US Vice-President JD Vance launched a fierce defence of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer involved in the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis, accusing the media of misrepresenting the incident. Speaking at the White House, Vance insisted that Renee Good, a 37-year-old poet and mother, had tried to ram the officer with her car, contradicting video evidence that suggests she was driving away.
Vance singled out a CNN headline that read "Outrage after ICE officer kills US citizen in Minneapolis" as an example of what he called misleading coverage by the "corporate media". He claimed the media's reporting was "an absolute disgrace" and put law enforcement officers at risk. The vice-president also alleged without evidence that Good was part of a "broader leftwing network" using "domestic terror techniques" to oppose immigration enforcement.
When asked what justified shooting someone for being part of such a network, Vance said it did not, but reiterated that Good had tried to run over the officer. He dismissed a reporter's reminder that the investigation was ongoing, and accused journalists of being "agents of propaganda". The outburst drew comparisons to former press secretary Sean Spicer's confrontational style, as Vance sought to impress his boss and reclaim attention after being sidelined during the Venezuela operation.
