Vice presidential candidate JD Vance was recently applauded for his performance during a hostile interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. Appearing on CNN to provide commentary during the Democratic National Convention earlier this summer, Vance brilliantly navigated attacks against himself and former President Trump and redirected the conversation to important issues that Americans truly care about.

During the interview, Tapper showcased various attacks from liberal politicians at the Democratic National Convention and asked Vance for his response. Each time the Republican Ohio Senator was shown a personal attack against him, he maintained that the various elected officials should be focusing their time and energy on pressing issues, such as the economy, where millions of Americans are still struggling.

Vance began the segment by illustrating how he and former President Trump are discussing substantive policy issues, unlike many Democrats.  “I think it’s an interesting contrast, Jake, between what President Trump and I are offering, which is very simple, we are advancing policies. They’re going to lower the cost of housing, lower the cost of food, secure the southern border, and raise wages for the middle class,” he said.

He continued, “And Kamala Harris really can’t run on accomplishing that, because her policies have, in fact, caused a lot of the problems and a lot of the suffering that we see in our country. So what you see from the Democrats is instead this argument that if you want to vote for Donald Trump because you want to change the direction of this country, you’re somehow a bad person. And I really think that that dark message really doesn’t gel at all with the idea that somehow the Democrats are the joyful party. There’s a lot of attacks on Donald Trump, a lot of criticisms of what he’s done and what he’s said, not a whole lot of positive vision for how Kamala Harris is going to fix the problems that plague the country.”

After being shown footage of an attack from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg regarding a past comment Vance had made promoting natalist sentiment and the nuclear family, Trump’s running mate turned the conversation to Buttiegieg’s record, calling out failed infrastructure investments and high energy prices.

“Pete Buttigieg has just taken a sarcastic remark that I made three years ago and turned it into something to distract from the fact that his leadership has seen higher transportation costs, higher fuel costs and higher food prices for American citizens all over our country, these guys act so focused on a sarcastic quip that I made that they ignore the fact that under Kamala Harris’s leadership, Americans can’t afford the basic necessities of a good life in this country,” Vance said.

The GOP senator further illustrated some concerning facts surrounding Buttigieg’s record, stating “And so I appreciate that Pete Buttigieg pretends to be offended by what I said. I think Pete should be offended by the fact that under his leadership as Secretary of Transportation, the government took in $8 billion to build seven electric vehicle charging facilities at a time when Americans are paying 45% more for the gas that transports them to work. That’s what we should be focused on.”

Watch Vance below:

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Summarizing his argument that Democrats should focus their attention on fundamental issues, Vance said, “It illustrates Jake, my entire criticism of the democratic approach here is their focus on fake issues instead of the real record. And the real record is that Kamala Harris has made this country poor. Donald Trump made the middle class richer, and he caused a lot of peace and prosperity to break out in this country and all over the world. It’s a very simple contrast that I wish the Democrats would focus on the issues.”

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