Key Takeaways
- No Blank Checks: VP JD Vance slammed Democrats for demanding $1.5 trillion in radical spending, calling it an attempt to hold the people’s government hostage.
- Rejecting Waste: Vance singled out taxpayer funding for illegal immigrants’ healthcare and transgender surgeries abroad as “crazy ideas” unworthy of American tax dollars.
- America First Priorities: The Trump-Vance administration is standing firm on fiscal responsibility, rejecting Washington games while protecting taxpayers, veterans, and working families from shutdown chaos.
Vice President JD Vance isn’t mincing words. As Democrats pushed the country to the brink of a shutdown, Vance slammed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his party for trying to hold the government hostage with a $1.5 trillion ransom list.
“We are NOT going to let you take the people’s government hostage and then give you everything you want,” Vance declared.
Among the Democrats’ demands, according to Vance: taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants and even funding for transgender surgeries overseas. “Giving taxpayer money to illegal aliens for healthcare—that’s a crazy idea. Funding transgender surgeries in Peru—that’s a crazy idea,” he said.
House Republicans have already advanced a clean continuing resolution to keep the government open, but Democrats in the Senate are digging in, demanding billions for radical priorities while seniors, veterans, and working families face the uncertainty of another shutdown.
Vance’s tough stance highlights the administration’s America First approach to governing: protect taxpayers, defend sovereignty, and stop Washington from wasting money on fringe projects that have nothing to do with the American people.
For Vance, this fight is about fiscal sanity in a time of economic strain. Families are still battling inflation, higher energy costs, and rising interest rates. The last thing they need is Washington sending their tax dollars abroad or giving benefits to those who broke the law to come here.
With Trump and Vance holding the line, Democrats may find out the hard way that America is done funding “crazy ideas.”