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TOLEDO, Ohio — <\/span>TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Vice President JD Vance<\/a>, speaking in his home state of Ohio before visiting Minnesota<\/a> on Thursday, blamed the \u201cfar left” for turmoil surrounding the White House’s deportation campaign<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cIf you want to turn down the chaos in Minneapolis, stop fighting immigration enforcement and accept that we have to have a border in this country,\u201d Vance said in Toledo. \u201cIt\u2019s not that hard.\u201d<\/p>\n Vance plans to meet with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis, which has been a focal point for protests since an agent fatally shot Renee Good<\/a>, a mother of three, during a confrontation this month. The Republican vice president has played a leading role in defending that agent and said Good’s death was \u201ca tragedy of her own making.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n He also praised the arrest of protesters<\/a> who disrupted a church service<\/a> in Minnesota on Sunday and said he expects more prosecutions to come. The protesters entered the church chanting \u201cICE out\u201d and \u201cJustice for Renee Good.”<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re scaring little kids who are there to worship God on a Sunday morning,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThose people are going to be sent to prison so long as we have the power to do so.”<\/p>\n He added: \u201cJust as you have the right to protest, they have a right to worship God as they choose. And when you interrupt that, that is a violation of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n Vance\u2019s appearance was primarily focused on bolstering the Trump administration\u2019s positive economic message on the heels of Trump’s appearance at the World Economic Forum<\/a> in Davos. The vice president also took the opportunity to boost some of Republicans’ important statewide candidates in this fall’s midterm elections, including gubernatorial contender Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a> and U.S. Sen. Jon Husted<\/a>. <\/p>\n Convincing voters that the nation is in rosy financial shape has been a persistent challenge for Trump during the first year of his second term. Polling has shown<\/a> that the public is unconvinced that the economy is in good condition and majorities disapprove<\/a> of how Trump’s handling of foreign policy.<\/p>\n Vance urged voters to be patient on the economy, saying Trump had inherited a bad situation from Democratic President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t turn the Titanic around overnight,\u201d Vance said. \u201cIt takes time to fix what is broken.\u201d<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n Carr Smyth reported from Columbus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n