A protester demanding the release of the Epstein files interrupted US Vice President JD Vance's speech at a North Carolina rally, prompting a joke about the protester slipping through illegal border crossings.
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The protest was demanding the release of the Epstein files.: The protest was demanding the release of the Epstein files.
The interruption occurred at a North Carolina rally.: The interruption occurred at a North Carolina rally.
Vance joked about the protester slipping through illegal border crossings.: Vance joked about the protester slipping through illegal border crossings.
A protester demanding the release of the Epstein files interrupted US Vice President JD Vance at a North Carolina rally for Republican midterm candidates. After claiming illegal border crossings had fallen to zero, Vance joked that the protester was one who had slipped through.
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