JD Vance Blasts Reporter for ‘Speech Masquerading as a Question”

WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance blasted a reporter over his “speech masquerading as a question” during Tuesday’s White House press briefing.

The reporter, Andrew Feinberg of the Independent, spent nearly one and a half minutes and about 175 words to ask his question, alleging that President Donald Trump “seems to be talking up stocks that he owns, selling them, and enriching himself.”

During Feinberg’s wind-up, Vance called it a “hell of a question.”

“Let me answer your question here. That was a doozy,” Vance said. “Before I answer your question, I want to just observe there are different ways to ask a question, okay.”

“You can just ask a question, try to get your answer, or you could do like a speech where you say, ‘You know Mr. Vice President… you know you’re a terrible human being and so is the president and so is the entire cabinet,’ and then I’m like