Republican vice presidential hopeful JD Vance calmly fended off questions from a reporter who suggested a crackdown on illegal immigration could exacerbate the housing crisis. Vance, 40, who has long contended that illegal immigration reduces the housing supply and therefore sends prices soaring, brushed aside any notion that illegal immigrants are paramount toward building more houses. 4 JD Vance argued that there are plenty of Americans who can build new housing. “JD Vance puts on an absolute masterclass in a NYT interview where the host tries to gaslight him on America’s housing crisis and illegal immigration problem,” the CartierFamily X account wrote. 4 New York Times reporter Lulu Garcia-Navarro had grilled JD Vance over the 2020 election.

Source: New York Times October 13, 2024 19:31 UTC