"On Wednesday, Vice President J. D. Vance spoke at the University of Mississippi, as part of a tour organized by Turning Point USA, the conservative youth movement founded by the late Charlie Kirk. After his talk, in a nod to Kirk's freewheeling campus debates, Vance fielded questions from students for nearly an hour, an impressive feat of rhetorical stamina that illustrated why he is one of the Trump right's best communicators. But he flubbed a key question."
"He noted that "America First" doesn't mean abandoning alliances but leveraging them for U.S. gain, and pointed out that far from being Israel's patsy, President Trump used his leverage over Israel to achieve a Gaza cease-fire. He argued that theological differences between Christians and Jews did not preclude collaboration on matters of common concern. But the vice president's answer was most notable for what it did not contain: any acknowledgment that the question contained an attack on Jews, let alone a rebuke of it."
Vice President J. D. Vance spoke at the University of Mississippi on a Turning Point USA tour and answered student questions for nearly an hour. A student in a MAGA hat framed a question that conflated Israel with Jews and suggested Jews oppress Christians. Vance responded with policy arguments about "America First," alliances, and U.S. leverage over Israel, and cited cooperation despite theological differences. Vance noted Trump had used leverage to secure a Gaza cease‑fire. Vance did not explicitly identify or rebuke the question's anti‑Semitic content, allowing the attack to go unchecked.
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