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Vice President JD Vance made a verbal mistake during an interview with Newsmax when discussing former President Donald Trump’s policies on safer streets. He incorrectly stated that Trump used his mandate “to make American streets less safe,” before quickly correcting himself to say “more safe.” This gaffe comes shortly after another blunder at a campaign event where he mistakenly referred to the far left as the "Fart Left." The article highlights an expected trend of decreasing national homicide rates and rising drug offenses, though these statistics do not directly relate to Vance's misstatements.

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Vice President JD Vance made an embarrassing gaffe during a Newsmax interview on Monday when discussing former President Donald Trump's safer streets policies. In his remarks, Vance incorrectly stated that Barack Obama was unique in having a presidential mandate to implement significant changes until Trump arrived on the scene. He further criticized Obama for doubling down on failed past policies and failing to improve street safety despite his mandate. This gaffe adds to a series of recent blunders by Vance, drawing criticism from observers. The Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) predicts that the homicide rate in 2026 is expected to end at a historic low, contradicting some of Vance's claims about past administrations' policies.

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When talking about how the Trump administration differs from previous White Houses the VP said: “I go back to, fundamentally, I think Barack Obama, unique among presidential candidates in my lifetime until Donald Trump came along, had a mandate to do something big.

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Vance makes embarrassing gaffe about Trump’s push to get criminals off the street · assertive framing

Vice President JD Vance has made another unfortunate gaffe, this time in an interview about President Donald Trump’s safer streets policies. asserted

Vance → make → policies

His slip of the tongue, the latest in a series of recent blunders, came during an interview with Newsmax host Greg Kelly Monday. asserted

slip → come → Kelly

Trump → talk → something

“And what he did, fundamentally, is that he doubled down on the failed policies of the past.” asserted

he → double → past

“This is a guy who took 40 years of offshoring American jobs, replacing Americans with foreign labor, of fundamentally making America streets less safer, and decided with a historic mandate, “Let’s do more of that rather than let’s go in the other direction.” asserted

’s → take → direction

“And until Donald J. Trump came along, I’ve never seen a president with that kind of a mandate,” Vance continued, before making a notable error. asserted

Vance → come → error

“Luckily, President Trump has used that mandate to make American streets less safe.” asserted

streets → use → mandate

Vance appeared to stumble as he recognised his mistake, before quickly adding: “Or has used that mandate to make American streets more safe.” Crime, particularly the national homicide rate, has fallen since its all-time recorded high in 2020. asserted

Crime → appear → 2020

According to the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ), the homicide rate in 2026 is expected to end at a historic low. uncertain

rate → accord → low

Drug offences, however, have risen by 12 percent between the first half of 2025 and 2026. asserted

offences → rise → 2025

This is the second gaffe the VP has made in the same week after he accidentally called the far left the “Fart Left” on Monday. asserted

he → make → Monday

While speaking to the crowd at a rally for Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, Vance said: “And because we need somebody who will actually fight back against the ‘fart left,’ we need Michael Whatley in the United States Senate.” asserted

we → speak → Senate

Vance, who is expected to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2028, added: “Now, you may not have even heard that, but I actually - I usually don’t misspeak - but I just called them the ‘fart left,’ not the ‘far left. uncertain

I → expect → them

“So to the fake news, who will accuse me of bad language, I promise I did not mean to call them the ‘fart left.’ asserted

I → accuse → them

I meant to call them the ‘far left.’” asserted

I → mean → them

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