JD Vance
Role at the time: Vice president of the United States
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Vance defended the government’s conduct by framing the shooting as part of lawful immigration enforcement.
“I look at that case, what I see is inevitably a country that is trying to enforce its laws.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Family’s attorney calls on Vance to correct the record on deadly Biddeford ICE shootingParagraphs quoting JD Vance and Benjamin Gideon
WGME report quoting Vice President JD Vance’s defense of the government’s actions and family attorney Benjamin Gideon’s direct response on the use of lethal force.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
From the case’s point of view, the statement excuses or defends the government’s conduct rather than disputing the shooting’s justification.