Rapper Nicki Minaj referred to Vice President JD Vance as an "assassin" while speaking to Erika Kirk at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix on December 21, 2025, during the reporting window from 8:46 PM to 9:46 PM UTC, according to a video shared by @CalltoActivism on X. The remark occurred live at the event where Vance spoke earlier, stating President Trump did not build his coalition through purity tests, as reported in a prior update. Minaj had addressed the crowd at AmericaFest earlier, expressing honor at being there and mocking an individual as "Gavi-poo," per clips shared by @Acyn and @atrupar on X. In a separate development over the past hour, the tanker Skipper (IMO 9304667) reached the Galveston Offshore Lightering Area to transfer its 1.85 million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil to smaller tankers for delivery to Houston-area refinery terminals, according to an update posted by @TankerTrackers on X.
