'You're lying': JD Vance under fire for 'incredibly irresponsible' podcast rant

Vice President JD Vance's appearance on Monday's episode of "The Charlie Kirk Show" raised the eyebrows of many political observers.

Vance interviewed White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on a new episode of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk's namesake podcast. Observers said Vance made several worrisome claims in the interview, including threatening to use the powers of government to disrupt left-wing groups and accusing left-wing groups of being more violent than right-wing groups.

"While our side of the aisle certainly has its crazies, it is a statistical fact that most of the lunatics in American politics today are proud members of the far-Left," Vance said.

Political analysts and commentators responded to Vance's claims on social media.

"You’re lying, JD Vance," Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) posted on Bluesky. "Stop using tragedy to stoke divisions between Americans so you can grab more power."

"That is a lie. Obviously," Medhi Hasan, founder of Zeteo News, posted on X. "Well, actually this bit is true; it’s ’not a both sides problem.’ Agreed. It’s a specifically Republican problem."

"It is not a statistical fact at all," Jon Favreau, co-host of "Pod Save America," posted on X. "I wouldn't make an assertion like that about the right without evidence and I'm just a podcaster, not the Vice President of the United States. Incredibly irresponsible."

"JD Vance is full of bull----," USA Today opinion columnist Michael Stern posted on Bluesky. "He is blatantly lying when he says liberals are more likely to commit political violence. Someone should have him chat with his predecessor, Mike Pence, who MAGA tried to murder. Take a look at the January 6 videos and you will know MAGA are more violent."

"False," Glenn Kessler, author and former fact-checker at the Washington Post, posted on Bluesky. "I recently checked the ADL data, which has some issues because they include non-ideological murders. But even with those removed, over the past decade right-wing extremists would account for about half of the murders, with about 35% by Islamist extremists, and 8% by left-wing extremist."