JD Vance "was a DEI hire'": CNN panelist

Intro ATTACHED TO THEM AS A POLITICAL ATTACK. >> AND YOU'RE WHETHER OR NOT THE CHANGE THAT YOU JUST MADE IS THAT IN THOSE INTIMATE EMAILS, THOSE PRIVATE EMAILS WITH HIS FRIEND AS WHEN HE WAS ACTUALLY BEING TRUTHFUL. SO I JUST KINDA MARVELING AT THE LACK OF VETTING THAT SEEMS TO HAVE GONE ON IN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN THAT HAD A LOT OF TIME TO PICK THEIR VICE PRESIDENT. THEY HAD A TON OF TIME. AND I'VE BEEN AMAZED THAT JUST ALL OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT LOOKING I THINK TO ME IT'S VERY FUNNY WHEN I HEAR J.D. VANCE TALK ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS, A DEI HIRE BECAUSE I THINK HE GOT A BOOK DEAL AND I THINK HE GOT A TV CONTRACT AND I THINK HE GOT A MOVIE DEAL BECAUSE HE'S A DEI HIRE. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. HE CAME ON, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HILLBILLY TRANSLATOR, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SORELY LACKING ON NATIONAL TV. AND IN THE MOVIES. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK Discussing JD Vance ABOUT HIRING SOMEBODY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY REPRESENT AND THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN AND WHERE THEY COME FROM. LET'S START WITH J.D. VANCE. YOU CAN CERTAINLY TRY TO DIMINISH HIM AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WHO HE IS. >> BUT I THINK THAT WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN FROM THESE EXCHANGES IS THAT THE TRUTH ABOUT JD AND I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME, IS THAT HE'S SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY IS INCREDIBLY EMPATHETIC. HE IS SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO MEET PEOPLE MORE THAN HALFWAY WHEN HE TRIES TO UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES, THAT HAS NOT SHOWN OUT IN HIS NATIONAL POLITICAL DEBUT YET, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS A VERY POWERFUL PART OF HIS STORY IS SOMETHING THAT IS AUTHENTIC. LEE, PART OF WHO HE IS. AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU IF THE TABLES WERE TURNED AND SOPHIA NELSON, WE'RE NOW IN A POSITION WHERE J.D. VANCE COULD ACTUALLY ACHIEVE SOME POLITICAL OR PERSONAL OR FINANCIAL GAIN BY BETRAYING PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE. I CAN TELL YOU 100% HE WOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE NEVER DONE THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE ME YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE, BUT THAT'S THE JD THAT I KNOW. AND I THINK THAT'S THE JD. THERE'S GOING TO BE REVEALED TO PEOPLE Outro OVER TIME. AND I THINK THAT HE SHOULD SHOW MORE OF THAT. YOU SHOULD SHOW MORE YOU THAT HE IS EMPATHETIC. CERTAINLY HASN'T OH, WAIT HIMSELF