Vice President JD Vance addresses a Turning Point USA audience at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)
Vance sarcastically prefaced his answer by saying, "What if Joe Biden sent the Federal Bureau of Investigation to start arresting his political opponents," a dig at the criminal cases brought against former President Donald Trump over the last few years.
The Trump administration has deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Memphis, Tenn., with plans to send troops to as many as 19 states to support immigration enforcement and fight crime.
District of Columbia National Guard members patrol outside Union Station, Sept. 1, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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He said that preventing future misuse of federal power requires holding those responsible to account.
"And the answer to that question is, you make sure the people who did it face penalties for using the federal power against American citizens," he said. "And by the way, that's exactly what we're trying to do."
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