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JD Vance: “While many of the Afghanistan people are good people, they’re bad ones too, don’t like Americans and our Western way of…”

On the recordAugust 18, 2021
While many of the Afghanistan people are good people, they’re bad ones too, don’t like Americans and our Western way of life. Resettling them in the United States, so our country becomes a refugee camp, is not the answer.
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JD Vance
Republican · Ohio
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

J.D. Vance expresses concerns about Afghan refugees and their integration into American society.

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