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J. D. Vance: “A lot of Americans... had lost $3,000... the average…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

'COWARDICE': JD Vance reveals what SOTU viewers couldn't see

Published February 25, 2026 | Video Starts at 06:41

Well, Bill, in some ways we are pushing a car uphill because the Biden administration left us such a disaster of an economy. The highest peacetime debt in American history, skyrocketing inflation, A lot of Americans... had lost $3,000... the average American had lost in take home pay. Now in a year we've actually seen the average American gain about $1,200 in take home pay. (06:41–06:49)

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“We know that it's billions and billions of dollars that should go to American citizens. It's going to illegal aliens.”
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“Congressional Democrats... wouldn't stand for the idea that American citizens should come first.”
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“Congressional Democrats... wouldn't stand for that innocent little girl who was assaulted by an illegal alien but managed to survive.”
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“You are still worse off than you were when Joe Biden... took over.”
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“No tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security.”
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“We've seen this massive trillions and trillions of dollars coming into our country to build new factories.”
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“Nobody has ever tried to take a systematic look at how much fraud there is in the federal government.”
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