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JD Vance: “This idea that American citizens don’t have the talent to do great things, that you have to import a foreign class of…”

On the recordMay 30, 2025
This idea that American citizens don’t have the talent to do great things, that you have to import a foreign class of servants and professors to do these things, I just reject it.
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JD Vance
Republican · Ohio
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Vance argues against the notion that the U.S. needs foreign talent for scientific achievements.

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