Vice President JD Vance clashed with protestors on the streets of Cincinnati in a heated debate about Ukraine. And afterwards, the VP and demonstrators offered conflicting accounts of the incident.

In video obtained by WCPO, Vance can be seen engaging the protestors — in a conversation he would later call “mostly respectful.”

“You’re selling ’em out!” Several of the protestors said, at one point.

“With respect, ma’am, I disagree,” Vance said. “I think that what we’re doing is we’re actually forcing a diplomatic settlement.”

Later, another protestor said of Russia, “They are the aggressor every time!”

“Ma’am, I understand that’s your view—” Vance replied, before being cut off.

“That’s not our view!” The protestor said. “It’s the facts!”

After the confrontation, Vance posted the following on X:

“Today while walking my 3 year old daughter a group of “Slava Ukraini” protesters followed us around and shouted as my daughter grew increasingly anxious and scared.

“I decided to speak with the protesters in the hopes that I could trade a few minutes of conversation for them leaving my toddler alone. (Nearly all of them agreed.)

“It was a mostly respectful conversation, but if you’re chasing a 3-year-old as part of a political protest, you’re a shit person.”

Protestor Ann Henry, who supplied the video to WCPO, disputed Vance’s account of the incident — telling WCPO that she and several others demonstrators spontaneously passed Vance en route to a nearby street where the larger protest was being held.

“No one was chasing him,” Henry told WCPO.

Henry gave credit to Vance for speaking with the group, but added, “I just wish he wouldn’t have characterized it the way he did on Twitter.”

Watch above, via WCPO.

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