Republican Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio expressed his astonishment during an appearance on ABC News this past Sunday when co-host Martha Raddatz interrupted him mid-sentence in an effort to minimize the impact of Venezuelan gangs on Colorado’s apartment complexes.
The Tren de Aragua gang gained attention in the United States in September when authorities confirmed that ten of its members were implicated in an investigation concerning a series of alleged criminal activities at an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado, as reported by FOX 31. During the segment on ABC’s “This Week,” Raddatz questioned Vance regarding former President Donald Trump’s remarks, highlighting that Trump had asserted the city had been “invaded and conquered” by migrants, while the mayor described the statement as “grossly exaggerated.”
“Well, Martha, you just said the mayor said they were exaggerated. That means that there’s gotta be some element of truth here,” Vance began. “Of course, President Trump was actually in Aurora, Colorado talking to people on the ground, and what we’re hearing is people are terrified by what has happened with some of these Venezuelan gangs — ”
“Senator Vance, I’m going to stop you because I know exactly what happened. I’m going to stop you. The incidents were limited to a handful of apartment complexes and the mayor said, ‘Our dedicated police officers have acted on those concerns.’ A handful of problems,” Raddatz said.
Vance challenged Raddatz, probing her concerns regarding Trump and her unwillingness to recognize that violent gangs are seizing control of U.S. apartment complexes.
“Only, Martha? Do you hear yourself? Only a handful of apartment complexes were taken over by Venezuelan gangs, and Donald Trump is the problem, not Kamala Harris’ open border? Americans are so fed up with what’s going on, and they have every right to be,” Vance responded. “I really find this exchange, Martha, sort of interesting because you seem to be more focused with nitpicking everything that Donald Trump has said, rather than acknowledging that apartment complexes in the United States of America are being taken over by violent gangs.”
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