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(15,209 posts) Tue Jul 8, 2025, 05:29 PM Jul 8

'JD Vance: Some Americans Are More American Than Others'

"JD Vance was in San Diego...he was there to give a keynote address at a dinner hosted by the Claremont Institute, the southern California nonprofit that’s earned a reputation as a “nerve center” for MAGA thought...At the core of Claremont thinking is immigration. The think tank pushed for an end to birthright citizenship long before that objective entered the mainstream of the GOP; it claimed ownership over Vance’s thinking on the topic after Trump chose him as his running mate last year."

"During the 2024 Republican National Convention, Vance tried to sand down the idea of what it means to be an American citizen to a more European level: the country belongs more to those who share its 'common history,' he said, not just those who ascribe to its values. He put Claremont’s intellectual approach to nativism into action last year, stoking racial tensions over Haitian immigration to Springfield, Ohio."

"On Saturday, Vance took up the theme again. But this time, he had more to point to than theoretical arguments or viral campaign moments. The second Trump administration is pumping huge amounts of cash into the country’s detention and removal infrastructure for immigrants; it’s moved to end birthright citizenship; it’s staged high-profile civil liberties abuses with various efforts to remove people quickly and scare off others from coming; it is contemplating denaturalizations. Its radical actions do not undercut the fact that there was also a strong messaging component to Vance’s Saturday remarks: the administration wants to talk about immigration to the exclusion of nearly everything else."

"What Vance expressed to the friendly Claremont audience was a dramatically reduced vision of American citizenship. It’s one in which having ancestors who have lived here for generations entitles you to more; a vision of citizenship that’s long existed around the world, with a notable and aspirational exception in the United States."

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jd-vance-some-americans-are-more-american-than-others

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'JD Vance: Some Americans Are More American Than Others' (Original Post) sop Jul 8 OP

"All pigs are equal. But some pigs are more equal than others." G.O.Piggy BoRaGard Jul 8 #1

You beat me to it. underpants Jul 8 #4

And some are simply more ridiculous than others C_U_L8R Jul 8 #2

Needs grotesque eyeliner... SheltieLover Jul 8 #8

... 2naSalit Jul 8 #3

Precisely SheltieLover Jul 8 #9

EUROPEAN Skittles Jul 8 #5

Claremont Institute, yes indeed JD BOSSHOG Jul 8 #6

It's one in which having ancestors who have lived here for generations entitles you to more lapfog_1 Jul 8 #7

"We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us!" sop Jul 8 #13

Ding! FirstLight Jul 8 #17

Beardo should shut his pie hole. SheltieLover Jul 8 #10

Native Americans would like a word with Vance DBoon Jul 8 #11

Does that include your Indian heritage wife and your half Indian heritage children? Norrrm Jul 8 #12

That would also include 4 out of 5 of Chump's kids FakeNoose Jul 12 #22

Epstein Visa Norrrm Jul 12 #23

Has he shared this philosophy with PikaBlue Jul 8 #14

He has a point DavidDvorkin Jul 8 #15

Well, my ancestors were here a 160 some years before TSF's slimy grandfather. sinkingfeeling Jul 8 #16

having ancestors who have lived here for generations entitles you to more slightlv Jul 8 #18

Has he discussed this with his "less-entitled" wife and children? Hekate Jul 12 #19

Just put on your Klan hood and STFU Vance Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 12 #20

Vance is a fascist stollen Jul 12 #21

BoRaGard

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1. "All pigs are equal. But some pigs are more equal than others." G.O.Piggy