J. D. Vance: “When states, and of course we're in one right now, start…”

“… that President Trump believes that Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security ought to go to the American people, not to legal aliens who don't have the right to be here. And When states, and of course we're in one right now, start handing out these benefits to illegal aliens, they cheapen the very meaning of citizenship. And a nation that refuses to make that distinction will not stay a nation for very long. I'd also say that citizenship in the 21st century necessarily means building, because America is not just an idea.” (22:05–22:15)

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