Vice President JD Vance argued that Republicans are "trying to make the situation a little bit more fair on a national scale" in Texas after the state Senate signed off on a new congressional map over the weekend.
During a Sunday interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," host Kristen Welker asked the vice president about the new district lines, which are likely to add up to five additional U.S. House seats for Republicans in next year's midterms.
"If President Trump's agenda is so popular, why do Republicans need to add additional seats to the map?" she asked.
Vance responded by asking Welker why Democrats "gerrymandered their states aggressively over the past ten to 20 years?" |
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Vice President Vance said imposing new sanctions on Russia to put pressure on President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine is not off the table, urging the United States has options to push on Moscow.
NBC's "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker asked Vance if sanctions are off the table, citing that Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he didn't think new sanctions would force Putin into a ceasefire. Vance replied that the Russians don't want a ceasefire.
"No, sanctions aren't off the table. But we're going to make these determinations on a case-by-case basis. What do we think is actually going to exert the right kind of leverage to bring the Russians to the table? Now, you said sanctions were not going to lead to a ceasefire. I think that's obviously correct. If you look at the way the Russians have conducted themselves, they don't want a ceasefire," Vance said. |
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview that aired Sunday that Ukraine "has the right to exist" but added a caveat to that right related to territory.
"Mr. Foreign Minister, let me ask you about something that President Putin said in June. He said, quote, 'I consider the Russian and Ukrainian people to be one nation. In this sense, all of Ukraine is ours,'" NBC News's Kristen Welker said on "Meet the Press." "Does President Putin believe that Ukraine has a right to exist?"
"No, this is not — this is not true. Ukraine has the right to exist, provided it must let people go," Lavrov responded. |
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| Vice President Vance said in an interview that aired Sunday that security guarantees for Ukraine will not include American "boots on the ground" as the Trump administration pushes for an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
"For Americans who are watching, can you guarantee no U.S. boots on the ground as a part of these security guarantees?" NBC News's Kristen Welker asked Vance on "Meet the Press."
"The president's been very clear. There are not going to be boots on the ground in Ukraine, but we are gonna continue to play an active role in trying to ensure that the Ukrainians have the security guarantees and the confidence they need to stop the war on their end," Vance added. |
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Vice President Vance said President Trump wants him to focus on the current work of this administration, when pressed on conversations over whether he would be the president's GOP successor in 2028.
The vice president said Trump "talks about everything" when asked by NBC's "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker if he has had conversations with Trump about him passing the torch to him.
"And if it's in the news, the president and I have certainly discussed it. But I think the president is just focused on doing a good job for the American people. He wants me to be focused on doing a good job for the American people," Vance said. |
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