Vance follows Rubio’s raucous briefing with subdued performance
Vance sought to tame reporters teeming with questions, pointing at some randomly and other times studying a chart to decide whom to call on next. At one point, he told the reporters packing the room to stop yelling over each other when he called on someone. He used a strategy, also employed by Rubio, in calling out reporters by what colors they were wearing and joked that at 41, he was having trouble reading the small copy on the seating chart he was provided of the journalists in the room.
- ▪Vance sought to tame reporters teeming with questions, pointing at some randomly and other times studying a chart to decide whom to call on next.
- ▪At one point, he told the reporters packing the room to stop yelling over each other when he called on someone.
- ▪He used a strategy, also employed by Rubio, in calling out reporters by what colors they were wearing and joked that at 41, he was having trouble reading the small copy on the seating chart he was provided of the journalists in the room.
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Administration Vance follows Rubio’s raucous briefing with restrained performance Comments: by Julia Manchester and Mallory Wilson - 05/19/26 5:27 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Julia Manchester and Mallory Wilson - 05/19/26 5:27 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Vice President Vance took to the White House briefing room Tuesday in what was a more restrained manner than that of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s unruly turn at the podium. Vance sought to tame reporters teeming with questions, pointing at some randomly and other times studying a chart to decide whom to call on next. At one point, he told the reporters packing the room to stop yelling over each other when he called on someone.
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