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J. D. Vance: “We have to be careful that we don't draw the lines in such a…”

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

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J.D. Vance at Munich Security Conference: US-European Defense, Ukraine Conflict, and Global Trade

Published | Video Starts at 29:06

And I'm fine if one country is going to draw those lines a little bit differently than the United States. But I think all of us, including especially the United States, We have to be careful that we don't draw the lines in such a way that we actually undermine the very democratic legitimacy upon which all of our civilization rests. And I think that is fundamentally the point here. It's not Europe bad, America good. It's that I think that both Europe and the United States, we got a little bit off track. (29:06–29:18)

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Asserts that overly restrictive speech regulations can undermine democratic legitimacy.

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