U.S. Vice President JD Vance is facing mounting backlash after his recent White House press briefing, where he forcefully defended the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three. Ahead of this, Vance took to X and accused people of “gaslighting” by defending the victim who was allegedly violent towards the officials before the shooting.
JD Vance says the ICE agent acted in self-defence
During a White House press briefing on Thursday, January 8, 2026, Vance raised his voice in defence of the ICE agent, later identified as Jonathan Ross, insisting that his actions were justified and claiming that Good was “part of a broader left-wing network to attack, to dox, to assault and to make it impossible for our ICE officers to do their job.” He further accused Good of trying to ram her vehicle to the officer when he acted in defence. Vance declared:
“He shot back; he defended himself. Everybody who has been repeating the lie that this was some innocent woman who was out for a drive in Minneapolis when a law enforcement officer shot at her, you should be ashamed of yourselves, every single one of you.”
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