'Hey JD, there's the fraud': Vance trolled and mocked by rival on CNN

'Hey JD, there's the fraud': Vance trolled and mocked by rival on CNN
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Kentucky Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear tore into Vice President JD Vance during a live CNN broadcast on Tuesday.

Beshear joined CNN anchor Kasie Hunt to talk about the primary election in Kentucky when he gave his real opinions of Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — taking a clear jab at the Trump administration and the cabinet leaders. Hunt asked Beshear what he thought about Vance or Rubio launching a 2028 presidential bid. Beshear slammed Vance's comment during a White House press conference that he would not rule out using money from a $1.8 billion fund to pay potential Jan. 6 rioters.

"Flat out crazy, and it's all out fraud," Beshear said. "I mean, Donald Trump made JD Vance the czar fraud. Well, there's now a 1.78, 1.7, or $1.8 billion slush fund for Donald Trump's allies. There's $1 billion ballroom that hasn't been approved. Donald Trump is buying stocks and then pumping up the companies. Hey, JD, there's the fraud. Go get it."

Hunt also asked Beshear if he thought it would be more difficult for a Democrat to face off against Vance or Rubio in a potential 2028 presidential bid. The Democrat had a few personal comments on both Trump allies.

"I think we've got to be ready for whoever it is, and we've got to be ready for them to be willing to say anything," Beshear responded. "I mean, JD Vance pretends he's from Kentucky. He's not. He's from the suburbs of Cincinnati. He made his money off talking down to the people of Appalachia. It was poverty tourism. This is a guy who changed his name multiple times and who calls his childhood his origin story."

He turned to Rubio, and what Beshear views as the secretary of state's desperate attempts to please Trump.

"Marco Rubio appears to be willing to do anything to get ahead," Beshear added. "I mean, he works for a president that called him little Marco, that insulted him over and over. And what's his response? Yes, sir. And yes, sir. So I think the American people are going to be ready regardless for real leadership, people that have the receipts of getting things done in their states, and they're going to be looking for someone that again, doesn't just swing that pendulum from one side to another, but can actually restore the stability of this country, can restore the stability of our economy and can make sure we're no longer viewed internationally as the bully on the playground — but once again, the leader of the free world."

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A foreign minister accused of a slew of crimes, including stealing from a fund for crime victims, was able to flee his country with the help of a Trump official, according to a new report.

Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro faces more than two dozen charges in his country related to alleged misuse of funds for political gain, according to reporting by Reuters. He was a member of Poland's right-wing nationalist Law and Justice Party.

Ziobro originally fled his country in 2025 to live in Hungary, where the Trump-endorsed authoritarian former Prime Minister Viktor Orban gave him asylum. Soon after Orban lost his election in April to a pro-EU rival, Ziobro came to the U.S. in May, per reporting by Reuters.

According to three sources who spoke to Reuters, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau "instructed senior State Department officials to facilitate and approve a visa for a fugitive former Polish cabinet minister."

The new Hungarian prime minister, Peter Magyar, "had said that he would extradite him to Poland on his first day in office," according to Reuters. Landau was able to secure a visa for Ziobro just ahead of Magyar's swearing-in on May 9, Reuters added.

"While the Trump administration has made it a priority to support conservative views in Europe, granting a visa to a politician facing criminal charges by a U.S.-allied government is highly unusual," according to Reuters. "

Reuters described Ziobro as "the architect of changes to the Polish judicial system that the EU has said undermined the rule of law during the 2015-2023 rule of the conservative Law and Justice party."

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters on Tuesday that "we will certainly be very consistent, and no one can expect us to give up" on trying to bring Ziobro into Polish court, according to Reuters.

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A federal judge in Texas has issued an order so extreme that it may rise to the level of impeachable conduct, Slate legal analyst Mark Joseph Stern argued Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor, a George W. Bush appointee who previously tried to strike down the Affordable Care Act and ruled against the FDA's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, issued an order this week directing Rhode Island Hospital to hand over private medical records and Social Security numbers of transgender minors who received gender-affirming care.

Stern wrote that O'Connor's order represents "an extreme abuse of power that verges on impeachable misconduct."

"He has absolutely no authority to prevent any party from seeking relief in another court, let alone the home courts with natural jurisdiction over this dispute," wrote Stern.

O'Connor issued an injunction barring the hospital from seeking relief in Rhode Island's federal courts, or from "aiding and abetting" anyone else who tries.

"O’Connor’s massive overreach seems designed to tee up a constitutional crisis over the ability of MAGA judges to facilitate the administration’s persecution of blue-state residents many miles away," wrote Stern.

Days earlier, a Rhode Island federal judge had already quashed the underlying Justice Department subpoena, calling DOJ's conduct in the case "appalling" and showing "reckless disregard for the duty of candor." Stern noted that seven other courts had previously blocked similar DOJ subpoenas against hospitals providing gender-affirming care to minors before the department took its case to O'Connor's Fort Worth courtroom.

"A functioning Congress would investigate whether he has so grievously violated his oath as to merit impeachment," Stern wrote.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry's visit to Greenland on Sunday failed after locals rejected Trump administration proposals with middle fingers and dismissals.

Landry arrived in Nuuk claiming to "make a bunch of friends," but was met with cold shoulders throughout his tour. When attempting to distribute free MAGA hats and promising Greenlandic children "all the chocolate chip cookies you can eat" at his Louisiana mansion, Landry encountered consistent refusals, according to The New York Times.

Residents like Hanne Hansen said Americans should "fix their own country first," while her friend Vivi Nielsen said bluntly, "They need to get out," as reported by Times.

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen firmly rejected American pressure, stating, "We have our red lines. And no matter how many chocolate cookies we get, we are not going to change them."

The visit underscored Greenlandic opposition to President Donald Trump's demands for investment veto power and permanent U.S. military presence.

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