Vance Defends Trump’s “Enemy From Within” Claims

NBC News reports:

Sen. JD Vance on Saturday defended Trump’s comments calling Democratic leaders “the enemy from within,” saying that inflation, slowing military recruitment and the migrant crisis are a “way bigger threat than any foreign threat.” These problems, the Ohio Republican told NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” are “caused by broken leadership.”

Vance, who has emerged as a leading messenger who defends or explains Trump’s views, on Saturday attempted to clarify Trump’s remarks, saying that “what [Trump] said is that the biggest threat we have in our country, it’s not a foreign adversary, because we can handle these guys. We can handle foreign conflicts.”

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WELKER: Do you see Putin as an ally or an enemy?

JD VANCE: Well, I think that he’s clearly an adversary, he’s a competitor, but … pic.twitter.com/E0yDenu2Yt

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WELKER: Can you pledge sitting here today that the US will continue to remain a member of NATO?

VANCE: Of course we’re gonna honor our NATO commitments, but …

(That’s not exactly a yes!) pic.twitter.com/EyshXf1jwf

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JD Vance defends Donald Trump calling Nancy Pelosi an “enemy within” and a greater threat to the United States than Russia and China pic.twitter.com/HCrqWlBJzL

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