Left: Sen. Rand Paul; Right: Vice President JD Vance (Left: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Right: Annabelle Gordon/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Someone responded to Vance by writing that, "Killing the citizens of another nation who are civilians without any due process is called a war crime."
But the vice president swiftly fired back.
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"I don’t give a s[---] what you call it," Vance declared.
GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio pushed back against Paul.
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"What’s really despicable is defending foreign terrorist drug traffickers who are *directly* responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans in Kentucky and Ohio. JD understands that our first responsibility is to protect the life and liberty of American citizens," Moreno wrote on on X.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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