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J. D. Vance: “If you build crap overseas and try to undercut the wages of…”

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

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Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse

Published | Video Starts at 20:54

If you're building in the United States of America, if you're working in the United States of America, if you're trying to earn a decent living right here at home, we are going to fight for you every single single day. But If you build crap overseas and try to undercut the wages of American workers, you're going to pay a big fat tariff before you bring it back in to the United States of America. Now, I was talking with the Fox News host earlier, and I'm going to embarrass him a little bit. I'm going to make him stand up and be recognized. (20:54–21:04)

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Asserts that tariffs will be imposed on goods produced overseas that undercut American wages.

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