5 hours agoTop takeaways from JD Vance’s town hall: Why gas costs too much, DC corruption, hot-button immigration issues Vice President JD Vance faced questions from Michigan voters during a town hall in Flat Rock as the state emerges as a key battleground in the fight for control of the Senate in the November midterm elections. The town hall hosted by CBS News came just weeks before the midterm elections as Republicans fight to maintain their majorities in the House and Senate. Competing for Michigan’s open Senate seat are Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Republican candidate Mike Rogers, a former member of the House of Representatives. Here are the best moments from the town hall: Vance blames the Biden administration for high gas prices The first question Vance answered on Saturday came from a 43-year-old Detroit barber, who asked him why gas prices remain significantly higher than during Trump’s first term. but he also blamed the Biden administration. “That’s actually the main reason gas prices are so high, because when Joe Biden was president, we had about 20% of American refining capacity out of commission,” Vance said. Vance said the Trump administration was using the Defense Production Act to help restore domestic refining capacity, but warned that rebuilding that infrastructure would take time. CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil rejected Vance’s attempts to blame Biden, pointing out that Trump and Vance have been in office. for nearly two years as Americans continued to face high gasoline prices. Vance pressed allegations of corruption in the White House. Dokoupil steered the conversation toward government corruption, citing a Fox News poll that showed 60% of voters were extremely concerned about the issue. He asked Vance if anything he had witnessed inside the Trump White House made him “apprehensive.” “You certainly see evidence of corruption in Washington, DC. Do I see evidence of corruption from the president of the United States, from the administration? No, Tony, I just don’t,” Vance said. The exchange came days after Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as US ambassador to Greece amid allegations that she had solicited $100,000 from a donor seeking access to Trump administration officials. Guilfoyle has denied any wrongdoing. Dokoupil pressed Vance on the allegations involving Guilfoyle, along with concerns about restrictions on IRS scrutiny of Trump’s tax returns and the president’s cryptocurrency earnings. This is an excerpt from an article by Elaine Mallon of Fox News.
