ABC News’ Jonathan Karl pressed Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Sunday over former President Donald Trump’s controversial dinner with Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist who has launched racist comments at his wife Usha Vance.
Karl, in a sit-down interview with Trump’s running mate, noted the “really nasty stuff” that Fuentes said about the candidate’s family when he asked whether a “guy who has an Indian wife and named their kid Vivek is going to support white identity” last month.
“He said that terrible stuff but he said — I mean, he’s a white supremacist,” Karl told Vance.
“Look, I think he’s — President Trump has issued plenty of condemnations on this. The one thing that I like —,” Vance replied.
“But not of Fuentes,” Karl interjected.
“The one — the one thing I like about Donald Trump, Jon, is that he actually will talk to anybody,” Vance said.
He continued, “But just because you talk to somebody doesn’t mean you endorse their views. And look,…