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J. D. Vance: “Silicon chips were invented in the United States of America…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 12:49

And the answer is because a generation of bipartisan leadership allowed the critical things that we need to get offshore. These rare earth minerals, the magnets, our computer chips were actually invented. Silicon chips were invented in the United States of America. Now Taiwan...makes nearly 100% of the computer chips in the world economy. We were put in this position by failed leadership. It is a national emergency and the President is doing everything that he can to get us out of this mess. (12:49–12:59)

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Asserts that Taiwan produces nearly all of the world's computer chips, despite their invention in the U.S.

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