J.D. Vance criticizes NBC for biased coverage of Israel march that ignores Trump chants

Vice President J.D. Vance lashed out at NBC News on Sunday morning, accusing the network of ignoring Israelis celebrating the president. Donald TrumpIts role in reaching a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas.

During NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Vance said he watched NBC’s coverage showing protesters in Israel booing when Prime Minister “Benjamin Netanyahu”Trump’s name was mentioned at a rally – while he failed to notice that the crowd cheered when he mentioned Trump’s name.

“But I also have to give your network a little grief, Kristen, because I was watching NBC last night, and they were covering this and they mentioned during a rally last night in Israel, when Steve Witkoff mentioned our special envoy Bibi Netanyahu, the crowd booed, but the broadcast didn’t mention when Steve Witkoff mentioned President Trump — the crowd actually cheered,” Vance said.

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US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner spoke at a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening, in support of the remaining hostages still being held by Hamas ahead of their scheduled release on Monday.

Trump and his team announced last week that they had negotiated a peace deal between Israel and Hamas that they said would end the war and lead to the release of all remaining hostages — two years after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.

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According to Israeli officials, the living hostages are expected to be released in one phase within 72 hours. The return of the bodies of the deceased hostages will take longer, but Israel insists on including them in the deal.

During the march in Tel Aviv, speakers and attendees celebrated the agreement. but, The crowd booed Netanyahu when Vitkov mentioned his role in the negotiations.

As the boos continued, Witkopf said: “Well, let me finish my thoughts. I’ve been in the trenches with the prime minister. Believe me, he’s had a very important role here.”

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When Witkoff mentioned Trump’s name later in the speech, the crowd cheered.

Vance told Welker that he noticed that NBC’s coverage omitted chants for Trump and explained why he believes the former president deserves praise from the White House. Crowd in Tel Aviv.

“Why, Christine? Why did the crowd cheer? Because this moment was the result of very deliberate and poignant diplomacy from the president and the entire administration.”

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