Vice President JD Vance shut down a woman who interrupted his speech at the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference Monday afternoon as he was speaking about immigration and housing affordability. As the woman said something, JD Vance acknowledged her and navigated his speech showing her as an example.
“You go across the world, and you see a very consistent relationship between a massive increase in immigration and a massive increase in housing prices…” JD Vance said the moment the woman shouted and said something.
“I see one of our nice representatives out here wants to actually continue to flood the country with illegal immigrants — making your communities and citizens unaffordable…” JD Vance said.
“If you allow 20 million people to compete with American citizens for the cost of homes, you’re going to have a large and completely preventable spike in demand for housing,” Vance said.
“Yes, of course, you are going to disagree with some of our policies. That’s OK. Come and tell us. When you disagree with our policies, we will have a conversation about it. Maybe don’t shout it in front of 2,000 people. I can’t even hear what you’re saying, sir,” JD Vance said addressing probably another protester in the audience.
The White House showdown with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy catapulted JD Vance to the forefront as he led the attack against Zelenskyy. After the episode, Zelenskyy claimed he was chased by pro-Ukraine protesters in Ohio’s Cincinnati when he was on a walk with his three-year-old daughter. The Vice President said the episode made his daughter anxious and scared but he decided to talk to the protesters and it was mostly a respectful conversation, he said.
“Today while walking my 3 year old daughter a group of “Slava Ukraini” protesters followed us around and shouted as my daughter grew increasingly anxious and scared. I decided to speak with the protesters in the hopes that I could trade a few minutes of conversation for them leaving my toddler alone. (Nearly all of them agreed),” JD Vance wrote in a post X. “It was a mostly respectful conversation, but if you’re chasing a 3-year-old as part of a political protest, you’re a s*** person.”
