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JD Vance Trots Out Completely Bogus Definition Of Socialism — And No One's Buying It

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09.10.2026

JD Vance Trots Out Completely Bogus Definition Of Socialism — And No One's Buying It

The vice president tried to blur the idea of pro-worker politics with petty culture war slop... to little avail.

Vice President JD Vance seemed to get lost in the sauce as he explained his own definition of socialism during a Thursday press conference.

Asked how he “personally” defines socialism at a time when self-described socialists and other populist, deep left candidates are gaining ground within the Democratic party and beyond, he tried to sully the idea of a pro-worker politics with petty culture war fodder.

“It’s honestly, it’s a hard term to define these days because very often socialism... you know socialism is about prioritising workers,” Vance said, claiming that most of the socialists he sees running for office would “howl” about the measures to suspend visas for tech workers he was announcing that day.

“I don’t know what the term means anymore,” he went on. “I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls’ sports. That’s what unites the socialists that I see running across the United........

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