JD Vance’s AmericaFest Speech Wasn’t About Unity — It Was About White Grievance

JD Vance’s AmericaFest Speech Wasn’t About Unity — It Was About White Grievance

Vice President JD Vance looks upward while speaking on stage, wearing a navy suit and light blue tie against a dark background.JD Vance’s AmericaFest speech presented itself as inclusive rhetoric, but it quickly delivered a message rooted in exclusion. Speaking at Turning Point USA’s annual gathering, Vance claimed that “everyone is welcome” in America, then immediately defined who truly belongs. The speech relied on grievance politics, not unity, and aimed to reassure a specific audience that the country still belongs to them. Continue reading “JD Vance’s AmericaFest Speech Wasn’t About Unity — It Was About White Grievance”