Mediaite has the transcript:
DANA BASH: Historically, the notion of saying to Jews, you should put Israel first and what happens in Israel first, and not sort of consider them American citizens first, has been used as an anti-Semitic trope. Do you do recognize that there and perhaps that language isn’t exactly on point when you’re talking about something that is very, very, it’s like a tinderbox right now.
VANCE: We have to remember, Donald Trump is very direct here.
BASH: But you said he was right —
VANCE: And he hasn’t singled out Jewish Americans…So, I think the fact that Donald Trump is talking about Jews in that particular context does not mean he doesn’t think the same lessons apply to a whole host American citizens.
BASH: Yeah, ’cause he did say that any Jewish person who voted for Joe Biden should be ashamed of themselves. I want to move on —
VANCE: But, he did make similar comments about a lot of different groups, Dana. I don’t think anybody could lo at the presidency and the conduct of Donald Trump and say, this is a person who’s somehow anti-Semitic. And I think whether you’re Jewish or not, you should be looking at the record of Joe Biden —
BASH: He had dinner with Nick Fuentes, who is an avowed anti-Semite!
VANCE: Dana, you should look at the record of Joe Biden and recognize that whether you’re Jewish or not, his presidency has been a disaster for the American people.
Read the full transcript. Yet another VP audition.
Here’s the tweet JD Vance posted in 2016 when the “Access Hollywood” tape of Trump came out.
When asked about this today by CNN’s Dana Bash, Vance replied: “Look, my view on Donald Trump, I have been very clear on this, is, look, I was wrong about him.”
This is what selling… pic.twitter.com/Cg2DYpn0bY
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) May 12, 2024
JD VANCE: I don’t think anybody could look at the presidency and the conduct of Donald Trump and say, this is a person who’s somehow antisemitic.
DANA BASH: He had dinner with Nick Fuentes, who is an avowed antisemite pic.twitter.com/NRHYBWM4OT
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 12, 2024