Vance: Current U.S. leadership is 'a way bigger threat than any foreign threat'

Ohio GOP Sen. JD Vance defended former president Donald Trump's comments calling Democratic leaders "the enemy from within," saying that inflation, slowing military recruitment and the migrant crisis are a "way bigger threat than any foreign threat."

Sen. JD Vance on Saturday defended former president Donald Trump's comments calling Democratic leaders "the enemy from within," saying that inflation, slowing military recruitment and the migrant crisis are a "way bigger threat than any foreign threat."

These problems, the Ohio Republican told NBC News' "Meet the Press," are "caused by broken leadership."

"Look, when I look at the biggest threats to America, Kristen, I think the fact that people can’t afford groceries, the fact that our — we can’t meet our recruitment goals in the military, the fact that Americans have a wide-open southern border, that’s a way bigger threat than any foreign threat," Vance told moderator Kristen Welker.

“And, yes, it’s caused by broken leadership,” he added.

Specifically, Vance mentioned former Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a catalyst for American decline.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/jd-vance-us-leaders-bigger-threat-foreign-adversaries-rcna177447

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