JD Vance Stares Into the Camera as He Unveils a Major Announcement: "Throw Them in Prison
JD Vance Stares Into the Camera as He Unveils a Major Announcement: "Throw Them in Prison
CANTON, Ohio
— Vice President JD Vance delivered a resolute message defending public safety and calling for an uncompromising stance against urban violence during an appearance in northeast Ohio. Speaking while promoting the administration's tax and budget initiatives, Vance directly confronted a shocking viral incident from Cincinnati, signaling a coordinated emphasis on law enforcement and criminal accountability.
Addressing newly surfaced footage depicting a violent crowd assaulting civilians on a public street, Vance condemned the attackers and pledged that federal leadership will support aggressive prosecution of violent criminals.
I. Vance Demands Maximum Sentences for Street Assaults
Vance focused heavily on a central segment of the viral video, which documented an adult male blindsiding a defenseless middle-aged woman on the sidewalk. Refusing to mince words, the Vice President insisted that individuals committing such violent acts must face long-term incarceration.
"The one part that I saw that was really gruesome is you had a grown man who sucker-punched a middle-aged woman," Vance said. "Where I come from, at least, when you have a grown man who sucker-punched a middle-aged woman, that person ought to go to jail for a very long time."
The Vice President linked the incident to broader concerns surrounding urban public safety, emphasizing that American families should be able to navigate public spaces without fear of lawlessness.
"We have got to make great American cities safe again for families and children," Vance added. "If you want to take your wife or your children out for a meal, you shouldn't be worried about street violence. And the only way to destroy that street violence is to take the thugs who engage in that violence and throw their asses in prison."
II. Local Reaction and Demands for Accountability
While law enforcement authorities confirmed multiple arrests in connection with the Cincinnati brawl, federal and state officials continue to monitor the investigation as officers hunt for remaining suspects. The footage sparked wide concern online and drawn scrutiny over municipal responses to violent crime.
Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy personally reached out to one of the victims, a working single mother named Holly, who reported receiving minimal outreach from local municipal officials in the immediate aftermath of the assault. Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police leadership also highlighted the severity of the physical injuries suffered by those attacked.
Supporters of the administration point to these cases as evidence of systemic failures within municipal criminal justice approaches that prioritize leniency over victim protection.
III. Federal Strategy to Restore Safety Across Major Cities
Vance's remarks reflect the foundational public safety platform of the Trump-Vance administration, which prioritizes backing law enforcement officers and restoring order in major metropolitan areas. Proposed measures include enhancing qualified immunity protections for police, surging resources to dismantle violent street gangs, and ensuring prosecutors hold repeat offenders accountable.
As working-class families voice growing frustration over rising crime concerns in major metropolitan areas, the administration's message remains clear: protecting innocent citizens is a non-negotiable priority, and those who perpetrate violence will face the full weight of the legal system.
Senate Pulls It Off with a Crucial 49 - 46 Vote — Lawmakers Have Just Approved President Donald Trump's Judicial Nominee To 6th Circuit
Senate Pulls It Off with a Crucial 49 - 46 Vote — Lawmakers Have Just Approved President Donald Trump's Judicial Nominee To 6th Circuit
President Trump has faced repeated legal setbacks in trying to implement his agenda, thanks to left-wing federal judges appointed by Joe Biden and other Democratic presidents.
In most of those cases, the judges appear to be making decisions based on their political opposition to the president and his agenda, as many of their rulings have been overturned.
But that said, Trump has been—with the GOP-controlled Senate’s help—steadily filling judicial vacancies on federal benches throughout his second term, and the chamber confirmed another nominee largely along party-line votes on Wednesday.
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Benjamin Flowers to a lifetime appointment on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by a 49-46 vote, elevating the former Ohio solicitor general to the federal bench despite Democratic objections over his record and his refusal to state who won the 2020 presidential election.
Flowers, an attorney from Upper Arlington and a partner at Ashbrook Byrne Kresge Flowers LLC, will fill the vacancy left by Judge Jeffrey Sutton. President Trump nominated him to serve on the Sixth Circuit, which hears cases from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
During Flowers’ May 20 confirmation hearing, Democratic senators questioned him about issues that President Donald Trump has disputed and criticized what they described as his evasive responses.
When Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., asked Flowers to identify the winner of the 2020 presidential election, Flowers replied that “legally speaking, Joe Biden was certified” before Blumenthal interrupted him.
Because Democrats have turned all hearings involving Trump nominees into political theater and circuses, Blumenthal—who lied about serving in Vietnam—claimed that Flowers’ answers sounded “rehearsed.”
“Above all, a federal judge must be independent, without fear or favor, and your fear, apparently, of Donald Trump, is so much that you practiced with the White House before you came here and rehearsed this answer, and are repeating by rote what you’ve been told to say,” Blumenthal said, calling that conduct disqualifying – as though he was ever going to support Flowers to begin with.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, defended Flowers against the criticism, arguing that Democrats were applying a double standard.
Grassley pointed to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing, during which she said, “It would be inappropriate for me to publicly weigh in to any subject of political debate.”
In addition, speaking of disqualifying, Jackson refused on several occasions to define a woman.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, also cited the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, arguing that the same ethical standards apply to both judicial nominees and sitting judges.
A graduate of Ohio State University and the University of Chicago Law School, Flowers clerked for Ninth Circuit Judge Sandra Ikuta before serving as a law clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia.
He later spent several years at Jones Day and, as Ohio’s 10th solicitor general, argued three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the successful challenge to OSHA’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
“Flowers resembles most of Trump 2.0’s appellate nominees, whom Mike Davis, the Leader of the Article 3 Project and a Trump judicial selection consigliere, characterizes as battle-hardened,” University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias told Cleveland.com.
“However, Flowers also resembles many Trump 1.0 appellate nominees, who are ideologically conservative, active members of the Federalist Society, and practiced at large national firms,” he added.
During his tenure as Ohio's 10th Solicitor General, Flowers established significant constitutional credentials, arguing three separate cases before the U.S. Supreme Court—most notably securing the landmark legal block that dismantled the federal OSHA emergency temporary standard regarding workplace vaccine mandates.
Legal observers note that Flowers represents the primary archetype of the administration's updated appellate strategy, which favors younger, ideologically consistent lawyers possessing extensive experience handling high-threshold state-level defense challenges.
REPRODUCTIVE STATUTES AND MIDTERM ENFORCEMENT NETWORKS
Beyond national electoral issues, opposition caucuses extensively cross-examined Flowers regarding his historical defense of Ohio public health and abortion regulations. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) directed intense focus toward Flowers' representation of the state's six-week gestational limits, referencing prominent regional cases to challenge his judicial temperament.
Flowers maintained a strict professional baseline throughout the interrogation, noting that any child or victim of assault suffers profound, irreparable harm, while underscoring that his statutory duty as solicitor general was to defend current state laws as enacted by the legislature.
With the Senate majority continuing its rapid tempo to process judicial confirmations ahead of the upcoming autumn midterm campaigns, the successful seating of Benjamin Flowers cews a critical operational vacancy—ensuring that the jurisprudence governing labor, commerce, and individual liberty across four major states remains firmly anchored in a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
NOT INVITED HERE - New York City Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani Humiliated at Event for Fallen Soldier
NOT INVITED HERE - New York City Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani Humiliated at Event for Fallen Soldier Posted August 4, 2026
Backlash to Democratic Socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani continues well after his election, as more and more residents of the Big Apple realize how bad his policies and approach to governing really are.
The latest pushback manifested itself at a ceremony for a U.S. Army soldier killed by an Iranian missile last month.
Mamdani reportedly did not speak Friday during the funeral of Army Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad in Queens, one of three U.S. service members killed in Jordan during an Iranian attack on July 17.
Mamdani attended the service at a church in Ozone Park but did not deliver remarks honoring Rampersad.
According to the New York Post, Mamdani appeared to review prepared remarks on an iPad as other dignitaries addressed the congregation, but he was not called upon to speak.
A source familiar with the funeral told The Post that Rampersad’s family chose not to have Mayor Zohran Mamdani speak in an effort to avoid what the source described as “political distractions.”
Following the service, the mayor’s office released the prepared remarks Mamdani had intended to deliver.
“It is often said that our fallen ‘gave their tomorrows for our today,'” Mamdani planned to say.
“Sergeant Rampersad had tomorrows waiting for her: birthdays, ordinary mornings, evenings spent with her loved ones,” his remarks continued.
“But she gave every one of them up so that we could have ours — so that we could stand here today, safe and protected,” he was to say.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), however, did speak.
“I feel after reading and admiring this woman from a distance, I feel like she could be one of my daughters,” Hochul said.
Other speakers included Ozone Park Residents Block Association President Sam Esposito, state Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.
The Department of War said Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, was killed in action during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.
According to U.S. Central Command, Rampersad and two other American service members were killed while U.S. and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks.
The other service members killed were identified as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
All three were deployed to Jordan in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the international mission to combat ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
Rampersad was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52d Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command in Ansbach, Germany.
She served as a 25U Signal Operations Support Specialist, according to the Department of War.
One person who attended the funeral told the newspaper that the mayor appeared visibly frustrated when it became clear he would not be invited to the podium.
“He looked over at his staff, frustrated and seemed angry that he didn’t speak,” the source told the Post.
The attendee added that Mamdani eventually realized his name would not be called, looked toward members of his staff and put away the tablet that reportedly contained his prepared remarks.
A separate source cited by the newspaper said the decision stemmed from the wishes of Rampersad’s family, describing them as politically conservative and supportive of President Donald Trump.
“The family is more conservative and wanted to limit any political distractions,” the source told the Post.
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Neither Mamdani’s office nor members of the Rampersad family have publicly confirmed the account explaining why the mayor did not speak during the service.
Although he did not address mourners, Mamdani’s office later released the remarks he had prepared for the funeral.
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