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Vance rallies in Texas, hits Democrats on crime and gas prices

Vance spoke at a rally in Tyler for Senate candidate Ken Paxton, pairing Minnesota gang violence with gas prices as Republicans face a hard midterm map.

On air: Hank Ledger on BBN Newsroom
Published 2:40 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

At a glance

First reported by Fox News: “Vance takes aim at soft-on-crime Dems as GOP faces uphill midterm battle: ‘lost their minds’”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 2:40 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: Dems, Vance, Texas, Democrats, GOP.
BBN covered this story before: GOP donor in Guilfoyle scandal: 'I am not going to let JD Vance off… (October 14).

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Fox NewsVance takes aim at soft-on-crime Dems as GOP faces uphill midterm battle: ‘lost their minds’

What BBN said about it

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentVance told supporters Democrats have lost their minds on crime, and he pointed to Somali gang violence in Minnesota as his example.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHe also went after rising gas prices, which is a message aimed squarely at a party facing a tough midterm climate, according to Fox News.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentPaxton is the same candidate whose name came up this morning in the donor fight over Vance and that fugitive surgeon, so this stage carried extra weight.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCrime and gas prices, in one speech. Skip, I'll take it from here.