Trump Quotes by J. D. Vance

26 Trump quotes by J. D. Vance

J. D. Vance approaches Trump through the lens of cultural shifts and the evolving American story, mixing personal reflection with broader societal observations. His voice bridges the personal and the political.

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Trump's voters loathe Jeb Bush because their lives are falling apart, and they blame people like him.

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Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation's highest office.

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My fear with Trump was always that he didn't have great solutions.

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What unites Trump's voters is a sense of alienation from America's wealthy and powerful.

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Trump talks like a guy at a bar in West Virginia. Trump talks like my dad sitting around the dinner table.

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Trump's biggest failure as a political leader is that he sees the worst in people, and he encourages the worst in people.

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I don't think that 60-70 percent of working-class white voters would have supported a Muslim ban before Donald Trump said something about…

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It seems to me an indictment of the Republican Party that if you talk about issues of poverty and upward mobility, people…

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At a pivotal time in my life, Barack Obama gave me hope that a boy who grew up like me could still…

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Trump brings power to those who hate their lack of it, and his message is tonic to communities that have felt nothing…

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People don't want to believe they have to speak like Obama or Clinton to participate meaningfully in politics, because most of us…

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People listen to what their political leaders are telling them, and my view is both that Trump is tapping into some racially…

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Mr. Trump, like too much of the church, offers little more than an excuse to project complex problems onto simple villains. Yet…

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There are definitely - there is definitely an element of Donald Trump's support that has its basis in racism or xenophobia. But…

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If it's hard for Blue America to see Red America as anything other than a bunch of dumb, racist rednecks; it's hard…

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Barack Obama was elected during my second year of college, and save for his skin color, he had much in common with…

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Solutions are complex, and I continue to worry that Trump didn't fully appreciate the complexity of what's going on. Consequently, I worry…

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I have been waiting for someone to come along and tap into that very real frustration that exists in a very large…

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My military service is the thing I'm most proud of, but when I think of everything happening in the Middle East, I…

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The most depressing part of the 2016 election is that the candidates often failed to show any cultural leadership: any recognition that…

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I do think that tonal element of Trump's is attractive, but I don't know if I would go so far as to…

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In some ways, Trump's large, national coalition defies easy characterization. He draws from a broad base of good people: kind folks who…

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The person in New York City is showing too little empathy for the Trump voter. The Trump voter is showing too little…

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I think what Trump will be judged on by the folks that voted for him... is whether things start to get a…

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If you think about what folks have been doing for 20 or 30 years, they have been bottling frustration and resentment that…

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Anger about the wars isn't the only reason voters support Mr. Trump. But his willingness to say what other G.O.P. candidates won't…

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Trump's voters loathe Jeb Bush because their lives are falling apart, and they blame people like him.

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What unites Trump's voters is a sense of alienation from America's wealthy and powerful.

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The subsidy for employer-sponsored coverage has tethered health care to employment in a way that virtually no economist endorses.

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I don't think that 60-70 percent of working-class white voters would have supported a Muslim ban before Donald Trump said something about a Muslim…

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It would be great if people returned to areas of the country that need talented people with good economic prospects. Our country would really…

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My military service is the thing I'm most proud of, but when I think of everything happening in the Middle East, I can't help…

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I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only dreamed about.

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I think running a small nonprofit to work on the opioid crisis and bring interesting new businesses to the so-called Rust Belt - all…

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People listen to what their political leaders are telling them, and my view is both that Trump is tapping into some racially ugly attitudes,…

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The most depressing part of the 2016 election is that the candidates often failed to show any cultural leadership: any recognition that the world…

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