Condemned
“He gets in there and he sounds like a total crazy person who wants to take your house away because you have the wrong skin color.”
Vance condemned Mamdani’s appointment of Weaver and characterized the agenda as racially discriminatory toward homeowners.
- Speaker
- JD Vance
- Capacity
- Vice president of the United States
- Observed
- September 5, 2026
- Published here
- September 5, 2026
- Targets
- Cea Weaver, Zohran Mamdani
- Classification rationale
- The statement directly rejects the appointment and portrays the policy direction as discriminatory; the quoted description is Vance’s characterization, not a literal Weaver policy quote.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Vance was asked about Mamdani and the new administration.
After the quotation
He expanded the criticism into a broader argument about left-wing governance.
Evidence
Complete source record
JD Vance interview on Jesse Watters Primetime — January 7, 2026 (opens in a new tab)Jesse Watters Primetime transcript
Direct transcript of Vance characterizing Mamdani’s appointment and Weaver’s agenda. The phrasing is Vance’s characterization, not a Weaver policy quotation.