"The vice-president was nowhere to be seen last weekend when US special forces swept into Venezuela and snatched its leader, Nicolas Maduro. Instead Marco Rubio, the secretary of state and a potential rival to Vance in the 2028 presidential election, grabbed all the Maga glory. On Thursday, JD Vance decided to strike back. Marco might have Delta Force, a giant armada and 150 bombers, fighter jets and reconnaissance planes but the VP had a verbal machinegun and he was aiming it directly at the media."
"Wearing a Trumpy uniform of blue suit, white shirt and red tie, Vance fulminated: This was an attack on law and order. This was an attack on the American people. The way that the media by and large has reported this story has been an absolute disgrace and it puts our law enforcement officers at risk every single day. No matter that videos of the incident suggest that Good was driving away. No matter that there is zero evidence she was a domestic terrorist."
JD Vance sought public attention after Marco Rubio received credit for a Venezuela operation. Vance confronted reporters and positioned himself as the administration's spokesman on the Minneapolis shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old poet and mother killed by an ICE officer. Vance asserted Good tried to ram the officer and criticized CNN's headline as misleading, accusing the mainstream media of endangering law enforcement. Video evidence suggests Good was driving away and there is no evidence she was a domestic terrorist. Vance's remarks escalated media-bashing, drawing comparisons to Sean Spicer's earlier confrontations with the press.
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