共和党副总统候选人参议员万斯支持前总统唐纳德·特朗普的虚假声称委内瑞拉黑帮已经入侵并征服了科罗拉多州奥罗拉。
特朗普一再声称，委内瑞拉Tren de Aragua团伙的成员已经“接管”了公寓楼，并“占领”了这座城市，就像他在一次在城市里集会星期五。
奥罗拉的共和党市长迈克·科夫曼(Mike Coffman)表示，特朗普的主张是“非常夸张和“不公平地伤害了城市的身份和安全感。"
周日，当《本周》联合主播玛莎·拉达茨(Martha Raddatz)问及他是否支持特朗普发表这些言论时，万斯没有退缩。
“嗯，玛莎，你刚才说市长说它们被夸大了。万斯说:“这意味着这里肯定有一些真实的成分。"
Raddatz与Vance进行了后续联系，称奥罗拉的问题仅限于少数几个公寓楼，市长发表了一份声明，称该市“敬业的警察已经对这些问题采取了行动，并将继续这样做。”
万斯回应说，民主党提名的副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯造成了奥罗拉的问题。
“不幸的是，当你让数以百万计的人进来时，他们中的大多数人都没有被录取，大多数人你都不知道他们到底是谁，你就会遇到这样的问题。”
“卡玛拉·哈里斯，94项行政命令破坏了唐纳德·特朗普成功的边境政策。我们知道这种事情会发生。吹嘘开放边境，现在我们有了后果，我们要忍受它。我们可以做得更好，但坦率地说，我们不会做得更好，玛莎，除非唐纳德·特朗普提出这一点。我很高兴他做到了。”
飓风海伦摧毁了美国东南部的部分州，包括佛罗里达州、北卡罗来纳州和乔治亚州，特朗普错误地暗示联邦应急管理局为飓风提供的援助是给移民的，而联邦政府正在尽力不帮助共和党地区的人们。
当被问到他是否相信这是真的时，万斯为总统辩护。
“总统说的是，从根本上来说，联邦紧急措施署的援助被转移到非法移民身上，”万斯回应道。代表该地区的共和党议员说，他们必须打电话给白宫，向联邦应急管理局运送食物和水？坦白地说，我不认为这里有任何恶意，玛莎，但我确实认为我们对这一特定危机的反应不力，特别是在北卡罗来纳州西部，公平地说，那里受到的打击比我们许多人预期的都要严重。”
万斯称联邦政府对危机的反应是无能的，他说军队成员仍在“慢慢地”进入北卡罗来纳州西部。
Raddatz反驳了政府没有帮助共和党地区人民的错误说法，并引用五角大楼官员的话说，现役部队在被召唤之前已经准备就绪，并立即出门。
万斯星期五在佐治亚州说，司法部长是仅次于总统的第二重要的政府职位。
拉达茨向万斯施压，如果特朗普赢得另一个任期，他是否会追捕他的政治对手。
“不，他当了四年总统，他没有追捕他的政治对手。你知道，是谁在追踪她的政治对手？万斯说:“卡玛拉·哈里斯试图逮捕一切人，从反堕胎积极分子到她的政治对手。
随后，拉达茨告诉万斯，特朗普过去曾表示，那些作弊的人将被起诉。
“嗯，他说违反我们选举法的人会被起诉。我认为这就是依法行政，”万斯说。“他没有说人们会因为不同意我的观点而去坐牢。”
万斯继续拒绝承认特朗普在2020年大选中失败。在今年早些时候接受“本周”采访时，万斯表示，在各州提交支持特朗普的选举人之前，他不会认证2020年竞选的结果。
Raddatz就2020年选举再次向万斯施压。
“在一次又一次的采访中，一个又一个问题中，以及在辩论中，你拒绝说唐纳德·特朗普输掉了2020年的选举，”拉达茨说。“所以我将假设，如果我问你50次他是否输掉了选举，你不会承认他输了。是这样吗？”
“玛莎，你已经问过你这个问题了。在过去的几周里，这个问题已经问了我10次了。当然，唐纳德·特朗普和我认为2020年有问题，”万斯说。
Raddatz再次追问，万斯回答说，“我反复说过，我认为2020年的选举有问题。你想说作弊？你想说他赢了？想用什么词汇就用什么词汇。”
Vance stands by Trump's false claims about Venezuelan gangs in Aurora, Colorado
GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance is standing by former President Donald Trump's false claims that Venezuelan gangs have invaded and conquered Aurora, Colorado.
Trump has repeatedly claimed that members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang have "taken over" apartment complexes and "overrun" the city, as he did in a rally in the city on Friday.
Mike Coffman, the Republican mayor of Aurora, said Trump's claims are "grossly exaggerated" and "have unfairly hurt the city's identity and sense of safety."
Asked by "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday if he supports Trump making those claims, Vance did not back down.
"Well, Martha, you just said the mayor said they were exaggerated. That means there's got to be some element of truth here," Vance said."
Raddatz followed up with Vance, saying the issues in Aurora were limited to a handful of apartment complexes and that the mayor released a statement saying the city's "dedicated police officers have acted on those concerns and will continue to do so."
Vance responded, saying Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris caused the issues in Aurora.
"Unfortunately, when you let people in by the millions, most of whom are unvetted, most of whom you don't know who they really are, you're going to have problems like this."
"Kamala Harris, 94 executive orders that undid Donald Trump's successful border policies. We knew this stuff would happen. Bragged about opening the border, and now we have the consequences, and we're living with it. We can do so much better, but frankly, we're not going to do better, Martha, unless Donald Trump calls this stuff out. I'm glad that he did."
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated parts of states in the southeastern U.S., including Florida, North Carolina, and Georgia, Trump has falsely suggested that aid from FEMA meant for the hurricane was going to migrants and that the federal government is going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.
Asked if he believed that true, Vance defended the president.
"What the President said is that fundamentally, FEMA aid is distracted by going to illegal migrants," Vance responded. "We've got Republican congressmen who are on the ground who represent that area saying that they have to call the White House to get food and water to FEMA? I don't, frankly, think there's anything malicious going on here, Martha, but I do think that we've had an incompetent response to this particular crisis, particularly in Western North Carolina, which, to be fair, was hit harder than a lot of us expected it."
Vance called the federal government's response to the crisis incompetent, saying members of the military are still "trickling" into western North Carolina.
Raddatz pushed back against the false claims that the government is not assisting people in Republican areas and citing Pentagon officials who said that active duty troops were staged and ready to go before being called upon and were instantly out the door.
On Friday in Georgia, Vance said that the attorney general is the second-most important government role after the president.
Raddatz pressed Vance if Trump would go after his political opponents if he won another term.
"No, he was president for four years, and he didn't go after his political opponents. You know, who did go after her political opponents? Kamala Harris, who has tried to arrest everything from pro-life activists to her political opponents," Vance said.
To follow up, Raddatz told Vance that Trump has said in the past that those who have cheated will be prosecuted.
"Well, he said that people who violated our election laws will be prosecuted. I think that's the administration of law," Vance said. "He didn't say people are going to go to jail because they disagree with me."
Vance continues to refuse to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. In an interview with "This Week" earlier this year, Vance said he wouldn't have certified the results of the 2020 race until states submitted pro-Trump electors.
Raddatz pressed Vance again on the 2020 election.
"In interview after interview, question after question, and in the debate, you refuse to say that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election," Raddatz said. "So I'm just going to assume that if I ask you 50 times whether he lost the election, you would not acknowledge that he did. Is that correct?"
"Martha, you've you asked this question. I've been asked this question 10 times in the past couple of weeks. Of course, Donald Trump and I believe there were problems in 2020," Vance said.
Pressed again by Raddatz, Vance replied, "I've said repeatedly I think the 2020 election had problems. You want to say rigged? You want to say he won? Use whatever vocabulary term you want."
