During a recent appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, vice presidential candidate JD Vance was praised for how he handled himself amid the apparent hostility from anchor Dana Bash. At one point, Vance had enough of Bash interrupting him while attempting to answer her question, to which he called her out live on air.
“Dana, would you like to ask me questions and then let me answer them? Or would you like to debate me on these topics?” Vance said before calling out the much different treatment that Harris and Walz received when Bash interviewed them. “I noticed that when you had Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, you gave them multiple-choice answers to the questions that you asked and you allowed them to answer the questions,” he added.
Continuing, Vance asked that she cease interrupting and contesting his comments to allow him to give complete answers. “I’m happy to be here to talk about policy, but if you’re going to interrupt me every single time that I open my mouth, then why am I even doing this, so please ask a question, and I’d ask you to be polite enough to let me answer it,” he said.
Subsequently, users on social media praised Vance shutting down Bash and calling out her bias in a professional, yet confident manner. Conservative activist Benny Johnson said, “JD Vance ENDS Dana Bash’s Career LIVE on CNN.” User Grumblings Media commented,“This is how you expose the mainstream media. Trump’s blunt and after a while it’s easy to mock that but when you approach as @JDVance does, you get the point across easily and without question,”
“Is anyone seeing this? This is the way someone should respond. Not with over the top theatrics or put downs. Just calling out the obvious bias in a rational and deliberate manner,” another said, applauding Vance’s maneuvering of the situation. “@JDVance thank you for calling out the bias and unfair treatment by @DanaBashCNN and MSM! I project that this type of journalism will be dead in the next 5 years as the generations coming up are smarter than buying into this type of manipulation,” another user said.
Echoing the same sentiment, another person wrote, “JD Vance is respectfully pushing back hard on leftist mainstream media & rightfully calling out these highly Democrat biased journalists during public interviews. His response to Dana Bash during this interview is a masterclass in television journalism interviews! Well done, JD Vance! Trump & ALL Republicans need to refine their interactions with mainstream media to mirror this interview response! JD Vance has now put Democrat biased mainstream media networks & their journalists on notice!”
One person called out CNN for its apparent leftist bias, stating, “CNN is not a serious news network….none of them are. Truth is an option. Lies are not corrected. Why DC has not dismantled US media 20+ years ago tells you all you need to know. They should have been sued into oblivion for the Russiagate BS they pushed for 3 yrs.”
“This is why I do not watch MSM they are there to ask questions let the person answer, if you need to follow up wait till the person is done talking. People talking or shouting over others is just infuriating. Thank you JD for FINALLY saying something. At least ya’ll will walk into the lions den where as Kamala and Biden will not,” another person said.
Watch Vance below