The Minutes of JD Vance https://minutesof.com/jd-vance/ JD Vance: 68 verbatim quotes from 27 appearances on immigration, manufacturing and fraud. Latest August 2026. Every quote timestamped and linked to its… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:15 +0000 Vance declares Canada and China the two worst countries for trade policy anywhere in the world. https://minutesof.com/q/5e009a0e-1a66-4452-be61-5b708b045528/ https://minutesof.com/q/5e009a0e-1a66-4452-be61-5b708b045528/ “Canada and China have been the two worst countries when it come to trade policy anywhere in the world.” — Forbes Breaking News Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:30:31 +0000 Vance argues Canada would be invaded without U.S. military protection due to its underinvestment. https://minutesof.com/q/5e04e1a3-a13b-448c-9a64-903280da00c0/ https://minutesof.com/q/5e04e1a3-a13b-448c-9a64-903280da00c0/ “Canada is a country that has underinvested in its military that quite literally would get invaded by a foreign country were it not for the umbrella of protection provided by The United States Of America.” — Forbes Breaking News Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:30:31 +0000 Vance accuses Canada of serving as a backdoor for Chinese goods and favoring them over Maine products. https://minutesof.com/q/c7da1eeb-46a1-478e-9734-77fffda2f207/ https://minutesof.com/q/c7da1eeb-46a1-478e-9734-77fffda2f207/ “We know that Canada allows itself to be used as a backdoor for Chinese goods. They treat Chinese goods more fairly than they do the goods that come for the people of Maine.” — Forbes Breaking News Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:30:31 +0000 Vance reveals he thought a trade deal with Canada was reached but now seeks to send a clear message. https://minutesof.com/q/cb7d748a-63cf-4fc4-98f9-2dc78dae8b36/ https://minutesof.com/q/cb7d748a-63cf-4fc4-98f9-2dc78dae8b36/ “I frankly thought we had a deal. I think that we should have a deal, but I think that we need to send a message loud and clear to the prime minister of Canada.” — Forbes Breaking News Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:30:31 +0000 And did you know this is the craziest statistic of the entire last administration, that all of the net job cre https://minutesof.com/q/4d25fbbe-acf8-4d68-bf43-418dbe69c2c2/ https://minutesof.com/q/4d25fbbe-acf8-4d68-bf43-418dbe69c2c2/ “And did you know this is the craziest statistic of the entire last administration, that all of the net job creation under Joe Biden's leadership went to foreign born Americans, mostly illegal aliens.” — Forbes Breaking News Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:15:06 +0000 Vance says Paul LePage doubled the number of fraud investigators in Maine while cracking down on welfare abuse https://minutesof.com/q/e2ca6d06-8b75-48db-88d5-89a258dcd7bf/ https://minutesof.com/q/e2ca6d06-8b75-48db-88d5-89a258dcd7bf/ “We saw that Paul LePage crackdown on the epidemic of welfare fraud and abuse happening in cities like Lewiston. He doubled the number of investigators he had in the state going after fraud.” — Forbes Breaking News Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:15:06 +0000 Vance criticizes Maine for hiring an auditor who failed the auditor exam and doesn't meet constitutional requi https://minutesof.com/q/93a7aed3-c6b9-4568-a403-fb0ea2464176/ https://minutesof.com/q/93a7aed3-c6b9-4568-a403-fb0ea2464176/ “But look, one of the answers is somehow you guys hired an auditor who is not actually an auditor and failed the auditor exam.” — Forbes Breaking News Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:15:06 +0000 Vance outlines three criteria the Trump administration wants companies to meet: buy, hire, and invest American https://minutesof.com/q/62be38c8-db05-4fd7-bb27-dea148c81acb/ https://minutesof.com/q/62be38c8-db05-4fd7-bb27-dea148c81acb/ “We want companies that buy American, that hire American, and that invest in American communities.” — Forbes Breaking News Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:30:18 +0000 Vance says the administration supports businesses that build domestically and invest in workers. https://minutesof.com/q/7b38ef2c-d121-44f1-ac51-afe6928d6584/ https://minutesof.com/q/7b38ef2c-d121-44f1-ac51-afe6928d6584/ “That if you're a business that's building in your backyard, if you're investing in your workers and trying to make a great American product, then we are on your side because you are on the side of American workers and American patriots.” — Forbes Breaking News Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:30:18 +0000 Vance argues anti-fraud efforts should be non-partisan regardless of 2024 vote. https://minutesof.com/q/f7b02bdd-8f36-49a5-87d1-ced3e150d1cc/ https://minutesof.com/q/f7b02bdd-8f36-49a5-87d1-ced3e150d1cc/ “Democrat, Republican, or independent, whatever whoever you voted for for president in 2024, you should be standing behind the principle that the hard earned tax dollars of the people in this room ought to go to what they paid for, not to the fraudsters.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:45:09 +0000 Vance criticizes Maine's Mills administration for incompetence enabling fraud after months of attempted cooper https://minutesof.com/q/95fab9b0-a6f7-4dc5-adb0-c12cda7ddd53/ https://minutesof.com/q/95fab9b0-a6f7-4dc5-adb0-c12cda7ddd53/ “I hate to say it that after a few months of working with these guys, I don't have a great amount of confidence that they're gonna lean into this anti fraud effort.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:45:09 +0000 Vance identifies healthcare fraud in Medicaid and Medicare as Maine's primary fraud problem. https://minutesof.com/q/786879ae-22eb-4a2f-8abc-c56f6b5819f0/ https://minutesof.com/q/786879ae-22eb-4a2f-8abc-c56f6b5819f0/ “it's a lot of health care fraud. You think about this, the two big federal programs, Medicaid and Medicare.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:45:09 +0000 Vance describes fraudsters claiming to provide healthcare services while collecting money without delivering c https://minutesof.com/q/1d5135d5-0a13-40ed-99be-4e4d5ed44711/ https://minutesof.com/q/1d5135d5-0a13-40ed-99be-4e4d5ed44711/ “You see people saying that they're providing health care services, collecting a whole lot of money, but not doing a single bit of health care. It's got to stop.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:45:09 +0000 Vance frames media and Democrat criticism of border enforcement as calling it heartless. https://minutesof.com/q/cb3d2a7d-ccd0-48dc-9097-13ec4b4e6432/ https://minutesof.com/q/cb3d2a7d-ccd0-48dc-9097-13ec4b4e6432/ “By closing the Southern border, the media and the democrats, they say that it's heartless. It's heartless to enforce your border,” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:30:01 +0000 Vance cites Maine overdose deaths down 20 percent in 2025 and another 17 percent in 2026 after border closure. https://minutesof.com/q/2ebb4f75-a3ab-471d-a877-25c7341dfd6b/ https://minutesof.com/q/2ebb4f75-a3ab-471d-a877-25c7341dfd6b/ “Last year in 2025, did you know that overdoses in the state of Maine were down by twenty percent? And already in 2026, they're down by another seventeen percent.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:30:01 +0000 Vance directly attributes Maine overdose decline to border sealing policy. https://minutesof.com/q/580d63a0-e6ca-4e91-a202-99df264db1d9/ https://minutesof.com/q/580d63a0-e6ca-4e91-a202-99df264db1d9/ “We sealed the border, and that's what happened, my friends, and that's why we did it.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:30:01 +0000 Vance accuses Democrats of prioritizing one shooting over tens of thousands of Maine fentanyl deaths. https://minutesof.com/q/3ef386b3-7cc0-49be-94e9-bc4c7546977a/ https://minutesof.com/q/3ef386b3-7cc0-49be-94e9-bc4c7546977a/ “what I see from Democrats is people who are far more worried about a shooting involving an illegal alien than they are about the fact that tens of thousands of Mainers died from fentanyl overdoses by that poison brought into our community.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:15:12 +0000 Vance tells Democrats to have perspective on the ICE shooting controversy. https://minutesof.com/q/21c5f586-28fb-4e4f-914b-7e26f0012904/ https://minutesof.com/q/21c5f586-28fb-4e4f-914b-7e26f0012904/ “my message to the Democrats who are so worried about that situation is to say, have a little bit of perspective.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:15:12 +0000 Vance commits to investigating shootings while prioritizing border security and stopping fentanyl. https://minutesof.com/q/dd37a86a-06aa-471b-9b97-93451ffa0e2f/ https://minutesof.com/q/dd37a86a-06aa-471b-9b97-93451ffa0e2f/ “We can absolutely investigate every shooting and we will, but we can also secure our border and ensure that that poison stops coming into our country.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:15:12 +0000 Vance announces the Trump administration has invested a thousand dollars in every new baby born in America thr https://minutesof.com/q/08fb1101-531e-43f8-bb1c-580ad6547141/ https://minutesof.com/q/08fb1101-531e-43f8-bb1c-580ad6547141/ “We have invested a thousand dollars in every new baby born in The United States Of America, thanks to Trump accounts, which we're very proud of.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:45:09 +0000 Vance argues the way to defeat socialism is giving people a stake in the future. https://minutesof.com/q/48312f26-bb3c-45f9-a36b-dc3d1a7d6515/ https://minutesof.com/q/48312f26-bb3c-45f9-a36b-dc3d1a7d6515/ “And that's what you'd gotta do if you wanna fight socialism. Give people a stake in the future.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:45:09 +0000 Vance contrasts Trump administration's approach as investing in people and fighting for their children's futur https://minutesof.com/q/35d5b0db-282f-4bca-8cae-e201f3c6f8eb/ https://minutesof.com/q/35d5b0db-282f-4bca-8cae-e201f3c6f8eb/ “We've got a different approach, my friends. We wanna invest in you. We wanna fight for you, and we wanna fight for your children's future.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:45:09 +0000 Vance claims America is experiencing one of the largest violent crime reductions in U.S. history. https://minutesof.com/q/c36b4c96-c571-4216-bee3-dfea724021c5/ https://minutesof.com/q/c36b4c96-c571-4216-bee3-dfea724021c5/ “America is undergoing one of the largest reductions in violent crime in the history of The United States Of America.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:00:19 +0000 Vance states homicides have fallen to their lowest level in 126 years. https://minutesof.com/q/6fa3e057-9172-4498-9a65-4b2bbb002978/ https://minutesof.com/q/6fa3e057-9172-4498-9a65-4b2bbb002978/ “homicides in this country plummeted to their lowest levels in a hundred and twenty six years.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:00:19 +0000 Vance says the administration has deported thousands of violent criminals and fraudsters. https://minutesof.com/q/b460b08b-7845-4849-84f9-e459225dbfe5/ https://minutesof.com/q/b460b08b-7845-4849-84f9-e459225dbfe5/ “we've deported thousands of violent predators, criminals, fraudsters, and other people who are making it harder for law abiding citizens to live their lives.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:00:19 +0000 Vance argues that millions of illegal aliens increased housing costs by taking homes from American citizens. https://minutesof.com/q/26bff7b5-b39f-4ba9-90aa-a79d4f8705dc/ https://minutesof.com/q/26bff7b5-b39f-4ba9-90aa-a79d4f8705dc/ “And when you give them houses that all go by right to American citizens, that's gonna increase the cost of housing for everybody else.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:00:19 +0000 Vance claims rents are falling for the first time in a decade under Trump after doubling under Biden. https://minutesof.com/q/eba19336-ae10-41b5-bcf4-869195ffbb74/ https://minutesof.com/q/eba19336-ae10-41b5-bcf4-869195ffbb74/ “Where housing doubled under the leadership of Joe Biden, rents are falling for the first time in a decade under the leadership of Donald Trump” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:00:19 +0000 Vance says the administration reimburses manufacturers like Competec for training and apprenticeship costs. https://minutesof.com/q/42dc665a-782c-4c65-82a1-4df14f954342/ https://minutesof.com/q/42dc665a-782c-4c65-82a1-4df14f954342/ “We've encouraged manufacturers like Competec to invest more in tooling and then to get reimbursed for the training and the apprentices that they are actually working on and that their people are doing.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:30:06 +0000 Vance describes direct SBA support for small businesses facing federal contracting issues to compete with larg https://minutesof.com/q/4a4931f7-1c0d-4a66-9161-7a42fa06b6ed/ https://minutesof.com/q/4a4931f7-1c0d-4a66-9161-7a42fa06b6ed/ “If you run into issues with federal contracting, they can work directly with Kelly's team at the Small Business Administration so they can go toe to toe with their bigger peers.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:30:06 +0000 Vance frames the November election as a choice between jobs and welfare checks. https://minutesof.com/q/d502f0d0-71d5-4c04-815e-387b00dcd212/ https://minutesof.com/q/d502f0d0-71d5-4c04-815e-387b00dcd212/ “And we've got a choice in November. Do we want a party that provides good jobs or a party that provides a lot of welfare checks?” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:30:06 +0000 Vance states demand for metal cutting and machine tools has reached a 40-year high in the US. https://minutesof.com/q/06de0660-af59-44ee-9642-0c70554649ac/ https://minutesof.com/q/06de0660-af59-44ee-9642-0c70554649ac/ “Did you know demand for metal cutting and machine tools has hit its highest level in almost forty years in The United States Of America?” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:30:40 +0000 Vance claims the administration created 29,000 manufacturing jobs in 18 months and reversed wage decline. https://minutesof.com/q/83508289-6542-4ee2-b81a-035cdafffef2/ https://minutesof.com/q/83508289-6542-4ee2-b81a-035cdafffef2/ “We've created in just eighteen months, 29,000 new manufacturing jobs and we've reversed years of wage decline where people were getting poor.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:30:40 +0000 Vance argues both parties plundered the country over a generation, screwing over communities for decades. https://minutesof.com/q/64e8c1c6-083b-4106-9a3c-b3106939b6c8/ https://minutesof.com/q/64e8c1c6-083b-4106-9a3c-b3106939b6c8/ “This country was plundered over a generation. Our goal is to reverse a consensus that has screwed over communities like this one for decades.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:45:22 +0000 Vance says communities were told for forty years that domestic manufacturing location doesn't matter. https://minutesof.com/q/90a7eaad-c946-4619-a12a-98412ea3c6f0/ https://minutesof.com/q/90a7eaad-c946-4619-a12a-98412ea3c6f0/ “For forty years, places like Brewer have been told that it doesn't matter. That it doesn't matter if we make things here in Maine or 5,000 miles away with foreign workers.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:45:22 +0000 Vance characterizes the old consensus as prioritizing corporate profits and foreign workers over citizens. https://minutesof.com/q/11266b47-b30f-42e7-8c1a-ced52efbeb6f/ https://minutesof.com/q/11266b47-b30f-42e7-8c1a-ced52efbeb6f/ “What we really needed, they told us, was just to juice the short term profits of a few big corporations. We needed to open that border and prioritize foreign workers over our own citizens.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:45:22 +0000 Vance accuses politicians of cheering corporate raiders who offshored jobs or hired illegal aliens. https://minutesof.com/q/eaa3a178-0844-4f39-bf25-de94b833a40f/ https://minutesof.com/q/eaa3a178-0844-4f39-bf25-de94b833a40f/ “They would cheer on the corporate raiders as they slashed headcount and shifted all those businesses either to foreign countries or brought in illegal aliens to employ.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:45:22 +0000 Vance says factory workers were left powerless and destitute by distant politicians enriching a few. https://minutesof.com/q/d485418d-4323-4736-b141-c9942cb9a872/ https://minutesof.com/q/d485418d-4323-4736-b141-c9942cb9a872/ “Men and women who built their lives around a factory or around the community that existed and was supported by that factory, they were left powerless, and they were left destitute when decisions by far off politicians made this community poor so that a few people could earn a few quick bucks.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:45:22 +0000 Vance says Trump administration invests $1,000 in every newborn through Trump accounts. https://minutesof.com/q/f4acc293-be7b-4104-9c2c-e2ba3ba878a9/ https://minutesof.com/q/f4acc293-be7b-4104-9c2c-e2ba3ba878a9/ “We have invested a thousand dollars in every new baby born in The United States Of America, thanks to Trump accounts, which we're very proud of.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:58:11 +0000 Vance claims 83,000 new factory construction jobs created since Trump's return to office. https://minutesof.com/q/53f7f000-5ad4-454b-b2d9-c392530b7905/ https://minutesof.com/q/53f7f000-5ad4-454b-b2d9-c392530b7905/ “Nationwide, all across our country, factory construction employment has exploded. 83,000 new jobs in factory consunct, construction just since Donald Trump came back into the White House.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:58:11 +0000 Vance says demand for metal cutting and machine tools reached 40-year high under Trump. https://minutesof.com/q/1cc1e8ed-4ebc-4c5c-afab-71fd2fd418d0/ https://minutesof.com/q/1cc1e8ed-4ebc-4c5c-afab-71fd2fd418d0/ “Did you know demand for metal cutting and machine tools has hit its highest level in almost forty years in The United States Of America?” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:58:11 +0000 Vance claims 29,000 new manufacturing jobs created in 18 months, reversing wage decline. https://minutesof.com/q/39fcd95e-3361-42ee-9a51-3052a7dffa6c/ https://minutesof.com/q/39fcd95e-3361-42ee-9a51-3052a7dffa6c/ “We've created in just eighteen months, 29,000 new manufacturing jobs and we've reversed years of wage decline where people were getting poor.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:58:11 +0000 Vance claims Canadian dairy enters Maine at 0% tariffs while Maine dairy faces 250% tariffs. https://minutesof.com/q/3e21b818-39be-4b4c-a51c-d9752f239acd/ https://minutesof.com/q/3e21b818-39be-4b4c-a51c-d9752f239acd/ “If you buy dairy, cheese, butter, milk that comes from Canada into Maine, you probably are buying a product that has 0% tariffs on it.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:58:11 +0000 We're currently experiencing in The United States Of America the largest reduction in violent crime in the his https://minutesof.com/q/6cc456b7-6692-462a-91a5-a98ab49c1dd1/ https://minutesof.com/q/6cc456b7-6692-462a-91a5-a98ab49c1dd1/ “We're currently experiencing in The United States Of America the largest reduction in violent crime in the history of our country, homicides.” — Forbes Breaking News Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:30:09 +0000 Vance recalls a media anchor dismissing Venezuelan gangs taking over 'only one or two' apartment complexes in https://minutesof.com/q/f6bbb84f-4e73-4e5e-af2b-6eb10015d233/ https://minutesof.com/q/f6bbb84f-4e73-4e5e-af2b-6eb10015d233/ “And the anchor comes back and says to me, she says, well, they've only taken over one or two apartment complexes.” — Forbes Breaking News Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:30:09 +0000 Vance quotes Wall Street Journal editorial writer linking free trade and capital movement to free movement of https://minutesof.com/q/fe395599-6c4d-4325-b819-30da5ef77e01/ https://minutesof.com/q/fe395599-6c4d-4325-b819-30da5ef77e01/ “He said someone who believes, this is a quote, in the free trade and free movements of capital, they declared, will quite naturally believe in the free movement of labor.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:30:28 +0000 Vance argues worker replacement by foreign labor was the desired outcome of American elites, not an accident. https://minutesof.com/q/7c9f8018-658a-4620-9cce-f4fb4c78b6fa/ https://minutesof.com/q/7c9f8018-658a-4620-9cce-f4fb4c78b6fa/ “Being replaced by foreign workers, in other words, it was not an accident, my friends. It was the desired outcome of a generation of American elites.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:30:28 +0000 Vance describes American workers being forced to train their foreign replacements before losing their jobs. https://minutesof.com/q/61a8c2e2-a268-4a69-a2dc-24b37d5687f5/ https://minutesof.com/q/61a8c2e2-a268-4a69-a2dc-24b37d5687f5/ “In other cases, American workers didn't just have their jobs destroyed, they got told they were being replaced by a foreign worker, and then they had to train that worker before they got replaced.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:30:28 +0000 Vance recounts Kevin Flanagan, a programmer told to train his foreign replacement to receive severance in 1987 https://minutesof.com/q/a7526d8b-f145-4bb1-a5bb-99fe312b2c5e/ https://minutesof.com/q/a7526d8b-f145-4bb1-a5bb-99fe312b2c5e/ “And the business, the bank, they told him, you're only gonna get your severance package if you trained a foreign replacement to do your job instead.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:30:28 +0000 Vance cites economists linking opioid crisis to locations where jobs were shipped overseas. https://minutesof.com/q/e1ab0a2f-8f73-4718-b380-52a2b56a134c/ https://minutesof.com/q/e1ab0a2f-8f73-4718-b380-52a2b56a134c/ “Now economists have measured the ways in which the opioid crisis exploded in the very locations where jobs were shipped overseas.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:25:17 +0000 Vance says politicians arrived poor and left with millions in stock portfolios. https://minutesof.com/q/8c73e57a-effe-46e7-a344-b59af273e5b3/ https://minutesof.com/q/8c73e57a-effe-46e7-a344-b59af273e5b3/ “Politicians, think about this, who came to Washington with a few thousand dollars in their bank account, left after decades of public service with millions in stock portfolios.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:25:17 +0000 Vance references Huey Long, the southern populist, calling him interesting and crazy. https://minutesof.com/q/c996f36f-0579-416d-bd76-6483ee10ee3b/ https://minutesof.com/q/c996f36f-0579-416d-bd76-6483ee10ee3b/ “The great southern the great southern populace, probably most of you in the in the room don't know who I'm talking about, but he's an interesting guy, kind of a crazy guy.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:00:25 +0000 Vance invokes Huey Long's slogan 'every man a king' as a political goal. https://minutesof.com/q/9167688d-ab4a-46c8-8420-6a57c27baddd/ https://minutesof.com/q/9167688d-ab4a-46c8-8420-6a57c27baddd/ “His name was Huey Long, and he once said, every man a king was the goal of his political program.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:00:25 +0000 Vance argues that crime prevents people from having true dignity and freedom in their lives. https://minutesof.com/q/fdd7ef96-a756-4f97-ab45-7ce22cf98b91/ https://minutesof.com/q/fdd7ef96-a756-4f97-ab45-7ce22cf98b91/ “But no man is a king if their castle is under siege by criminals. No man is a king if they can't take their family out to dinner without being mugged or having their carjacked.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:00:25 +0000 Vance claims closing the border required only a new president, not new legislation. https://minutesof.com/q/41dde45a-6bcc-4a83-af14-09bf90c256d7/ https://minutesof.com/q/41dde45a-6bcc-4a83-af14-09bf90c256d7/ “But as we've learned over the past eighteen months, it didn't require a new law to close down that border. It just required a new US president.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:00:25 +0000 Vance says the administration told corporations to train and hire Americans before seeking foreign workers. https://minutesof.com/q/58e7e704-d2a2-4097-ba65-f8f13d8ace4e/ https://minutesof.com/q/58e7e704-d2a2-4097-ba65-f8f13d8ace4e/ “And what we did is we told American corporations that if you wanted new workers, you gotta start by training and hiring your own countrymen.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:00:25 +0000 Vance claims all net job growth in the past eighteen months went to native-born Americans, reversing a four-ye https://minutesof.com/q/9a10c095-5f00-4477-bfee-765ba21eafc8/ https://minutesof.com/q/9a10c095-5f00-4477-bfee-765ba21eafc8/ “Do you know that all net job growth over the past eighteen months went to native born Americans, reversing a trend for four years where it all went to other people?” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:00:25 +0000 Vance warns that Democrats would pass the craziest agenda America has ever seen if they control Congress. https://minutesof.com/q/34d289db-aa8f-4748-a4ef-3228a4c822c2/ https://minutesof.com/q/34d289db-aa8f-4748-a4ef-3228a4c822c2/ “If these radicals take control of congress, they're gonna pass the craziest agenda America has ever seen.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:30:21 +0000 Vance claims an incoming Democratic congresswoman wants to abolish prisons, police, and borders. https://minutesof.com/q/f393b2db-e64a-43d5-9451-a8c06f7a0d5b/ https://minutesof.com/q/f393b2db-e64a-43d5-9451-a8c06f7a0d5b/ “One incoming democrat congresswoman wants to abolish prisons, she wants to abolish police, and she wants to abolish the borders.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:30:21 +0000 Vance frames the election as a choice between believing in America or believing in nothing. https://minutesof.com/q/fa227bcf-0919-481d-952f-cda35559ec95/ https://minutesof.com/q/fa227bcf-0919-481d-952f-cda35559ec95/ “And let me just say, that's the only real question on the ballot in November. Do we believe in America or do we believe in nothing?” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:30:21 +0000 Vance claims trillions of dollars of new investment have poured into U.S. manufacturing facilities under Trump https://minutesof.com/q/f4997104-4796-4925-a295-53e903e8959d/ https://minutesof.com/q/f4997104-4796-4925-a295-53e903e8959d/ “We have seen trillions, with a t, trillions of new dollars of investment pour into The United States Of America to build new smelters, build new manufacturing facilities, build new mills, build new everything.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:15:28 +0000 Vance states 83,000 factory construction jobs have been added since Trump's inauguration day. https://minutesof.com/q/d3e0a9dc-f761-49df-a642-48ba5bab3f4f/ https://minutesof.com/q/d3e0a9dc-f761-49df-a642-48ba5bab3f4f/ “factory construction employment has exploded. We've added 83,000 factory construction jobs just since inauguration day.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:15:28 +0000 Vance asserts that demand for metal cutting and machine tools is at century-high levels in the U.S. https://minutesof.com/q/9224ffea-14d3-4f7c-98d5-14053811dd57/ https://minutesof.com/q/9224ffea-14d3-4f7c-98d5-14053811dd57/ “Demand for metal cutting and similar machine tools is hitting its highest levels in a century in The United States Of America.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:15:28 +0000 Vance says 29,000 manufacturing jobs have been created in 2026, reversing years of decline. https://minutesof.com/q/5687a1c3-9f2f-4ede-bfaa-2117175d5e21/ https://minutesof.com/q/5687a1c3-9f2f-4ede-bfaa-2117175d5e21/ “We created more than 29,000 new jobs in the sector in 2026 so far, reversing years of decline in manufacturing employment.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:15:28 +0000 Vance claims manufacturing wages rose 4.2 percent under Trump after declining under Biden. https://minutesof.com/q/1134304b-568c-460b-9615-d9b0406f2e37/ https://minutesof.com/q/1134304b-568c-460b-9615-d9b0406f2e37/ “manufacturing workers wages actually went up 4.2% where they went down under the Biden administration,” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:15:28 +0000 Vance says Michigan Senate candidate El Sayed argued that criticisms of Sharia law are rooted in white suprema https://minutesof.com/q/e93671ed-c539-4d2f-a7ae-e948fab6ae22/ https://minutesof.com/q/e93671ed-c539-4d2f-a7ae-e948fab6ae22/ “El Sayed, this guy running for senate in Michigan, he once argued not too long ago that criticisms of Sharia law were rooted in white supremacy.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:36:42 +0000 Vance claims Tim Walz pardoned a convicted child rapist to prevent his deportation from the United States. https://minutesof.com/q/fa2ce3e9-18f6-45fd-9554-ce1cb2a358c5/ https://minutesof.com/q/fa2ce3e9-18f6-45fd-9554-ce1cb2a358c5/ “Do remember Tim Waltz? Caught wind. And you know what he did? He pardoned the guy. He pardoned a literal child rapist to prevent him from being deported out of The United States Of America.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:36:42 +0000 Vance argues Democrats prioritize child predators, fraudsters, and foreign gang members over American taxpayer https://minutesof.com/q/bc042124-e4e5-449b-bb11-2c15c9efd629/ https://minutesof.com/q/bc042124-e4e5-449b-bb11-2c15c9efd629/ “Whether it's child predators, Somali fraudsters, foreign gang members, or even visa fraudsters who are working to undercut American wages and steal from American taxpayers, the Democrats know who they stand for.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:36:42 +0000 Vance claims every Democrat voted against eliminating taxes on tips, Social Security, overtime, and American-m https://minutesof.com/q/e2591dbd-fe5d-49e5-bf82-77dab83c54a0/ https://minutesof.com/q/e2591dbd-fe5d-49e5-bf82-77dab83c54a0/ “Think about it. Every single Democrat, everyone voted against no taxes on tips, voted against no taxes on Social Security, voted against no taxes on overtime, and voted against no taxes on car loans so long as those cars were made right here in America.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:36:42 +0000