Vice President JD Vance had a tense interview with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, Oct. 12, which led to the This Week anchor cutting Vance off and sending the show to commercial break.
During their interview, Stephanopoulos attempted to ask the vice president about recent allegations against President Donald Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan. Last month, the New York Times reported that Homan was part of an F.B.I. sting in which he accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover agents posing as businessmen interested in securing government contracts.
Homan has denied the allegations of corruption, telling NewsNation in September, “I did nothing criminal. I did nothing illegal.” Still, members of the Trump administration have continued to evade questions about the controversy.
When Stephanopoulos asked Vance about Homan — who was reportedly captured on video accepting the cash bribe last year — the vice president fired back with criticism about the anchor’s line of questioning.
“And here’s, George, why fewer and fewer people watch your program, and why you’re losing credibility,” Vance said. “Because you’re talking for now five minutes with the vice president of the United States about this story regarding Tom Homan, a story that I’ve read about, but I don’t even know the video that you’re talking about.”
He continued, “Meanwhile, low-income women can’t get food because the Democrats and Chuck Schumer have shut down the government.”
Monday marked the start of the third week of the government shutdown, as the Senate continues to fail to compromise on a federal budget. In a speech from the Senate floor on Thursday, Oct. 9, Schumer said that “each day, [Democrats’] case to fix health care and end the shutdown gets better and better, stronger and stronger.”
“Donald Trump, Speaker [Mike] Johnson and Republicans in Congress are nowhere to be found,” he said, pressuring the three GOP leaders to “sit down with Democrats and have a serious negotiation.”