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J. D. Vance: “The jobs were getting shipped overseas, where the factories…”

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

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Vice President JD Vance speech in Warren, MI

Published | Video Starts at 18:00

Look, I grew up in a community. You heard Secretary Chavez Durimmer mention this, that I grew up in a community where the American dream seemed to be disappearing, where The jobs were getting shipped overseas, where the factories were closing down. I remember driving around my hometown of Middletown, Ohio, and we'd see some abandoned factory and my Grandfather would tell me what used to happen there, what good jobs used to happen there, what good wages used to provide for families there. (18:00–18:04)

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Asserts that jobs and factories in his community were moved overseas.

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