But his argument, which I think he's doing a couple things, he's mixing up immigration, which is a question of how many people we decide to let in, and this question of critical Americanism. But he Vance is trying to say that this idea that being in America, being an American is about what you believe is false. And it doesn't give you a way to limit who's an American. What we have to do is recognize, admit that blood, bloodline, that length of time, numbers of your family buried in cemeteries. (1:20:30–1:20:38)
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Asserts that J.D. Vance argues against the idea that American identity is based on beliefs.
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