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J. D. Vance: “We're not making commitments to give anybody money. We're…”

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

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Vice President JD Vance Briefs Members of the Media, May 19, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 34:05

… they never actually did, that they got a kangaroo court, that they had a judge who mistreated them. I think that we should look at those things case by case. We're not making commitments to give anybody money. We're just making commitments to look at things case by case. But just to follow up on the war, you last week denied that the President said he was not taking Americans financial situations into consideration when he's making decisions on the Iran war. (34:05–34:11)

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Asserts that there are no commitments to provide financial compensation to individuals without case-by-case review.

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