Reporter Confronts JD Vance With His Past Criticisms Of Donald Trump

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Speaking with a CNN reporter on Thursday, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) spoke about his prior criticisms of former President Donald Trump.

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00:00done touring the border. Vice President Harris has contended that you and

00:04President Trump, former President Trump, had tanked the bipartisan border deal

00:08that would have provided a lot more funding to support the border. What is

00:11your response to that? Well look, the bipartisan border deal was actually a

00:14massive giveaway to illegal immigrants. It would not have solved any of the

00:17problems that Kamala Harris has caused. I mean they came into the administration,

00:21they promised from day one that they would suspend deportations, that they

00:24would reinstate catch-and-release, that they would end remain in Mexico. They

00:27implemented these policies and it had the intended effect of opening up the

00:31southern border. What happened is that Kamala Harris, who was the border czar,

00:34decided that this was not good politically and so they tried to

00:37implement some new law that actually wouldn't have solved the underlying

00:41problem. They have the tools necessary. They just need to empower Border Patrol

00:45to tell people who want to come in illegally you're not allowed to do that.

00:49They just need to use the authority that the border czar Kamala Harris has. I

00:52want to ask you about the former president's comments yesterday to the

00:56National Association of Black Journals where he said that Vice President Harris

00:59is quote all of a sudden black. As a father of three biracial children, did

01:04those comments give you pause at all? They don't give me pause at all. Look, all

01:07he said that is that Kamala Harris is a chameleon. She goes to Georgia two days

01:10ago. She was raised in Canada. She puts on a fake southern accent. She is

01:15everything to everybody and she pretends to be somebody different depending on

01:19which audience she's in front of. I think it's totally reasonable for the

01:22president to call that out and that's all he did. I mean look, she's running as

01:25a tough on crime prosecutor even though she implemented open border policy.

01:29She's saying that she wants to support the police yet she wanted to defund the

01:33police just three years ago. It's totally reasonable to call out the fact

01:37that she pretends to be somebody different depending on the audience

01:39she's talking to. You used that word chameleon yesterday as well. You're

01:42someone who was an unabashed critic of the former president previously. Now

01:47you're his running mate. You are someone who uh have text messages out there

01:51now that say I hate the police. Now yesterday you said I back the blue by

01:56your own standard. Are you a chameleon? Look, I criticized Donald trump 10 years

02:00ago and we've talked about it and I've made a good argument to the american

02:03people about why I think he was a great president and why I think he deserves

02:06reelection. That's different than going to Georgia two days ago and putting on

02:09a fake southern accent when you were raised in Canada. So I think it's

02:12totally reasonable to change your mind. Has Kamala Harris stood for a tough

02:16debate with you and explained why she wanted to ban fracking and now she

02:19doesn't or why she wanted to defund the police and now she doesn't or why she

02:22wanted to open the border but now she doesn't. It's reasonable to change your

02:26mind. It's not reasonable to run and hide from the media and not answer the

02:29american people's questions. You were, he was also asked yesterday if you were

02:34ready to be president on day one, he kind of dodged the question. What do

02:38you still have to do as his running mate to prove to him that you are ready to

02:41step into that role? Well, I think Donald trump was answering a political

02:44question and he was answering it correctly. He said for years that who

02:47the vice president is doesn't really matter politically. Most americans are

02:50voting either for Kamala Harris or for Donald trump. They're not voting for the

02:55vice presidential nominee of either party. Look, I'm absolutely ready to be

02:58president on day one. I've been a businessman, I've been a United States

03:01Marine, I've been a senator, I can do the job, but politically he's just right.

03:05People are voting for Donald trump primarily. So why are you out here today

03:08then if you don't aren't necessary to this process? Well, I didn't say it

03:11wasn't necessary to the process. I can certainly make an argument that borders

03:14are Kamala Harris has failed the american people, but I think ultimately

03:17they're going to be voting either for Kamala Harris or for Donald trump.

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