Vance to Jeffries: 'If you help us reopen the government, the sombrero memes will stop'

Vice President JD Vance joined the White House press briefing Wednesday signaling openness to negotiating with Democrats on health care — but only after the current government shutdown is over. He also dismissed questions over whether President Trump's sharing an offensive AI-generated video was racist, and warned of layoffs to the federal workforce.

0:00 JD Vance speaks in the White House briefing room
21:53 Manu Raju reports from Capitol Hill
24:10 Daniel Dale fact-checks the Vice President's remarks
26:04 CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein reacts to the Vice President's remarks
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