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J. D. Vance: “The ideas that filled that void preyed on the very worst of…”

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

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Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at Turning Point USA's America Fest

Published | Video Starts at 23:07

Freedom of religion transformed into freedom from religion. And in a public square devoid of God, we got a vacuum. And The ideas that filled that void preyed on the very worst of human nature. Nature rather than uplifting it. They told us not that we were children of God, but children of this or that identity group. (23:07–23:13)

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Asserts that the absence of religion in public life has led to negative influences on human behavior.

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