Vice President J.D. Vance sat down with Lara Trump on My View to lay out plain-speaking priorities the American people deserve to hear: tougher deportations for criminal illegal migrants, accountability for the Minnesota fraud scandal, pushing back on congressional gamesmanship that led to a DHS funding lapse, and backing the SAVE America Act to secure our elections. Vance made it clear this administration will not cower in the face of chaos and will not abandon communities left vulnerable by years of weak enforcement.
When it comes to deportations, Vance vowed the administration will “use everything” it can to ramp up removals of criminal noncitizens and rebuild the enforcement capacity hollowed out under the prior regime. That is exactly the kind of muscle-and-sanity approach Americans expected when they voted for border security, and it’s a welcome rejection of the open-borders surrender that cost so many citizens their safety.
On Minnesota, the vice president rightly pointed to the fraud and lawlessness that have been ignored for too long while the left played politics with public safety. The federal response to the Feeding Our Future-style scandals and the spike in criminality drew national attention and required decisive action, even as anti-enforcement mayhem and hostile local officials tried to block agents from doing their jobs. The people demanding answers about lost taxpayer dollars deserve more than Democrat finger-pointing and performative outrage.
Democrats who threatened the Homeland Security budget and then feigned concern about a shutdown should stop playing political games with our safety. Senate obstruction on DHS funding precipitated a partial lapse that forced TSA, Coast Guard and other critical personnel to work without pay while the American public watched the same party demand “compromise” after stoking the crisis. If Democrats want to posture, let them explain to the mothers and small-business owners who suffer when bureaucrats choose politics over security.
On elections, the SAVE America Act is a commonsense step toward restoring trust in the ballot box by requiring proof of citizenship and stronger ID checks for federal voting, and Republicans are right to push it to the floor. Democrats screech about “disenfranchisement” while they toss around unfounded conspiracy theories and reflexively defend lax rules that invite abuse; strengthening verification protects every legal voter’s voice. This isn’t radical — it’s responsibility, and patriotic Americans should support safeguarding elections from fraud and confusion.
Make no mistake: what we’re seeing from the Left is a temper tantrum dressed up as moral outrage. When federal agents go after criminals and expose fraud, Democrats scream and litigate instead of fixing the underlying rot, and the media amplifies their excuses rather than reporting the truth. Leaders like Vance who put country over career are exactly what this moment demands — standing with victims, enforcing the law, and restoring faith in institutions that Democrats have hollowed out with decades of soft-on-crime policies.
Hardworking Americans want safe streets, honest elections, and a government that puts citizens first — not leaders who wage culture-war theater while the nation pays the price. Vance’s message is a rallying cry for common-sense enforcement and accountability: defend the border, prosecute fraud, fund our security, and secure the ballot. If conservatives stay loud, informed, and organized, we can finish the job and reclaim government for the people who pay for it and love it.
