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J. D. Vance: “In late 2020, our doctors didn't have enough hospital gowns…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 36:51

Because if, God forbid, there was some conflict or even just a Covid like supply chain disruption, you don't want to wake up in a country as we did In late 2020, our doctors didn't have enough hospital gowns and hospital masks because of the supply disruptions. So I think there's just this recognition that, yeah, you can buy and sell with other countries, you can trade with other countries, but you have to have some native economic self sufficiency. (36:51–37:07)

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