A panel of MSNBC analysts on Thursday ridiculed Vice President JD Vance after his latest booing experience while out and about.
Vance appeared at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station on Wednesday, where protesters shouted and booed. It has become par for the course for Vance and his family, though.
Vance faced a range of negative reactions, including booing during his visit to Disneyland, jeering at Martha's Vineyard, booing during a meeting with Indiana's governor, booing during a ski vacation in Vermont, and even booing at the Kennedy Center.
Now, Vance is hitting the road to sell President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that has worsening poll numbers.
Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) suggested that voters should ask Republicans why things in the bill, like no tax on tips, expire in 2028, but no tax on private jets never sunsets.
Unlike previous presidents, Trump lacks surrogates to promote him and his policies, said longtime political analyst Basil Smikle.
"It goes to your point, senator, there's a lot of bad in this bill that Georgians already know a lot about," he said.
He noted that the ship has sailed on the "big, beautiful bill," and Americans are well aware of what they'll lose. In areas of Georgia, where voters have been "primed" by Democrats like Stacey Abrams
"It's sort of been at a point where those voters are primed to look at JD Vance and say, I don't believe you. And I think that's actually a good place for Democrats to be," said Smikle.
She warned that Republicans in Congress falsely believe that Medicaid is something used only by those in urban areas, when the reality is the opposite.
"And it is going to be devastating to rural health care," she said of the 2026 budget.
She then commented that she was grateful that Vance was doing something other than taking another vacation.
"And, you know, listen, I get it. JD Vance is getting a tough job. But bless his heart. I mean, he's taken like eight vacations already," McCaskill said, counting the VP's family adventures on the taxpayer dime in the past seven months. "I mean, he was on the ski slopes five days after he got the job."
"But he had to walk through scary Union Station. So it probably undid all that rest and relaxation," quipped host Alicia Menendez, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"He shut down the Taj Mahal. He shut down the colosseum. He shut down Disneyland for his family. So he's getting a lot of breaks from this tough job he has," McCaskill said.
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