JD Vance in CBS "Face the Nation" interviews for 2024 races
On Education:
Needs to be a political solution to problem of universities
Universities are part of a social contract in this country. They educate our children. They produce important intellectual property. They get a lot of money because of it. But if they're not educating our children well, and they're layering
the next generation down in mountains of student debt, then they're not meeting their end of the bargain. I think it's totally reasonable to say there needs to be a political solution to that problem.
Source: CBS Face the Nation on 2024 Republican Veepstakes
May 19, 2024
On Energy & Oil:
Europe has become weaker pursuing a green energy agenda
Biden's entire agenda, such that it exists, has been about protecting green energy jobs, at the expense of the industrial heartland. If you are in Wisconsin, Michigan, or Pennsylvania, you are not being empowered or enriched by
Biden's green energy agenda. So, applying tariffs on the green agenda stuff, does it help steelmakers? Does it help natural gas workers? Does it help the heart of the American economy? The answer is no.
The reason Europe has become weaker is because they've deindustrialized. And why have they deindustrialized? Because they've pursued a green energy agenda, following the lead of the Biden administration, and that necessarily empowers China and
Russia. We need to acknowledge that it's our decisions that are making these countries stronger. We need to fix that, not whine at countries that have 10 million people.
Source: CBS Face the Nation on 2024 Republican Veepstakes
May 19, 2024
On Free Trade:
We are pushing other nations into the arms of the Chinese
Why is [Hungary's leader] Viktor Orban getting closer to China? In part, because American leadership is not making smart decisions. We are pushing other nations into the arms of the Chinese, because we don't make enough stuff, because we pursue a
ridiculous foreign policy very often. We have to be more self-reliant. I don't like China. I don't like that China has stolen a lot of American jobs. The reason they've done it is because American leadership has made bad decisions.
Source: CBS Face the Nation on 2024 Republican Veepstakes
May 19, 2024
On Government Reform:
We know the president has to have immunity to do his job
We know that the president has to have immunity to do his job. Should Barack Obama be prosecuted for droning American citizens in Yemen? There are so many examples of presidents Democrats and Republicans who would not be
able to discharge their duties if the Supreme Court does not recognize some broad element of presidential discretion. I'm very confident that they're going to be able to do that.
Source: CBS Face the Nation on 2024 Republican Veepstakes
Jun 30, 2024
On Foreign Policy:
Withdrawing US military from Mideast sends wrong message
I don't think that we should be taking assets out of the Middle East at a time when our most important ally in the region is coming under significant attack. I don't think that would send the right message. And, most importantly, it's not just Israel.
It's us. We have interests that are important in the Middle East. We obviously have to deal with the Houthis somehow, because we want to reopen the lines of global trade. Very hard to do that if we do a full-scale withdrawal.I think a lot of
countries are going to try to manipulate our voters. They're going to try to manipulate our elections. That's what they do. I think the bigger question is, what is in our best interest vis-a-vis Russia, not what price Russia should pay for putting out
social media videos.
I don't think that we should set American foreign policy based on a foreign country spreading videos on social media. I think we should set American foreign policy based on what's in our best interest.
Source: CBS Face the Nation interview: 2024 Veepstakes
Oct 27, 2024
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