ohio Republican redirected the question because to make this allegation, you need to have credibility as a news organization, which CNN lost eons ago with the Russian collusion hoax. Despite some good pieces here and there, the network is obviously anti-Trump and a clown show, something that offended Tapper big league:

(Read more from “CNN’s Jake Tapper Tried to Corner JD Vance on Trump’s Alleged Remarks About Hitler. It Didn’t Go Well.” HERE)

Vance Asks Voters Not To Let Political Stances End Lifelong Friendships: ‘Not Worth It’

/0 Comments/in , /by

During a town hall event on Thursday, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) struck a tone rarely seen on the 2024 campaign trail when he asked citizens not to let their political beliefs completely affect their relationships.

Former President Donald Trump’s running mate began by speaking about the harsh rhetoric used in the lead-up to Election Day, saying, “We’ve got to be better at communicating and talking to one another. He shared his concern with censorship and not listening to people who share another viewpoint. “The idea that we should be trying to silence our fellow Americans rather than persuade them and talk to them,” he added.

It was afterward, however, when Vance appealed to voters regarding how they interact with the people in their lives during a heated political moment.

“And one final point I’ll say about this. You know, don’t get too personal all the time … one of the things I’ve seen, especially from some of my wife’s friends and some of my friends is they disagree with us on politics — sometimes they’ll get very personal about it,” the Ohio Republican said.

“If you’re discarding a lifelong friendship because somebody votes for the other team, then you’ve made a terrible, terrible mistake and you should do something different,” he added. “Don’t cast aside — most of my family obviously is going to vote for Donald Trump and J.D. Vance and if they’re not, actually, I need to talk to them. But I’ve got friends who like me personally, acquaintances who aren’t necessarily going to vote for me. That doesn’t make them bad people.” (Read more from “Vance Asks Voters Not To Let Political Stances End Lifelong Friendships: ‘Not Worth It’” HERE)

JD Vance Has an Even Stronger Case for a Rigged 2020 Election in the Number of Illegal Ballots

/0 Comments/in , , /by

The legacy media continues to push Sen. J.D. Vance to say Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, with Martha Raddatz on Sunday’s “This Week” being the latest in a string of interviewers pressing the vice-presidential candidate on that question. While Vance responded as before, that “of course Donald Trump and I believe there were problems in 2020,” the full exchange revealed that the fundamental flaw is in the question — not Vance’s answer.

For a full two minutes during yesterday’s interview, Raddatz demanded Vance say Trump lost the 2020 election. “Why won’t you say that?” she asked, to which Vance replied: “Because, Martha, I believe that in 2020, when Big Tech were censoring American citizens, that created very serious problems.”

“I don’t understand why you won’t just say that you believe it?” Raddatz retorted. “Did Donald Trump lose? That’s the question, and you know that’s the question.”

It was here that an exasperated Vance made his point clear: “Martha, I’ve said repeatedly I think the 2020 election had problems, you want to say ‘rigged,’ you want to say, ‘he won,’ use whatever vocabulary term you want.” What happened, Vance stressed, was the “censoring of fellow citizens in a way that ‘violated our fundamental rights,’” and that was a bigger problem, Vance explained, than what words he used to frame the issue.

This exchange proves key to understanding why Vance refuses to say, “Donald Trump lost the 2020 election,” and why the liberal press continues to demand an answer to that question. (Read more from “JD Vance Has an Even Stronger Case for a Rigged 2020 Election in the Number of Illegal Ballots” HERE)

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr