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JD Vance: I tend to think that we should seize the institutions of the left and turn them against the left.

On the recordApril 15, 2025
I tend to think that we should seize the institutions of the left and turn them against the left.
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JD Vance
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Vance advocated for a strategy to reclaim leftist institutions for conservative purposes.

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