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From Fox News: Vice President JD Vance sparred with CBS anchor Margaret Brennan on unvetted illegal immigrants and refugees during a “Face the Nation” interview Sunday.
Brennan asked Vance for his thoughts on President Donald Trump, through executive order, putting a pause on refugee resettlement operations while demanding enhanced vetting for visa applications.
She specifically asked whether he stood by his past comments that the U.S. should not “abandon anybody who’s been properly vetted.”
“Well, Margaret, I don’t agree that all these immigrants, or all these refugees have been properly vetted,” Vance said. “In fact, we know that there are cases of people who allegedly were properly vetted and then were literally planning terrorist attacks in our country. That happened during the campaign, if you may remember. So, clearly, not all of these foreign nationals have been properly vetted.”
Brennan claimed, “These people are vetted. These people are vetted.”
Firing back, Vance gave her an example of just one of the Afghan citizens who came to the U.S. in 2021, after Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, who had gone through “vetting,” but was recently busted in Oklahoma for planning a terrorist attack.
Brennan tried to brush that aside, claiming it was a “very particular case,” and argued, “It wasn’t clear if he was radicalized when he got here or while he was living here, but…”
Vance blew up at that point.
WATCH the stunning exchange below:
VP: “Just like the guy who planned a terrorist attack in Oklahoma a few months ago? He was allegedly ‘properly vetted.'”
BRENNAN: “It wasn’t clear if he was radicalized when he got here…”
VP: “I don’t really care, Margaret. I don’t want that person in my country.”
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 26, 2025
In another segment of the interview, Vance drew a clear picture of President Donald Trump’s leadership, compared to what America has been getting the past four years.
WATCH:
We live in the greatest country in the world. When disaster strikes, Americans ought to expect more out of their federal government.
Tomorrow, I’ll return to Damascus, VA to check on their cleanup from Hurricane Helene and we’ll continue to do so until they’ve fully recovered. pic.twitter.com/qyf0HTuPEV
— JD Vance (@JDVance) January 26, 2025
Below are more key clips from the interview with Vance:
VP VANCE: “How does bacon get to the grocery store? It comes on trucks that are fueled by diesel fuel. If the diesel is way too expensive, the bacon is going to become more expensive … If we lower energy prices, we are going to see lower prices for consumers.” pic.twitter.com/Hxxp7cCQBc
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 26, 2025
VP VANCE: These are publications that attacked Donald J. Trump obsessively, but those publications don’t determine who the president is, the American people do. And Donald J. Trump determines who his cabinet is, not these publications that I think frankly have lost relevance. pic.twitter.com/ViRsMdZ5KT
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 26, 2025
VP VANCE: “[The US] was founded by some immigrants and some settlers — but just because we were founded by immigrants doesn’t mean that 240 years later that we have to have the dumbest immigration policy in the world.” 🔥 pic.twitter.com/JWSzbiNQMQ
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 26, 2025
VANCE: “I believe the US Conference of Catholic Bishops — if they’re worried about the humanitarian costs of immigration enforcement, let them talk about the children who have been sex trafficked because of the wide open border.” pic.twitter.com/Je2WsYXF6J
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 26, 2025
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