GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance stands next to the former president Donald Trump’s False claims that Venezuelan groups have invaded and conquered Aurora, Colorado.
Trump has repeatedly said members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang have “taken over” apartment complexes and “overrun” the city, as he once did. concentration in the city on friday
Aurora’s Republican mayor, Mike Coffman, said Trump’s claims are “grossly exaggerated” and have “unfairly damaged the city’s identity and sense of safety.”
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Asked by “This Week’s” Martha Raddatz on Sunday if Trump agrees to make those claims, Vance didn’t back down.
“Well, Martha, just say the mayor said they were exaggerated. That means there must be some element of truth here,” Vance said.
Raddatz followed up with Vance, who said the problems in Aurora were limited to a few apartment complexes and that the mayor released a statement saying the city’s “responsible police officers have acted on these concerns and will continue to do so.”
Vance fired back, saying Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris caused trouble in Aurora.
“Unfortunately, when you let people in by the millions, most of them unverified, most of them you don’t know who they really are, you’re going to have problems like this.”
“Kamala Harris, the 94 executive orders that dismantled Donald Trump’s successful border policies. We knew these things were going to happen. He bragged about opening the border, and now we have the consequences, and we’re living with it. We can do a lot better. But the truth is, we don’t do better will do, Martha, unless Donald Trump calls that thing, I’m glad.
After Hurricane Helene devastated parts of the southeastern US, including Florida, North Carolina and Georgia, Trump has falsely suggested that FEMA’s hurricane aid was going to migrants and that the federal government is being kicked out. about not helping people in republican areas.
When asked if he believed that to be true, Vance defended the president.
“What the president said is basically that FEMA aid is being diverted from going to illegal immigrants,” Vance responded. “We have Republican congressmen on the ground who represent that area saying they need to call the White House to get FEMA food and water? I don’t really think there’s anything nefarious going on here, Martha, but I think we’ve had an incompetent response to this particular crisis. , especially in Western North Carolina, and to be fair, it was tougher than many of us expected.”
Vance has called the federal government’s response to the crisis incompetent, saying members of the military are still “circulating” into western North Carolina.
Raddatz pushed back saying the government isn’t helping people in Republican areas and cited Pentagon officials who said active-duty troops were out the door before the call and ready to go.
In Georgia on Friday, Vance said the attorney general is the second most important role in government after the president.
Raddatz pressed Vance if Trump would go after his political opponents if he won another term.
“No, he was president for four years, and he didn’t go after his political opponents. You know who went after his political opponents? Kamala Harris, who has tried to arrest everyone from pro-life activists to political opponents,” Vance said.
To follow up, Raddatz tells Vance that Trump has said in the past that those who cheated will be prosecuted.
“Well, he said they’re going to prosecute people who violated our election laws. I think that’s the administration of law,” Vance said. “He didn’t say people are going to jail because they don’t agree with me.”
Vance continues to refuse to admit that Trump lost the 2020 election. In an interview with “This Week” earlier this year, Vance said he wouldn’t confirm the results of the 2020 race until states turn in voters for Trump.
Raddatz pressed Vance again in the 2020 election.
“In interview after interview, question after question and debate, you refuse to say that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election,” Raddatz said. “So I’m going to assume that if I ask you 50 times if he lost the election, you wouldn’t admit it. Is that correct?”
“Martha, you asked this question. I’ve been asked this question 10 times in the last two weeks. Of course, Donald Trump and I believe there were problems in 2020,” Vance said.
Pressed again by Raddatz, Vance responded, “I’ve said over and over again that I think the 2020 election was in trouble. You mean rigged? You mean he won? Use whatever dictionary term you want.”
