Trump Team Shuts Down Lying Reporter
WATCH:
Welker: If president trump's agenda is so popular, why do Republicans need to add additional seats to the map?
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 24, 2025
Vance: You have to ask yourself why have Democrats aggressively gerrymandered states. What we're trying to do is it make it more fair. pic.twitter.com/mzy6aAPPHQ
In this fiery exchange, NBC’s Kristen Welker tries to corner Vice President JD Vance with a loaded question about why Republicans are adding seats if President Trump’s agenda is so popular. Vance doesn’t flinch—he turns the tables, calling out Democrats for years of aggressive gerrymandering and reminding viewers that Republicans are simply working to make the system fairer. The moment shuts down the reporter’s narrative in real time, leaving the Trump team firmly in control of the conversation.