JD Vance, right, called journalist Mehdi Hasan a "dummy" on X on Monday after Hasan dinged the Trump administration for punishing the AP.

Vice President JD Vance called reporter Mehdi Hasan a “dummy” on Monday on X after Hasan asked him if he’d read an article about the White House penalising The Associated Press for continuing to refer to the Gulf of Mexico by its longstanding name.

Retweeting an Axios article on the White House’s dispute with the AP, Hasan had written, “Hey [Vance], I know you’re busy lecturing the Europeans on free speech, but have you seen this?” Hasan was referring to Vance’s X posts calling out the “lunacy” of Germany prosecuting hate speech.

“Yes dummy,” Vance replied. “I think there’s a difference between not giving a reporter a seat in the WH........

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