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David Smith in Washington

Vance snarls and swipes in defence of ICE agent – was the boss impressed?

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JD Vance at the White House press briefing room on Thursday. Photograph: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Shutterstock

It was James David Vance’s pitch to his boss: don’t forget me!

The vice-president was nowhere to be seen last weekend when US special forces swept into Venezuela and snatched its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Instead Marco Rubio, the secretary of state and a potential rival to Vance in the 2028 presidential election, grabbed all the Maga glory.

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