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J. D. Vance: “We take way more psychiatric medication than any other…”

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Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse

Published August 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 35:30

And if you look, we really do have, I think, a mental health crisis in the United States of America. We take way more psychiatric medication than any other nation on earth. And I think it's time for us to start asking some very hard questions about the root causes of this violence. (35:30–35:35)

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“About 5%, about 1 in 20 Wisconsin workers rely on tips to bring home the bacon for themselves and their families.”
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“The working class families tax cut... gives our incredible law enforcement over $100 billion to get those drug cartels the hell out of our…”
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“[President Biden] allegedly signed a bunch of pardons, which we now know were signed by the auto pen.”
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“Some of [President Biden's] own staff members said [he] did not have the mental faculty to be president of the United States.”
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“A lot of the steel mills lost about 80% of their workforce.”
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“What the President of the United States was elected on a promise to do was to bring back American manufacturing.”
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“President Donald Trump is doing [bringing back American manufacturing] every single day in Washington.”
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“Instead of rewarding companies for shipping your jobs overseas, [the President] rewards companies for building factories right here in the…”
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“Instead of raising your taxes, [the President] is cutting your taxes by historic margins.”
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“The President of the United States cut taxes on overtime.”
Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse | Uploaded August 28, 2025 | 19:07-19:12
“Republican majorities in Congress cut taxes on tips.”
Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse | Uploaded August 28, 2025 | 19:32-19:40
“What the working families tax cuts did is very simple, ladies and gentlemen. It let you keep more money in your pocket.”
Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse | Uploaded August 28, 2025 | 19:59-20:06
“If you build crap overseas and try to undercut the wages of American workers, you're going to pay a big fat tariff before you bring it back…”
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“Allowed these Mexican drug cartels to bring this poisonous fentanyl into our communities.”
Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse | Uploaded August 28, 2025 | 21:30-21:36
“We had a government that seemed to care more about illegal immigrants than they did about their own citizens.”
Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse | Uploaded August 28, 2025 | 21:41-21:47
“We didn't get a single Democrat vote for cutting taxes on tips, cutting taxes on overtime or increasing the child tax credit.”
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“This bill makes tens of billions of dollars in investments in our rural health care infrastructure which was fallen apart under the last…”
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“This legislation guarantees that hard working Americans are going to have access to their Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.”
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“This manufacturing facility [...] represents the future of American craftsmanship.”
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“They're using artificial intelligence in this facility.”
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“They're using robotics in this facility.”
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“A bridge [...] is being built with American made steel from this manufacturing facility.”
Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse | Uploaded August 28, 2025 | 29:14-29:22
“American manufacturing must be as strong in the future or America's future will not exist without it.”
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“We had this terrible, terrible school shooting yesterday in Minneapolis.”
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“Right now there are still a couple of kids, some of whom in very critical condition, who may yet survive this.”
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“We really do have, I think, a mental health crisis in the United States of America.”
Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse | Uploaded August 28, 2025 | 35:26-35:31
“When they work an overtime shift are not going to have to pay taxes on those overtime hours.”
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“The working families tax cut...completely accelerates depreciation.”
Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse | Uploaded August 28, 2025 | 38:04-38:11
“The working families tax cut...has got tens of billions of dollars to shore up our rural health care system.”
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“Hospitals and clinics closing at a record and alarming rate.”
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Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse | Uploaded August 28, 2025 | 41:02-41:04
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“The Biden presidency is a big fat example of the American media defrauding the American people.”
Vice President JD Vance Wisconsin visit; remarks delivered in La Crosse | Uploaded August 28, 2025 | 44:36-44:43
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