JD Vance Says He Has to Be ‘a Little More Precise’ When Speaking for Trump

“Look, he’s the nominee. He sets the agenda for the party,” Vance said of Trump in an exclusive interview with NOTUS.

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Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance speaks at a campaign rally. Julia Nikhinson/AP

READING, PA — Sen. JD Vance knows he’s gotten ahead of Donald Trump on a number of issues. During an exclusive interview with NOTUS on Saturday, he acknowledged that he has to do a better job of not speaking for the former president.

“Certainly one thing that I’m going to try to do is, like — and I’m 99% successful — is not speak for him on an issue where we haven’t actually talked about it,” Vance said on his plane, following a town hall in Reading, Pennsylvania. “I think that, you know, he very clearly has made clear he doesn’t support a national abortion ban. And, you know, I just got to be a little bit more precise in how I describe that next time.”

Vance said in late August that Trump would veto a national abortion ban. But when the topic came up during the only debate between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump said he actually “didn’t discuss it with JD.”