Vice President J.D. Vance has become the face of the Trump administration’s push against the Schumer Shutdown of the federal government. Philip Wegmann of Real Clear Politics explains:
Historically, no one really wins a government shutdown. But JD Vance might. In the 24 hours after Senate Democrats voted against a continuing resolution to keep the federal lights on, the vice president quickly became the face of the White House counterargument.
Vance began the day on Fox and Friends to blast Democrats for taking the government “hostage.” By midmorning, he was rallying the MAGA base during an appearance on The Ben Shapiro Show, where he predicted that Democratic resolve was “cracking.” In the afternoon, the vice president made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room.
Reporters were only tipped off moments before when an advance staffer set up the ceremonial flag of the vice president behind the podium. According to sources familiar with the day’s planning, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt invited Vance to meet the press in person.
The shutdown may amount to the first real crisis of the second Trump administration. The White House feels they have the upper hand because they are not the ones who caused it and because they have an ace up their sleeve in Vance.
Another source familiar with the strategy told RealClearPolitics that the vice president “is widely known as the administration’s bulldog, a natural, excellent messenger, maintains good relationships with his former Senate colleagues, and served in the Senate throughout multiple government funding debates.”
“It only makes sense for Vance to help President Trump drive this fight home,” they added. And if Vance succeeds as the administration’s point man in that debate, it could go a long way towards further cementing the expectation that Trump’s apprentice will become his MAGA heir.
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Watch Vance below:
.@VP: “You already see the Democrats cracking a little bit because they realize it’s such a preposterous position to say, ‘We’re going to shut down TSA, we’re not going to pay our troops, because you guys won’t give us benefits for illegal aliens.’ It’s CRAZY!” pic.twitter.com/1AmInd6mUM
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 1, 2025
.@VP: Democrats “have taken their hostage — and their price is $1.5 trillion of new spending… a lot of which goes to health care benefits for illegal aliens.” pic.twitter.com/FGkNLrFx75
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 1, 2025
“We want to make sure that government, as much as possible, still functions,” says @VP.
“And if we have to cut some fat in order to ensure that’s possible — well, the Democrats shouldn’t have shut down the government and put us in this position to begin with.” pic.twitter.com/2c39eF6yhS
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 1, 2025
.@VP: “The political leadership of [Democrats] has got it into their heads that the only way to be compassionate is to be compassionate to illegal aliens, rather than American citizens… We believe that the American people’s government exists for the American people.” pic.twitter.com/whE6w8sf9D
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 1, 2025
Originally posted on Your Survival Guy.