Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) affirmed during an exchange over the past hour that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted, but a reporter confronted him, stating he helped raise money for those who did so on January 6, 2021, according to an X post by @Bricktop_NAFO at https://x.com/Bricktop_NAFO/status/2015516791427002753. The reporter asked Vance, "So you agree that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?" Vance replied, "Yes." The reporter then responded, "Ok, I'm just checking, because you helped raise money for people who did so on January 6th," as quoted in the X post shared during the reporting window from 5:45 a.m. to 6:45 a.m. UTC on Jan. 26, 2026. No further details or response from Vance were provided in the source.
