Vice President Vance accused ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos of caring about a "fake scandal" regarding White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday.

Stephanopoulos, during Sunday morning's edition of This Week, asked Vance whether Homan kept or returned the reported $50,000 bribe. Vance deflected, saying the media is “going after” Homan “because he’s doing the job of enforcing the law.”

“You're focused on a bogus story, you're insinuating criminal wrongdoing against a guy who has done nothing wrong, instead of focusing on the fact that our country is struggling because our government shut down,” Vance added.

The vice president also blamed Democrats and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for the shutdown, saying that as a result, low-income women are struggling to buy fo

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