Sharp contrast to Marco Rubio, who testily accused reporters of playing a “game” when they sought comment from him on this.
"Obviously I don't love that," @VP Vance tells me when I asked him reaction to a U.S. government official, in this case a U.S. ambassador, asking someone to pay off debt in exchange to access to other govt officials (re: Kimberly Guilfoyle). "What I find with these stories is that you never want to comment in a purely abstract way because a lot of times the details really matter, and the details and the context inform the reality of the situation. So of course, I don't like anybody selling access to another government official, certainly a high-level government official. But you know, I assume you're talking about a specific case, and I can't say with confidence that the case you're talking about is actually reflective of of the way you're describing it. No insult to you, by the way, but context really matters on this stuff. So I'd like to get the full story before offering a real opinion. A good lesson for a politician is never speak about something you don't have the full facts."View quoted post on X
