Vice President J.D. Vance on Tuesday accused Democrats of using “sleight of hand” tactics in budget negotiations, claiming their demands to reopen the government are centered on restoring taxpayer-funded health care benefits for illegal immigrants.

In a video message posted to X, Vance said Democrats were being dishonest when they insisted the current government shutdown had nothing to do with health care for noncitizens. He argued the legislative text proves otherwise.

“There are two very specific ways — and you can look at the legislative text — two specific ways in which the Democrats are asking us to give taxpayer-funded health care benefits for illegal aliens,” Vance said. Continues…