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J. D. Vance: “The legacy of the Republican Party that came before Donald…”

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WATCH LIVE: Vice President JD Vance Holds 'Fireside Chat' In Washington, D.C.

Published November 20, 2025 | Video Starts at 20:37

I think it's a huge mistake. Look, the American people don't want stupid wars and America's jobs going overseas and wide open borders. That is whether intentional or not, that was The legacy of the Republican Party that came before Donald J. Trump... was a disaster for the United States of America. for the United States of America. Let's actually have a foreign policy where we focus on the interests of American citizens. Citizens. (20:37–20:49)

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Asserts that the pre-Trump Republican Party's policies were detrimental to the U.S.

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J. D. Vance

“Almost all of the net job creation in the United States under the Biden administration went to the foreign born.”
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“The price of eggs are up 300% over the past three years.”
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“Homes doubled or tripled in price, depending on the geography, in four years under the Biden administration.”
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“We had 300,000 missing children under the Biden administration that the Mexican drug cartels have brought into our country.”
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“I texted Jeff Bezos and I said, if you're really serious about [making journalism more appealing to the half of the country that doesn't…”
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“Matt Boyle [is] the most well-sourced journalist in Washington, D.C.”
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“The Trump economic policies are actually working and you've got 119,000 new jobs.”
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“Economists thought that we would have about 50,000 new jobs.”
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“Wages continue to way outpace inflation.”
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“In the first 10 months of the Trump economy, we've increased take home payments by about $1,200, adjusting for inflation.”
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“The government shutdown didn't help to be clear.”
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“The price of eggs goes from $2 a dozen to $8 a dozen under the Biden administration.”
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“We had a policy in this country for 40 years of shipping American jobs overseas and hiring foreign workers instead of American workers.”
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“There was one bright spot in 40 years, and that was the first Trump administration.”
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“A radical leftist movement... would throw many people in the Trump administration in prison, not for doing anything illegal, but for not…”
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“The Donald Trump Party is a fundamentally new phenomenon in American politics.”
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“Working class voters... don't necessarily show up to vote in the midterms all the time.”
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“The Republican coalition in the 1990s was more upscale.”
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“The Republican Party of 20 years ago... lost and... couldn't successfully govern the country.”
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“The American people don't want stupid wars and America's jobs going overseas and wide open borders.”
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“The antibiotics that were invented in the United States of America are manufactured in some foreign country.”
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“We're 25%, probably a little bit more than that of the world GDP.”
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“We've got eight peace deals at this point. We're working on number nine and number 10.”
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“You cannot do that if you're flooding the country with a ton of illegal immigrants and the drugs and the crime that they bring.”
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“Right before the government shut down, we had a meeting with Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer in the Oval Office.”
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“The Democrats shut down the government.”
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“Right now, American people. The American people get crap health care, and they pay way too much for it.”
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“You have people who are paying thousands of dollars a month in premiums for a family of four, a family of five, and the access to health…”
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“The Democrats broke it [the healthcare system], but who cares? We're going to work together if they're willing to fix it.”
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