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J. D. Vance: “Every time the Pope says something mildly critical of a…”

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

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The Vice President and I Discuss Political Philosophy

Published | Video Starts at 24:08

And that's not a bad thing to me. There's this idea, and again, it's because of our hyper memetic political media, but like, Every time the Pope says something mildly critical of a Trump administration policy, it's like, oh, the Pope hates the Trump administration. Well, you know, actually, no, maybe the Pope is trying to provide the kind of moral teaching that is inherently part of his job, and then we have to take that and try to apply it, which is part of our job. (24:08–24:17)

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Asserts that media often portrays the Pope's mild criticisms of Trump administration policies as hostility.

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