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J. D. Vance: “The Biden administration aggressively prosecuted people [for…”

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VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview

Published February 7, 2026 | Video Starts at 23:28

By the way, there's a federal law on the books that says you're not allowed to interrupt Churches, you're not allowed to prevent people from entering or leaving a church. And The Biden administration aggressively prosecuted people [for sham violations of the FACE Act]. Where was Don Lemon when people were getting aggressively prosecuted for sham violations of the FACE Act? (23:28–23:32)

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J. D. Vance

“Lowest crime rate in 120 years, a massive drop in murders.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 06:07-06:13
“Biden lets in call it 20 million illegal aliens.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 13:14-13:18
“Our entire missile defense system...would be inoperable if the Russians or the Chinese controlled Greenland.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 31:44-31:52
“The average American household lost about $3,000 of net wages during the Biden administration.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 41:30-41:36
“The average American household... had gained about $1,200 during the Trump administration.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 41:30-41:44
“It's a town of people where it's like everything is kind of transactional.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 01:42-01:48
“It's small and it's getting smaller because most of them are sort of selling their houses now that they're inflated and moving out to the…”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 02:05-02:13
“Most of the residents [of Washington, D.C.] are not actually from here.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 02:14-02:14
“The media is one of the least trusted institutions in the United States of America.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 05:32-05:37
“But for the pro law and order policies of the Trump administration, [people] would literally not be with us.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 06:20-06:26
“We've deported a lot of criminals in the United States that should have never been here in the first place because they were illegal aliens.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 07:39-07:46
“There are Americans who are alive today because of Donald Trump's crime and immigration policies.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 07:59-08:04
“Biden gutted immigration enforcement, most of them [immigration enforcement officers] are in training right now.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 09:36-09:41
“We inherited a deportation operation that was so broken.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 09:46-09:51
“A left wing judge...said that we could not end temporary protected status for illegal Haitian immigrants.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 10:00-10:07
“Some of those cases, I believe, are at the Supreme Court right now.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 10:23-10:27
“We're not going to stop enforcing our immigration policies.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 10:38-10:42
“I guarantee you that our president and the Trump administration is aware of the Declaration of Independence and has actually read it.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 11:56-12:03
“Nobody elected Joe Biden to open the border.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 13:43-13:46
“Homan announced a partial drawdown, but because the local authorities are cooperating with them.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 16:15-16:21
“Most of the people that we have in Minneapolis have. They're not doing immigration enforcement.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 16:48-16:53
“We are starting to get real cooperation from [Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota] in a way that we haven't.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 17:06-17:10
“I supported E VERIFY legislation when I was in the Senate.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 18:41-18:46
“We've made it harder for employers to hire illegal aliens.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 19:14-19:18
“We've made it harder for illegal aliens and frankly some legal visa holders to get access to the benefits that should go to American…”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 19:17-19:26
“Democrats will try to spend more money, particularly on their targeted populations.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 19:59-20:04
“You'd see a lot of legislation saying we're going to shut down the government unless we give more health care benefits to illegal aliens…”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 20:03-20:12
“Democrats are not interested. They have said they're not interested in doing any big bipartisan legislation for the American people.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 20:44-20:51
“There's a federal law on the books that says you're not allowed to interrupt Churches.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 23:21-23:26
“The President has said consistently, we can't let [Iran] have a nuclear weapon.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 26:27-26:32
“Iran is the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 26:33-26:37
“If the Iranians get a nuclear weapon, the Saudi Arabians [will get one] like the next day.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 26:51-27:00
“The biggest threat to security in the world is a lot of people having nuclear weapons.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 27:03-27:09
“The President's stated policy goal [is that] Iran can't have a nuclear weapon.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 27:08-27:12
“The President does not [want to repeat the history of Iraq].”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 28:34-28:39
“We are still focused on this question of ensuring [Iran doesn't] get a nuclear weapon.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 30:00-30:00
“Even if the Iranians were rushing towards a nuclear weapon, they couldn't get one during the Trump administration.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 30:09-30:15
“Greenland is very important to America's national security.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 31:42-31:45
“The Chinese and the Russians have both expressed an interest in controlling Greenland.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 32:02-32:07
“The President has said very simply, we are on the hook for [Greenland].”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 32:29-32:32
“The idea that they haven't made any accommodations or concessions to the United States, it's not true.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 33:49-33:54
“There's a new world order in trade.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 34:25-34:27
“NATO, I think, is much different because of the president's leadership than it was 10 years ago.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 34:37-34:42
“We're not like radically increasing the number of visas that we give to China. That's just not true.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 38:07-38:13
“We're working very hard right now to get the Senate to approve [the SAVE Act] because if the Senate approves it, we think the House would…”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 38:34-38:41
“We continue to have a lot of capital coming into the country. That means higher wages, more jobs for the American people.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 42:05-42:12
“Rents have now declined five months in a row.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 42:31-42:35
“They know they got $3,000 poor during the Biden administration.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 42:41-42:45
“Most people still consume their news through their local affiliate.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 43:58-44:04
“Non traditional media...has more narrative power than the traditional media does.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 44:11-44:28
“We want to double down on reinvesting in America on rebuilding the American middle class.”
VP JD Vance and Megyn Kelly - The FULL Interview | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 46:23-46:29
“What we've done at the White House is basically offered every resource that we can to try to help [Savannah Guthrie's mom].”
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