VP pool report #11: presser ends, and notes

Vice President Vance held a press conference alongside Hegseth and Gabbard for 17 minutes. He was also accompanied by border patrol agents and members of the military.

He opened with remarks.

“I have some bad news and some good news. And the bad news is that because of what Joe Biden did at the southern border, for four years, we had record increases in migrant crime, in fentanyl deaths and in just floods and floods of people who shouldn't be in our country, who came into the United States of America.”

“The good news is, as President Trump said last night at the State of the Union, it turns out we didn't need new laws. We didn't need fancy legislation. We just needed a new President of the United States.”

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He then took several questions.

Vance told reporters that the administration plans on finishing the border wall by the end of Trump’s term.

On Mexico tariffs, he said that there are other industries reaching out for exceptions. If Mexico shows sustained effort to take border security seriously, the U.S. tariffs will go away, Vance said.

He said there are no talks or thoughts of sending U.S. military forces into Mexico.

My otter to the presser is below. Please check all quotes!

https://otter.ai/u/dOontm5TDaRm8dYqoIyZEXfo_4g

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