Brutal CNN supercut catches Trump’s VP in 'absurd' lie — using his own words

CNN's White House Correspondent Kristen Holmes thinks that the White House has "lost the plot."

On Friday, Dana Bashnplayed conflicting statements in which JD Vance appears to have changed his story. Bash suggested it might be gaslighting.

On Jan. 7, Vance spoke at a White House press conference, where he said, "You have a federal law enforcement official engaged in federal law enforcement action. That's a federal issue. That guy is protected by absolute immunity."

When speaking to those on the ground in Minnesota, however, Vance denied ever saying it.

"No, I didn't say and I don't think any other official within the Trump administration said that officers who engaged in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity. That's absurd," Vance claimed.

Bash also cited an incident in which the Department of Homeland Security appeared to change the face of a woman they said they'd arrested. The photo of her arrest shows her sobbing. When Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted the photo she was no longer crying and lipstick added.

The arrest was for disrupting a church service in protest.

"So these are some examples of how they're trying to seize back the narrative, but doing so with a little bit of gaslighting," said Bash.

Holmes agreed.

"They've lost the plot, and they think that the Americans have lost the plot," she said.

"And so what you see when you see president Trump out there doing his own briefing — which, by the way, he was not scheduled to do, is because President Trump thinks that he's the one who can actually deliver the message when it comes to immigration. Sure, we are hearing some kind of softening of rhetoric going back on what they said. That is not changing the way that this administration is looking at ICE," she continued.

"Look at what President Trump did. Yes, he had a softer language when it came to the woman who was shot multiple times, causing outcry across the country. But when it came to immigration, he held up those mug shots," Holmes said. "He talked about what they were doing. He believes that his message isn't getting across. He also believes he won on immigration. He believes he is the strongest messenger and that people, if they actually understand what ICE is doing, will be come back around to him."

However, she said, the administration doesn't want the photos and videos to be in the public. The incident in Minnesota with a 5-year-old who was taken by ICE while his mother hid in their home is one of many stories they want to change the narrative on, according to Holmes.

"They don't want to change what they're doing, but they don't want that to be the narrative," said Holmes. "They want the narrative to be. Look at what we're doing for immigration, right."

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