JD Vance caught on hot mic complaining about length of Trump's address

JD Vance was caught on a hot mic lamenting the length of Donald Trump’s upcoming address to Congress.

The president is set to make his first speech to lawmakers since his return to office. The event is expected to last 90 minutes.

Vice President Vance could be seen greeting House Speaker Mike Johnson before telling him, “By the way, I think the speech is going to be great. But I don’t know how you do this for 90 minutes.”

Johnson, pushing down the microphone, responded, “The hardest thing was doing it during Biden, when his speech was a stupid campaign speech.”

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[mrs.marple]

This was a lesson for JD in open mic convo.. .You see how Johnson pulled the mic down...he's got experience in how this works.

[abidinginchrist]

That’s about the tamest, nicest hot mic I’ve ever heard. 😂

[zanniefoledo]

So you lie about what you heard. I see how it is. All he said was I don’t know how you do this for 90 minutes. He didn’t complain about how long the speech was. He could have meant how can you talk for 90 straight minutes. Or how can you stay on camera, smiling for 90 minutes. Thanks for taking it out of context. Useless media outlet

[donstrickland]

These are comments before President Trump's speech. Just trying to grab a headline. It worked! Ask Vice President Vance now after the speech. Over 70% of Americans wanted to hear more.

[davidfoster]

Didn't hear anything except praise.

[stevep]

I dont know how you do it for 90 minutes. Sounds like a compliment to me

[badappleart]

Fantastic way to get some dem clicks, lie in the caption. You're grasping for straws and missing....

[ucitymetalhead]

Yeah as much as I don't like him or any republican this is a huge nothing burger.

[robertdaubigne]

It doesn't sound like complaining to me.

[aussiert]

Complaining? He wasn’t complaining, dumb media.

[Ketowski]

Every Trump speech is a stupid campaign speech.
He’s never learned to address those that didn’t vote for him in any kind of balanced or constructive way.

[fdfgaming]

I mean he still said the speech is gonna be great lol

[skyrish]

Mhmm ok I fail to see the problem here. It's like small talk

[ssstttyyy]

Their not wrong, Trump loves to hear himself speak, even if most of the time makes no sense. It's like listening to a campaign rally over and over.

[tkzsfen]

I just came from a short series of JD Vance attacking Trump in 2016 and I am not so sure that he didn't mean how can he stand Trump in particular...
Well, there was Ghadaffi, but he was in a league of his own.

[SmLfe]

“It’s a big club and you ain’t in it” - George Carlin

[chrzoc]

Fake news, it was literally small talk bs, here’s the full remarks:


Mike Johnson: “I’m glad we didn’t wear the same tie, good to see you”

JD: (“laughs) We could have coordinated I guess, But Man, I’ve got to be honest with you (whispers) This is the only tie I have in my entire closet”

and the rest you can hear.


Nice try with the clickbait bs though.


Golden age 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[melzz]

Isn’t it a compliment, because yeah it’s hard to make a great speech for 90 minutes

[Ktty._sc]

I have probably felt the touch of woman more times in a day than this man has ever had in his life🫶

[littledovecitydust]

I think what his whispered in Johnson's ear was "I'm actually wearing a diaper."