J.D. Vance, throughout the presidential campaign, gave a lot of interviews, including to mainstream, not specifically conservative outlets. And now, for his first interview as vice president, Vance will sit with CBS News, for an interview on CBS This Morning to air on Sunday.
Margaret Brennan, who was the moderator for the vice presidential debate in the fall, will conduct the interview.
Scoop: Vice President @JDVance will sit for his first interview since being sworn in with @margbrennan to air on @FaceTheNation Sunday exclusive
— Olivia Rinaldi (@olivialarinaldi) January 23, 2025
According to HuffPost, there’s some anger from the MAGA base about Vance agreeing to the interview with a mainstream media outlet.
“He can hold his own” has nothing to do with my question. I’m quite aware he can handle someone like Brennan.
But there are outlets that went to bat for him that deserve interviews long before CBS News, which tried to rig the debate.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) January 24, 2025
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Why is Vance rewarding a corrupt Democrat partisan who tried to rig a debate with his first interview as VP? https://t.co/Wmtg8Mrtcp
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 24, 2025
“He can hold his own” has nothing to do with my question. I’m quite aware he can handle someone like Brennan.
But there are outlets that went to bat for him that deserve interviews long before CBS News, which tried to rig the debate.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) January 24, 2025
VP Vance rewards a left-wing media outlet by giving them his first interview. https://t.co/LqzC7dcDMm
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) January 24, 2025
Of course, both Trump and Vance have preferred to engage with and sometimes argue with the mainstream media, rather than duck them- while also hoping to come up with a “viral” media clip, sometimes of the candidate or official arguing with the interviewer.
Vance and Brennan had clashed during the vice presidential debate, and probably the most viral moment of the debate was when Brennan noted that many Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, have temporary protected status, and in accordance witih their fact-checking procedures, CBS cut off Vance’s microphone for a few seconds when he protested.
“Since you’re fact checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s actually going on,” Vance said at the time, before explaining the CBP One app. That app has since been disconnected, with its website stating that “effective January 20, 2025, the functionalities of CBP One that previously allowed undocumented aliens to submit advance information and schedule appointments at eight southwest border ports of entry is no longer available, and existing appointments have been cancelled.”
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