Vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance blasted ABC’s Martha Raddatz on Sunday after she tried defending the invasion at the southern border that has led to violent gangs taking over entire apartment complexes.
Former President Donald Trump vowed Friday during a rally in Aurora, Colorado, to launch “Operation Aurora” to remove members of the Tren de Aragua gang, which has taken over apartment complexes in the state. Republican Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman released a statement shortly after Trump’s rally saying that the city has not been “taken over” by “migrant gangs” before acknowledging “incidents” at “a handful of specific apartment complexes.”
During Sunday’s episode of ABC’s “This Week,” Raddatz tried to defend the violent gang invasion after Vance noted that Coffman’s statement was nonetheless an acknowledgment of an issue to some degree.
“Sen. Vance, I’m going to stop you because I know exactly what happened,” Raddatz said. “I’m going to stop you. The incidents were limited to a handful of apartment complexes — apartment complexes — and the mayor said ‘our dedicated police officers have acted on those concerns.’ A handful of problems.”
“Only? Martha, do you hear yourself?” Vance fired back. “Only a handful of apartment complexes in America were taken over by Venezuelan gangs, and Donald Trump is the problem and not Kamala Harris’ open border? Americans are so fed up with what’s going on and they have every right to be, and I really find this exchange, Martha, sort of interesting because you seem to be more
