Vice President JD Vance revealed this afternoon that he and his 3-year-old were followed and harassed by a group of protesters today, saying that his toddler was getting increasingly anxious and scared.

Vance said he decided to speak to them in hopes that they would leave his 3-year-old alone, and they did. He said it was a ‘mostly’ respectful conversation.

But added “if you’re chasing a 3-year-old as part of a political protest, you’re a shit person.”

Here’s what he said:

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.

The biggest question about this is, where was the Secret Service during all of this? I can’t imagine they weren’t around him when this happened, but maybe they felt it wasn’t threatening? I’d love to know more about this…