Vance touts manufacturing policy, takes shot at Cleaver, in speech in KC
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- Vance praised President Trump’s manufacturing policy in a 30-minute Kansas City speech.
- He celebrated the gerrymandered map designed to oust Rep. Cleaver.
- Vance urged voters to vote against the "crazy leadership in Washington DC.".
Vice President JD Vance touted President Donald Trump’s manufacturing policy during a 30-minute speech at Milbank Manufacturing in Kansas City on Monday.
In the speech, Vance painted Democrats as a threat to progress on manufacturing.
“If you want to rebuild the American dream for the next generation, vote against the crazy leadership in Washington DC,” Vance said.
The event drew top Republicans from both Missouri and Kansas, including U.S. Reps. from Missouri who included Jason Smith and Mark Alfrod, Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri, Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas and Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe.
The biggest reaction from the crowd came after Vance spoke about his role in a new anti-fraud task force.
“Fighting fraud in Washington, D.C. is a little bit like fishing in a barrel with nuclear weapons,” Vance said.
Vance also celebrated the state’s new gerrymandered congressional map that is designed to oust Kansas City’s long-time Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. He said he didn’t know who Cleaver was, but was rooting for “any good” republican seeking to replace him.
The crowd also reacted energetically to questions about Kansas City barbecue and a call for Congress to pass the SAVE Act, a bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Vance’s speech came after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 11,000 new manufacturing jobs. Overall, there are 82,000 fewer manufacturing jobs than when Trump was inaugurated for his second term.
