JD Vance Faces Heat Over 6 Troop Deaths and $1.2 Billion Trump Crypto Windfall
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Updated · abcnews.com · Oct 18
JD Vance Faces Heat Over 6 Troop Deaths and $1.2 Billion Trump Crypto Windfall
3 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Oct 18
Summary
CBS’s town hall put JD Vance under sustained voter pressure on the Iran war, immigration, high costs and his own rhetoric, including from some people who said they had backed the Trump-Vance ticket.
Joey Amor, whose wife Master Sgt. Nicole Amor was among 6 U.S. soldiers killed in a March 1 Iranian drone strike in Kuwait, challenged Vance over leadership failures; Vance said it was the first time he had heard of the widow’s post and acknowledged troop-placement mistakes.
Gasoline prices became another flashpoint as a Michigan voter who supported Trump and Vance in 2024 blamed the war for higher costs; Vance said Middle East turmoil was driving prices and argued the administration was trying to bring them down.
Immigration questions also cut at Vance’s record: he called family-separation cases and enforcement mistakes a 'work in progress' and said officers have faced training or discipline, while conceding his 'foreign indentured servants' rhetoric about H-1B workers may have been imperfect.
Tony Dokoupil also pressed Vance on ethics, citing Trump’s nearly $1.2 billion in crypto income and allegations around former ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle; Vance said he had seen no corruption by Trump and that anyone selling White House access should face consequences.