by Allan Wall, Border Hawk, ©2024
(Jul. 27, 2024) — Ohio Senator J.D. Vance has been selected as Trump’s vice presidential running mate.
Border Hawk does not endorse political candidates, but we can and should analyze what they say and promote.
How is J.D. Vance on the “National Question”?
The National Question is a complex of issues including immigration (legal and illegal), citizenship, and national identity.
Vance’s marriage to a non-Christian, a daughter of Indian immigrants, has been questioned. Does that make him more sympathetic towards mass immigration of Asian Indians and others?
I don’t know.
But I have been impressed with National Question-related statements Vance has made in recent years.
It seems that J.D. has thought about these issues more than most politicians.
Vance has only been in the Senate since last year but has a 90% rating from NumbersUSA.
A recent Alternet headline declared that “JD Vance called Native Americans the ‘enemy’ and Indigenous Peoples Day a ‘fake holiday.'”
What’s that all about?
“Indigenous Peoples Day” is a fake holiday, with its only purpose being to replace Columbus Day.
As for “the enemy” quote, Vance was talking about “enemy territory” in the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795). In that war, the U.S. military under General Anthony Wayne fought a confederation of Indian tribes. (Full disclosure: one of my ancestors fought under Wayne in that conflict.)
Vance was speaking out against the cancellation of General Wayne by taking his name off a national forest in Ohio.
Kudos to Vance for defending American heritage.
In a recent Senate hearing, Sen. Vance questioned Fed Chair Jerome Powell on the effect of immigration on the wages and housing costs of Americans.
“[R]ather than bringing in a large number of new immigrants, why not try to boost wages in a way that brings some of those workers off the sidelines?” Vance asked.
In Vance’s acceptance speech at the GOP convention, he talked about the U.S. being “flooded” with “illegal immigrants” so “citizens had to compete with people who shouldn’t even be here for precious housing.”
“We won’t import foreign labor, we’ll fight for American citizens,” Vance pledged.
That sounds good.
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