Would you say, "No, not Mr. Vance, he loves all people, even Haitians?" Has he that level of cred? With you? Given his campaign style? Given his in-office persona?
Obviously, I'm not saying he said one thing or another when not publicly speaking. What I am saying is I trust him to have said anything. He came as Trump's surrogate. And Trump's demented. Meanly so. Take the thought from there.
Either way, the news is another resignation:
The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the Justice Department’s handling of the shooting of Renee Good.
An F.B.I. agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis this month has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The agent, Tracee Mergen, left her job as a supervisor in the F.B.I.’s Minneapolis field office after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the immigration officer, Jonathan Ross, according to one of the people. Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings.
Ms. Mergen’s resignation was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the Justice Department’s handling of the shooting of Renee Good, an unarmed mother who was killed on Jan. 7 as she was behind the wheel of her Honda Pilot.
After the incident, several Trump administration officials described Ms. Good as a “domestic terrorist,” accusing her of trying to ram Mr. Ross with her vehicle. But a video analysis by The New York Times showed no indication that he had been run over.
Senior Justice Department officials have repeatedly said there are no plans to follow the path normally taken in such situations and pursue an investigation into whether Mr. Ross, who fired multiple shots at Ms. Good, had used excessive force.
In that context, not following the norm as a conscious decision, who knows what private message Vance was carrying other than whoever it was he spoke to in private.
Anything's possible. With Vance. With him as Trump's messenger.
Vance is the man who needs to get off the dime and do 25th Amendment caucusing of Cabinet opinion about the severity of Trump's mental slippage into incapacity. What we saw at Davos shouts out for it.
In any event, hollow public deescalation words and day later murder - ten fucking shots - is the pattern, whatever else.
Vance has one positive to offer, Usha is staying with him, so he cannot be all bad.
Usha surely seems to not be of the DC norm and mold. She comes across as likeable. Unlike JD.
Opinions can differ.