Vance Responds

Speaking on Fox News yesterday, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance responded to some of the nonsense coming from Joe Biden and Jake Sullivan. “On a whole host of issues,” Vance said, “President Biden has left us an absolute dumpster fire.”

On the economy, Vance said:

“[Joe Biden] . . . left us a dumpster fire, not just at the border but also with the economy. First of all, we know that prices are way too high for many Americans. . . he has added trillions and trillions of dollars to the federal debt during a time of peace. . .

“Oil prices are now shooting through the roof in the final two months of Joe Biden’s administration in part because of decisions that Joe Biden has made over the last few weeks.

“He actually hasn’t left the American people in good economic condition. That’s why they made Donald J. Trump the president-elect of the United States.”

Vance spoke at length about the border crisis. Host Shannon Breen pressed Vance on the ways Democrats will attack Trump’s immigration policies, and he handled it brilliantly.

On “family separation,” Vance said:

“Yeah, so this term is something you’re going to hear a lot in the next couple of months, the next couple of years. . . That is a dishonest term to hide behind. . .

“If . . . in the United States we have a guy who’s convicted of a violent crime and has to go to prison, we want that guy to go to prison. But yes, it does mean that that guy is going to be separated from his family. That is the consequence of committing violence upon your fellow citizens.”

On the “compassion” claim, he said:

“What the Democrats are going to do is they’re going to hide behind this. They’re going to say that this is all about compassion for families. It is not compassion to allow the drug cartels to traffic small children. It is not compassionate to allow the worst people in the world to send minor children, some of them victims of sex trafficking, into our country.

“That is the real humanitarian crisis at the border. You’re not going to exacerbate it through law enforcement. You’re going to fix it through law enforcement. And that’s what Donald Trump is going to do. . .

“We can’t buy into this lie that law enforcement at the American southern border is somehow not compassionate to families who want to cross illegally. Our number one responsibility is compassion to our fellow Americans.”