Jake Tapper flusters JD Vance into a crushing reception

CNN's Jake Tapper kept JD Vance down as he questioned him about the enemy within, and eventually Vance broke down and admitted that he supports military action against Americans.

Transcript via CNN.

VANCE: And he said he wanted to use the military against these people here. Here's the game.

Tapper: He said he wanted to use military force to go after the enemy within.

VANCE: Here is the game you are playing. He said…

Tapper: I don't play games.

VANCE: No, no, no, may I please answer the question? He said he wanted to use the military to go after the far-left lunatics who were rioting. And he also called them, called them the enemy within.

He said separately, in a completely different context, and in a completely different context, in a completely different conversation, that Nancy Pelosi. and Adam Schiff were threats to this country. He never said…

Taper. Was the enemy within, was the enemy within? He said they are an enemy within.

VANCE: So every time he uses the exact same phrase, we assume he used…

TAPPER: I don't know. I am not bypassing the term of the enemy within to talk about using the military against going, the American people.

VANCE: Well, you're a journalist. And you ask his vice president, but you won't let me answer the question.

I tell you Donald Trump has said, and I agree with him, that we should use the US military…

Tapper: Go after the Americans?

VANCE: … go after the rioters who burned our cities. We should call the National Guard.

Tapper: And that's what John Kelly. that's what John Kelly was worried about, the idea of using the US military to go after Americans.

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Jake Tapper confronts JD Vance with an enemy until Vance gets confused and admits: pic.twitter.com/WaicPZAiKZ

Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 27, 2024

JD Vance is a constant train wreck on the Sunday shows, but the Trump campaign keeps pushing him out because their candidate can't do interviews with the mainstream media or his cognitive decline will be exposed, so they send in Vance, who is able to confess while defending Trump. . that his rival is not only a fascist, but also.

The issue of democracy is clearly hurting Trump and Vance with voters. and JD Vance digs the hole deeper.

Jake Tapper deserves a lot of credit. He has been throughout the history of enemies from the beginning and he's not letting Republicans off the hook They are trying to seduce America with Trump's comments.

With the election days away, JD Vance isn't helping Donald Trump.

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Jason is the managing editor. She is also the White House Press Center and Congressional Correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a BA in Political Science. Her graduate work focused on public policy, specializing in social reform movements.

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