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Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) went on the offensive as an Related Press reporter pressed him repeatedly on feedback made by Donald Trump that unlawful immigration is “poisoning the blood” of the nation.
“What do you have to say to the former President’s comments over the weekend about immigrants and saying that they’re ‘poisoning the blood of America?’” a reporter asks in audio obtained by the Every day Caller.
Vance rapidly famous that the journalist had opted to not use the correct time period – “illegal” immigration.
“First of all, he didn’t say immigrants were poisoning the blood of this country,” he shot again. “He said illegal immigrants were poisoning the blood of the country, which is objectively and obviously true to anybody who looks at the statistics about fentanyl overdoses.”
Vance added, “And I think just one observation about the press as an organization: You guys seem far more upset about the guy who criticized the problem than you did about Joe Biden who’s causing the problem.”
LISTEN: Sen. J.D. Vance destroys an AP reporter who asks about Trump’s “poisoning the blood of our country” remarks.
Audio obtained by @DailyCaller: pic.twitter.com/a6WTO0WRb4
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Pondering she had stumbled upon a stable level, the Related Press reporter continued to notice that Trump’s “poisoning the blood” remarks had been “language that we heard … during World War II.”
“You just framed your question implicitly assuming that Donald Trump is talking about Adolf Hitler. It’s absurd. It is absurd,” Vance rapidly replied.
“Why do you think that Donald Trump’s language is targeted at the blood of the immigrants and not at the blood of the American citizens who are being poisoned by the fentanyl problem?” he requested.
When the reporter questioned his perception that the previous President was truly speaking concerning the drug disaster on the border, Vance steered her extra towards actuality.
“If you watch the speech in context and you look at what’s going on, it is obvious that he was talking about the very clear fact that the blood of Americans is being poisoned by a drug epidemic,” he insisted. “To take that comment and then to immediately assume that he’s talking about immigrants as Adolf Hitler talked about Jews is preposterous!”
“You guys need to wake up and actually do some journalism,” he continued.
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Attempting To Take The Focus Off Biden
Supporters of Donald Trump have seen an uptick within the media’s standby of accusing the previous President of utilizing “Nazi rhetoric” in latest weeks. The ballot numbers have to be dictating the trouble.
We noticed it when Trump just lately used the phrase “vermin” to explain his political opponents.
“What you’re doing is not speaking truth to power,” Vance stated to the reporter, although it may very well be utilized to the media as a complete.
“You’re trying to police the guy who’s criticizing the problem so that Americans don’t pay attention to the guy who caused the problem,” he claimed.
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