- Vice President JD Vance made a verbal blunder during a Newsmax interview while discussing President Donald Trump's safer streets policies.
- Vance mistakenly said Trump used his mandate to make American streets less safe, then quickly corrected himself to say safer.
- The slip-up occurred as Vance contrasted Trump's presidential mandate with that of Barack Obama.
- The error marks Vance's second notable gaffe in a week, after a rally speech in which he accidentally referred to the far left as the fart left.
- The gaffe comes as national homicide rates continue to drop toward historic lows, according to recent Council on Criminal Justice data.
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