Fox’s Shannon Bream Confronts JD Vance About NY Times Article Accusing Him of ‘Political Degradation’ in Service of Trump

Fox anchor Shannon Bream pressed Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) about his prior criticism of former President Donald Trump. 

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Bream cited an article from The New York Times that included a quote from David Frum, accusing Vance of “political degradation” because he has changed his views on Trump over time.

Bream noted that Trump’s behavior has not changed since he began running for political office before asking, “So what’s changed with you? That you’re okay with the behavior and you’re supporting him and maybe joining his ticket.”

The Fox anchor also confronted Vance over the possibility of him becoming a part of Trump’s vice presidential ticket in the upcoming 2024 November election.

VANCE: Well, Shannon, look, the simple fact is the policies and the results were really there. We had low inflation, we had rising wages, and we had a world that wasn’t on fire. And now, after four years, three years of Joe Biden, we have rising inflation, a stagnating economy, and it seems like a crisis in every single sector of the world. If you can’t look at the four year accomplishment of Donald Trump and say, from the perspective of 2015, I was wrong.

I didn’t think he would be a good president. He was a great president. That’s not about, you know, sinking to political degradation. That’s looking at reality and recognizing that Donald Trump was a success. And I do think that, look, we have to make this point to a lot of Americans, including some who didn’t vote for Donald Trump in 2020, that the results were good and we could have a growing economy in a peaceful world if we just bring back Donald Trump for round two.

BREAM: Are you being vetted or are you having conversations about joining the ticket?

VANCE:  You know, I talked to President Trump a lot. We’re very close. I’ve never spoken to him about being vice president. So I assume that a lot of this is media speculation. Of course, if you ask me, I’d have to think seriously about it, because I think it’s really important that he win. The world is on fire. And I sort of see Donald Trump as a bit of a fireman.

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