Soon after, the Associated Press wrote up the quote and tweeted it out with the caption: “JD Vance says school shootings are a ‘fact of life,’ calls for better security.” Soon after that, the Vance campaign began complaining that the quote was taken slightly out of its original context.

School shootings are a “fact of life,” so the U.S. needs to harden security to prevent more carnage like the shooting this week that left four dead in Georgia, Republican vice presidential nominee J.D.

Vance's choice not to denounce Carlson is indicative of his broader approach to politics, including a willingness to embrace the political fringe.

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance had nothing critical to say Friday about Tucker Carlson, with whom he recently taped a podcast interview, amid roiling controversy over the former Fox News host and his decision to platform the Holocaust revisionist and apologist Darryl Cooper earlier this week.