Vice President JD Vance criticized pro-Ukrainian protesters who had followed him and his three-year-old daughter around, noting that his daughter “grew increasingly anxious.”
In a post on X, Vance explained that he “decided to speak with the protesters in the hopes” that they would leave his daughter alone, adding that they agreed.
“Today while walking my 3 year old daughter a group of ‘Slava Ukraini’ protesters followed us around and shouted as my daughter grew increasingly anxious and scared,” Vance wrote. “I decided to speak with the protesters in the hopes that I could trade a few minutes of conversation for them leaving my toddler alone.”
Vance added that while it was a “mostly respectful conversation,” if protesters are “chasing a 3-year-old as
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