Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance blamed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris for high housing costs and gave credit to former President Donald Trump for lowering the cost of insulin in a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Scripps News’ Wisconsin station TMJ. Scripps News' Charles Benson spoke with Vance before his planned remarks at the Milwaukee Police Association headquarters. Vance argued that Vice President Harris is responsible for high housing costs in the U.
S. due to her border policy and tiebreaking votes in the U.S.
Senate. "Kamala Harris let in 20 million illegal aliens to compete with Americans for scarce homes," Vance said. Watch: JD Vance gives exclusive interview to Scripps News Milwaukee's Charles Benson: Data from the Migration Policy Institute shows home ownership among the population of illegal immigrants is at 28%, or just over 3 million.
"Second of all, [Harris] cast multiple votes, tiebreaking votes, that raised interest rates, which of course makes mortgages totally unaffordable for American families," Vance added. Vance said that if elected, Trump's administration would build more houses and "kick out the illegal aliens who are competing with Americans for homes." Many politicians have taken credit for a new $35 cap on insulin for many Americans, and Vance told Benson that former President Trump should be chief among them.
"All the policies ...
that drove the cost of insulin to $35 a unit, are policies that [Trump] actually enacted dur.