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J. D. Vance: “When the President of the United States asked the entire…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:52

They're not just talking about different views on taxes or on regulation or on the Clean Water Act. As important as all those things are, they're talking about who does the government actually stand and fight for. When the President of the United States asked the entire Congress to stand for the simple principle that the people's government ought fight for the American people first, what did we see? We saw every single Congressional Democrat sit on their hands. They didn't care about you. They didn't care about the people of this district. They didn't care about the farmers or the factory workers or the people who actually make this country run. (05:52–06:10)

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Asserts that every Congressional Democrat did not stand when asked to support the principle of prioritizing American citizens.

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