Former President Donald Trump on Monday picked Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his 2024 running mate, putting the fiery first-term senator on his shortlist for the GOP presidential nomination as the party seeks to retake the White House this fall.
As CNN covered Trump’s announcement of Vance’s selection, anchor Caitlin Collins asked the former president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who had defended Vance, why he had urged his father to choose the author and entrepreneur.
“I’ve seen him on TV,” Trump Jr. told her on the convention floor, adding that Vance is good at “building cases” for Trump and against his political opponents.
Below are five instances in which Vance has had disputes with major media figures and interviewers.
Stephanopoulos interrupts Vance.
In February, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos A short interview “We’re not going to take that for granted,” Vance said after he and Trump debated the power to ignore Supreme Court rulings.
“The president must have the prerogative under Article II of the Constitution to actually employ the military at his discretion,” Vance told Stephanopoulos, before abruptly ending the interview, saying the senator “has made it very clear that the president can ignore the Supreme Court.”
When Stephanopoulos went on break, Vance was seen speaking on camera, refuting the anchor’s claims, but his microphone was cut off.
Vance at a press conference
During the period Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Earlier this month, Vance was asked by host Kristen Welker about the results of the 2020 election and whether he plans to accept the results of the 2024 election.
Welker told Vance that the 2020 election was “free and fair,” and asked him if he “understands that refusing to make clear commitments will incite fear among people.”
“Kristen, I don’t agree with that,” Vance countered, “and it’s making people anxious because half of our political system won’t pass a bill that makes it harder for illegal immigrants to vote.”
Vance added that he believes the media is “indifferent to obvious problems in our election process.”
Vance competes with Wolf Blitzer
meanwhile Appearance on CNN in late MayVance and longtime news anchor Wolf Blitzer were at odds over Trump’s conviction earlier this year for making hush money payments to adult film stars before the 2016 election.
“Is America a fascist state?” Blitzer asked Vance.
Vance says He was ‘furious’ He criticized “the entire process” and claimed Democrats were trying to send Trump to prison for “paperwork violations.”
Vance defends his policies on “Face the Nation”
During a May 16 appearance on “Face the Nation,” Vance said, Discussed with the moderator Margaret Brennan on foreign policy and trade.
“You seem to be in favor of all tariffs, but they cause inflation. So how does the Trump-Vance plan make things more affordable for people if it’s going to tax goods that we buy from overseas?” Brennan asked Vance.
“Well, I’m not necessarily convinced by that premise, Margaret. Applying tariffs is like saying we’re punishing people for using slave labor in China and importing that product into the United States,” he retorted.
When Brennan asked Vance whether manufacturing jobs had “come back” under the Trump administration, Vance resisted.
“We’ve certainly seen a significant reshoring and a significant increase in people investing in building factories. But, Margaret, this takes time,” he said. “That’s one of the reasons I think we need a second term for President Trump. These things don’t happen overnight.”
Vance and Collins debate
Vance and CNN’s Collins conducted a controversial interview earlier that month.
Castor repeatedly went after Republicans about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, Trump’s lawsuits and a host of other issues.
“I just wanted to make sure there was anyone who helped raise funds on January 6th,” Collins said after Vance condemned the pro-Palestinian protests that had taken place on college campuses.
“So you believe that if a president orders a military coup, the only remedy is impeachment?” Collins asked Vance about January 6.
Vance dismissed Collins’ premise as “dealing in hypotheticals.”
