Vance mocks the New York Times for border op-ed
Vice President JD Vance took a shot at the New York Times , mocking the paper for publishing an op-ed from a former advisor to President Joe Biden on the issue of border security. The op-ed, authored by Blas Nuñez-Neto, an assistant secretary for border and immigration policy at the Department of Homeland Security in the Biden administration, was headlined: 'I Was One of Biden's Border Advisers. Here's How to Fix Our Immigration System.'
The post went viral, triggering additional mockery from Trump supporters. One user wrote, 'I was the captain of the Titanic. Here's how you steer an ocean liner across the North Atlantic at night.' Another person wrote, 'I was one of Kamala's campaign advisers. Here's how to win the presidential election .'
But Vance noted that one post from one of his friends went too far by writing, 'I'm a Cincinnati Bengals player, here's how you win Super Bowls.' The post on social media the vice president referred to was made by professional troll and podcast co-host 'Comfortably Smug' of the Ruthless Podcast.
'That cut a little deep,' Vance chuckled. 'For the football fans out there will know that was not a cool thing for that guy to say.' Vance is a fan of the Cincinnati Bengals, but the team has famously never won a Super Bowl despite appearing in the historic final matchup game three different times.
The vice president celebrated the Trump administration's success at securing the Southern border. Customs and Border Protection reported Monday that June was the lowest month of illegal crossings ever recorded at the southern border, with just 6,072 for the month.
They also reported that there were zero releases of illegal aliens into the United States in June. The Biden administration typically had over 6,000 illegal crossings in a single day, with 27,776 releases in June 2024.
The vice president additionally mocked Democrats for trying to target President Trump's tariffs on foreign goods importing products in the United States. 'Their big line of attack is that Donald Trump dares to put tariffs on foreign countries who try to bring their crap into the United States of America ,' he said.
Vance said the administration would continue to promote domestic manufacturing and use tariffs to punish companies for producing their products overseas. 'If you're going to build something in the United States of America, we're going to reward you and we're going to fight for you, but if you want to build something overseas, you're going to pay a big fat tariff before you bring it back into the United States and that's exactly how it should be,' he added.
After the rally, Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance visited the Majestic Lunch, a diner in Pittston, Pennsylvania, where they met with patrons and talked politics and football.
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