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J. D. Vance: “We have got to have a scientific community that is more open…”

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

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Bernie Moreno and J.D. Vance Discuss American Industrial Policy and Geopolitics at American Compass Event

Published | Video Starts at 44:05

I think the second thing is they've got to be willing. And I have a friend of mine who's a geneticist, very bright, very bright young scientist. We have got to have a scientific community that is more open to unacceptable inquiry. and that actually encourages bright young minds to go wherever the truth leads them. And I think that's where the universities have become almost quasi theocratic or quasi totalitarian societies. (44:05–44:13)

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