ICYMI: Stefanik Joined BBC News To Discuss JD Vance Dominating The VP Debate

Listen to her full interview here. 

View highlights from her interview below:

On JD Vance Dominating the Vice Presidential Debate:

“This was an overwhelming dominating performance by JD Vance at a Vice Presidential Debate. I think he very effectively spoke to the American people. He told his personal story which was growing up in very challenging circumstances, and yet here he is as the nominee for vice president who has lived the American Dream and achieved so much and is raising a beautiful family. And then importantly, he talked about the issues that matter to voters across this country: the illegal immigration crisis, the border crisis, the inflation crisis, and how those are a direct result of Kamala Harris’ failed policies.”

On the Open Border Czar Kamala Harris’ Illegal Immigration Crisis:

“Well, certainly, that is not the case. When you look at the executive actions that Joe Biden took on his first day in office, with Kamala Harris as his open border czar, there were 94 executive actions that wiped away the effective border security policies under President Donald J. Trump. We had the most secure border under President Trump. The reason why we have this mass illegal migrant crisis right now is because of Kamala Harris’ role as Joe Biden’s open border czar and those executive actions that have been taken. Just with a stroke of a pen, Joe Biden, with the support of Kamala Harris, could address this illegal crisis, and they have not done so. And I think a really important point in one of the segments on the border crisis and the illegal immigration crisis was they were talking about the issue of minors. And importantly, JD Vance—which the New York Times has reported, it’s been reported extensively—it’s under Kamala Harris’ watch that over 300 thousand minors have been lost by the Biden-Harris Administration’s Department of Homeland Security, lost into sex trafficking. They do not know where these minors are. That is a humanitarian disaster, and it’s because of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ failures.”

On Unequivocally Standing With Our Most Precious Ally Israel:

“Certainly, President Trump has a crystal record of standing side by side with Israel. It’s important to take a step back, and President Trump communicated that today with his statement that we would’ve never been in this situation under President Trump’s leadership. You have a result of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris‘ appeasement of Iran giving over 100 billion dollars to prop up the Iranian regime which has funded Hamas and Hezbollah and the very hypersonic ballistic missiles that were launched into Israel today. So it’s a direct result of the failed foreign policy, and certainly, President Trump is going to bring peace through strength to the Oval Office as he did during his first four years. And the peace we had, specifically in the Middle East, that was historic under President Trump: the Abraham Accords, the first normalization between Israel and Arab countries in over 50 years, was an extraordinary achievement. That’s why this weak foreign policy has had such a tremendously negative impact.”

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“Well, certainly, House Republicans support Israel’s rights and Republicans and President Trump supports Israel’s right to defend itself existentially. When it comes to the Commander-in-chief, when President Trump is elected, I believe he’s going to deliver peace through strength, and that’s what JD Vance talked about when he was asked today.

On How JD Vance’s Debate Performance Spoke To The American People:

“I do think JD Vance dominated the debate and did so much more than what he needed to do tonight. I actually think it’s going to move the numbers in the direction of President Trump and JD Vance, so I’d be interested to see those numbers. I think they’re gonna continue to move in the Republicans’ direction, and that’s because he spoke directly to the American people.”