Vice President JD Vance laid out a simple midterm argument. The administration has delivered real results for working Americans. The other side is too far gone to be trusted with power.
“There is a lot of good that we’ve done over the past 18 months,” Vance said. “We cut taxes bigly, we cut taxes on overtime, social security, and tips. Those are tax cuts for middle American workers, not just for the elites in Washington and New York City. We’ve had an amazing success with the border, with immigration. We’ve pursued H1B reform that prioritizes American workers over foreign nationals.”
He acknowledged the job is unfinished. “There’s a lot of good that’s been done, but there’s a lot of work left to do. Don’t give power to the people who caused the problems that we’re fixing. Give us another chance, or give us another couple of years to continue to work on the amazing things that we’ve been doing for the past two years.”
Then came the contrast. “Even if you don’t agree with us on every issue, the other party is consumed by craziness. They’re consumed by people who want to steal everything, who want to give the country over to illegal aliens and criminals. They actively brag about it.”
Vance pointed to one example that crossed the line. “I’ve heard a lot of crazy stuff, guys, over the past few years in politics, but when I heard somebody running for Congress in New York say that July 4th was about the liberation of Puerto Rico and Palestine, I thought to myself, this person needs to be checked into a mental hospital, not given a seat in Congress.”
His close was blunt. “Send these people packing. Put them in the mental hospital. Do not put them in Congress, because even if you don’t agree with us on every policy issue, at least we’re motivated by common sense and American interests. They’re just motivated by left-wing interest groups and radicalism, and they’re going to do a very bad job if we give them power.”