Vice President JD Vance gave his first public remarks on the federal government officially reopening, telling “Hannity” the shutdown inflicted massive pain on Americans “all for nothing.”
“Here’s what the Democrats actually accomplished. They caused a lot of stress for our troops. They made our air traffic controllers not get paid. They caused a lot of flight cancellations. They had a lot of people thinking they weren’t going to get their food benefits. All for literally nothing,” Vance told Fox News host Sean Hannity Thursday.
The vice president said the far left is willing to “burn down the entire country,” accusing them of prioritizing their energy on attacking President Donald Trump.
“They don’t care if the troops don’t get paid. They don’t care if you cause billions of dollars of lost productivity. They don’t care if you shut down the airline industry… They don’t care if they have to burn the entire country down in order to get Trump,” Vance said.
Vance claimed the House deal that ended the shutdown was identical to one top Democrats rejected weeks earlier.
“We could have struck this exact deal 45 days ago,” he added. “In fact, we met with Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer and said we will pass this exact deal. They said no.”
