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J. D. Vance: “I texted Jeff Bezos and I said, if you're really serious…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 06:32

How do we actually make our journalism more appealing to the half of the country that doesn't agree with far left politics? And I actually, I think I texted Jeff Bezos and I said, if you're really serious about [making journalism more appealing to the half of the country that doesn't agree with far-left politics], you should just hire Matt Boyle and make him run your entire political reporting shop. Now, Larry Solo, I'm sure is pissed off at me for that suggestion, but unfortunately for the Washington Post, they did not take my advice. So. (06:32–06:41)

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Asserts that he communicated with Jeff Bezos about hiring Matt Boyle for political reporting.

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