LEHIGH VALLEY, Penn.—When Vice President JD Vance recalled his grandmother’s choice between putting food on their table and paying for her medications, he arose as the Republicans’ secret weapon on affordability messaging. 

“I know what it’s like for a woman who’s trying to support a grandson but can’t afford her prescription drugs because pharmaceutical companies are taking advantage of the United States of America,” he said in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Tuesday.

“I remember what it’s like when you have to choose between putting food on the table or getting the prescription that you need to stay healthy. And that is not a life that [President] Donald Trump or I want for the citizens in the greatest country in the world.” 

Vance held a rally at Uline Shipping Supplies in Lehigh, Pennsylvania, as part of his and the president’s domestic tour touting the administration’s affordability agenda. 

While Trump has repeatedly called affordability a Democrat “hoax,” Vance assured Pennsylvanians the administration understands the economic hardship many Americans are experiencing. 

“This month, we are fighting for you every single day, and I don’t want you to think for one second that because [former President] Joe Biden gave us the worst economy in the world, that we forget it,” he said. “No, we know. We know exactly what we’re left with. We know exactly the consequences that it’s caused for so many of our great families all........

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