Vice President JD Vance appeared on Face The Nation for his first TV interview since being sworn into workplace and shined as one would anticipate regardless of an expectedly hostile Margaret Brennan.
As TGP readers know, Brennan was a part of the CBS drive-by tag workforce with former associate in crime Norah O’Donnell, who rigged the VP debate in October towards Vance’s promise to stay impartial. Regardless of this, Vance nonetheless embarrassed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Brennan and Vance mentioned a number of points all through their interview together with cupboard nominations, immigration, catastrophe reduction, and the J6 pardons. Brennan persistently discovered herself outmatched by the good Vance as her gotcha questions persistently backfired.
One key second within the interview uncovered Brennan’s lack of primary financial information as she tried to ambush Vance about grocery costs. She first demanded to know which government order issued by Trump lowers how a lot Individuals can pay on the retailer.
Vance responded by stating Trump’s actions on the worth of power and beginning to clarify how these would, over time, result in a decline in costs earlier than Brennan rudely interrupted and commenced participating in crosstalk.
Then Brennan made a mistake doubling down on her financial ignorance and gotcha questions. Vance made her pay dearly with a elementary financial lesson.
“All of the belongings you expertise on the grocery retailer are what individuals contact and really feel,” Brennan said. “That’s what- you had been speaking about bacon on the marketing campaign path.”
“After all, after all,” Vance replied.
“These things- when do customers really get to the touch and really feel a distinction of their lives?” Brennan requested.
“Properly, however Margaret, how does bacon get to the grocery retailer?” Vance snarkily responded. “It comes on vans which are fueled by diesel gasoline. If the diesel is approach too costly, the bacon goes to change into costlier.”
“How can we develop the bacon? Our farmers want power to provide it. So if we decrease power costs, we’re going to see decrease costs for customers, and that’s what we’re attempting to combat for.”
WATCH:
VP VANCE: “How does bacon get to the grocery retailer? It comes on vans which are fueled by diesel gasoline. If the diesel is approach too costly, the bacon goes to change into costlier … If we decrease power costs, we’re going to see decrease costs for customers.” pic.twitter.com/Hxxp7cCQBc
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