At a town hall, a man tells Vice President JD Vance his wife, Master Sergeant Nicole Amor, gave her life on March 1, 2026. He says an Iranian drone was the weapon but "fundamental failures" in leadership led up to it, and asks how the administration will hold those leaders accountable. Vance says this conversation is "literally the first time" he's heard of it and that you "live in a bit of a bubble."
The receipt
- Who
- Joey Amor
- Where
- other - CBS town hall with JD Vance (aired on CNN)
- Original footage
- CNN · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 53 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 149 on Instagram
Read the transcript
Mr. Vice President, my wife, Master Sergeant Nicole Amor gave her life on March 1, 2026. I am damn proud of my wife. Though the Iranian drone was the weapon that killed my wife, there were a lot of mistakes and a lot of fundamental failures that led up to that. There's a failure in the leadership. And I want to know how this administration is going to start holding those leaders accountable for the actions and the deaths of the soldiers that we that we honor and that we love. If there were failures and I don't doubt there were I just this literally the first time I've heard of this is this conversation. I want to understand what we can do better and what those soldiers are seeing because the part of the problem of this job this job is an amazing honor but you live in a bit of a bubble and sometimes information doesn't filter filter up to me and I promise you I will take
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.