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J. D. Vance: “Under Donald Trump and Republicans, in just one year, the…”

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Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin

Published February 26, 2026 | Video Starts at 19:41

And it's coming even lower. Ladies and gentlemen, Under Joe Biden and the Democrats, the average American lost $3,000 in take home pay. And Under Donald Trump and Republicans, in just one year, the average American has seen $1,700 increase in take home pay. That is more money in your pocket. And that's what we're here to do, is make you guys more prosperous. (19:41–19:51)

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Asserts that under Donald Trump and Republicans, the average American's take-home pay increased by $1,700 in one year.

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“Kelly Lefler, our small business administrator, has single handedly rooted out hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud against the American…”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 08:44-08:50
“When Joe Biden and the Democrats left us the government of this country, we had the highest inflation that we had ever had in 40 years.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 19:09-19:17
“Thanks to Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans, we now have inflation at 2.4%, the lowest in five years.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 19:16-19:25
“Under Joe Biden and the Democrats, the average American lost $3,000 in take home pay.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 19:34-19:42
“Housing prices are down. Apartment rents are down four months in a row.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 27:18-27:23
“The annual cost of a new mortgage in just a year is down by $5,000.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 27:28-27:33
“165 great Wisconsin employees making great American products at a good wage.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 10:05-10:12
“No taxes on tips that happened because of Derek. No taxes on overtime that happened because of Derek. No taxes on Social Security, that…”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 12:06-12:16
“The average American family under Biden's leadership lost $3,000 of take home pay.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 19:25-19:42
“The average family was $3,000 poorer [under Congressional Democrats].”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 19:25-19:42
“Under Joe Biden in the Green New Scam, we had the highest energy prices that we had had maybe in my entire lifetime.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 20:01-20:09
“Now we've got gas prices lower, we've got electricity and utility bills lower.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 20:23-20:30
“Somali fraudsters, many of whom were illegal immigrants, [were] saying that their kids were autistic even though they weren't.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 22:43-22:55
“Joe Biden and congressional Democrats promoted [fraud] with their open border, encouraged it and funded it.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 23:19-23:26
“Fraud and corruption in the federal government [are] very, very rampant.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 23:55-23:59
“We are going to stop congressmen and congresswomen from getting rich off of insider trading.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 25:05-25:12
“If we could get Jerome Powell at the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates because the inflation is now low, then those mortgage costs…”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 27:34-27:44
“We've got a closed border and they opened it.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 28:36-28:38
“We got a lot of violent criminals the hell out of this country and sent them back to where they belong.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 28:54-28:59
“The stock market has been doing incredibly well because the economy has been doing incredibly well.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 29:13-29:18
“The president asked me probably four months ago, he said, what about the Americans who don't own stocks?”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 29:17-29:24
“The average American family has gained about $1,400 under the Trump administration just in about a year and a month.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 35:01-35:08
“Americans are still running behind compared to when Biden took over.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 35:09-35:19
“The pharmaceutical companies took advantage of us. That was corrupt.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 36:08-36:13
“The President of the United States said, we are done paying more than Europe for prescription drugs.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 36:17-36:24
“The government of Wisconsin not want to help us kick fraud off of the welfare rolls and kick fraud off of the voter rolls.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 37:41-37:51
“The right number of people who should be illegally voting in American elections, zero.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 38:17-38:22
“The number of people who should be fraudulently collecting food stamps, zero.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 38:22-38:27
“If those [data] centers are built and the local governments aren't ensuring that there's enough power... it's going to increase electricity…”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 39:28-39:38
“The number of rural hospital closures that were happening in 2022 and 2023 and 2024, it was really accelerating.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 40:52-41:01
“There is a multibillion dollar rural hospital fund to try to help these rural hospitals persevere.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 41:11-41:19
“We've tried to empower people to have more choice, because if they have more choice, they're going to be able to stay in their communities…”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 42:19-42:31
“Our great Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke, has been on this from the very beginning.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 43:10-43:14
“One of the things that we're doing is making sure that wherever commodity prices are, that our farmers can do their job.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 43:25-43:33
“The President is fighting back and making sure that we have fair trade practices.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 44:38-44:43
“We're going to have some good legislation on this front over the next year.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 46:48-46:52
“We're encouraging hospitals and all healthcare providers...to use technology to your advantage.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 47:33-47:41
“We're investing a lot to try to make sure that we meet the doctor, the nurse, the physician assistant shortage.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 48:12-48:20
“We've actually made it harder for people to go into the healthcare field.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 49:10-49:14
“We layer up those who do [enter the healthcare field] with debt and we make it harder for them to join the workforce.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 49:13-49:19
“The government, with bad policy and bad leadership, it can destroy that American dream.”
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin | Uploaded February 26, 2026 | 52:18-52:24