Overview
- Vice President JD Vance told Fox News the Democratic Party would let its “dumbest candidate” win in 2028, calling Kamala Harris “not qualified” and labeling Gavin Newsom “unbelievably corrupt and incompetent.”
- Defending the recent U.S. operation in Venezuela, Vance said the United States should control the country’s “incredible natural resources” and declared that in the region “the United States calls the shots.”
- Vance said ICE would ramp up deportations by going “door-to-door” and alleged, without presenting evidence, a fraud scheme involving Somali immigrants in Minnesota.
- RealClearPolitics averages cited in the coverage show Newsom at 23.6% and Harris at 21.4% in a hypothetical Democratic primary, while Vance leads a hypothetical GOP field by 37.8 points over Donald Trump Jr.
- Newsom’s press office mocked Vance on X with a yoga-pose image and the caption, “We all know JD copies Daddy,” shortly after the interview aired.