J. D. Vance: “We have been, and by the grace of God, we always will be, a…”

“But I want to say something here. The only thing that has truly served as an anchor of the United States of America is that We have been, and by the grace of God, we always will be, a Christian nation. It's now I want to be explicit because of course, the fake news media will twist everything that I say. I'm not saying do you feel about them the same way I do?” (17:04–17:10)

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