The Vice President faced a contentious crowd at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on Thursday, prompting a sharp rebuke that has quickly gone viral.
During the event, a group of protesters was captured on video waving foreign flags and speaking in Spanish. The Vice President's response was direct and assertive, as he told the crowd, "We've got people waving the Palestinian flag outside, hollering at us in Spanish. By the way, the Vice President can't understand what you're protesting about if you don't speak the language of everybody else here!"
He added, "Not to protestors: if you want the vice president to hear what you're protesting about, you've got to use a language I actually understand." The Vice President's remarks were met with a mixture of applause and jeers from the crowd.
The Vice President's comments during the event focused heavily on defending Richard Nixon's place in history. He argued that Nixon's legacy is experiencing a well-deserved renaissance and that the scandal that ended his presidency would barely register in today's media environment.
"If Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story," the Vice President said. "The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy." He went on to draw parallels between the deep state's efforts to take down Nixon and their attempts to do the same to Donald Trump during his first administration.
The Vice President also joked about his own similarities with the former president, saying, "Young senator, vice president, writes some bestselling books, is hated by the media. It kind of sounds like JD Vance. I've always liked Richard Nixon."
