{"id":27634,"date":"2025-12-22T14:48:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=27634"},"modified":"2025-12-22T14:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:48:53","slug":"vance-america-first-movement-rejects-purity-tests-welcomes-critical-thinkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=27634","title":{"rendered":"Vance: \u2018America First\u2019 Movement Rejects \u2018Purity Tests,\u2019 Welcomes Critical Thinkers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vice President JD Vance ended AmericaFest 2025, Turning Point USA\u2019s first convention since the death of founder Charlie Kirk, by telling a fired-up crowd that the \u201cAmerica First\u201d movement is open to people who love their country and are free thinkers.<\/p>\n

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Vance showed up not long after Erika Kirk, who took over TPUSA after her husband died in September, spoke with Nicki Minaj, who was a surprise guest. The vice president told the crowd that the political coalition President Trump built is strong enough to get past any disagreements that may arise.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople of every faith come to our banner because they know that the America First movement will make our lives better,\u201d he went on. \u201cThey know Democrats don\u2019t care about anything other than trans-ing their kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vowing to stand with \u201cevery patriot in this room to defend the country we so dearly love,\u201d Vance dismissed conservative infighting that had gone on earlier in the conference, while not naming any of the podcasters or subjects involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump did not build the greatest coalition in politics by running his supporters through endless, self-defeating purity tests,\u201d Vance said, as some of the earlier speakers name-dropped each other amid divisions over Israel, Ukraine aid, and other controversial issues on the right.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe don\u2019t care if you\u2019re White or Black, rich or poor, young or old, rural or urban, controversial or a little bit boring, or somewhere in between\u2026 [P]eople of every faith come to our banner because they know that the America First movement will make their lives better. And they also know that the Democrats don\u2019t care about anything other than maybe trans-ing their kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo if you love America, if you want all of us to be richer, stronger, safer, and prouder, you have a home on this team. I didn\u2019t bring a list of conservatives to denounce or to deplatform, and I don\u2019t really care if some people out there \u2014 I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll have the fake news media \u2014 denounce me after this speech,\u201d Vance declared.<\/p>\n

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