‘You Don’t Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore’ – JD Vance Brings the Heat to TPUSA AmFest – RedState
It was a busy weekend at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona, with speakers from DNI Tulsi Gabbard to Tucker Carlson to House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-4) to the Target employee who was harassed for wearing a Charlie Kirk T-shirt. On Sunday, Vice President JD Vance was there to give the closing remarks and he started the fire.
He paid tribute to TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead by an assassin in September.
Vice President JD Vance closed Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest on Sunday with a call to action, encouraging the audience to “pledge” to uphold Charlie Kirk’s principles.
Vance recalled that in the days following Kirk’s assassination, he rewatched the video of the incident over and over again, staying up late at night trying to search for clues and “searching for conspiracy theories.”
“I owed it to Charlie,” he said, adding: “I was consumed with fear.”
🚨BREAKING: JD Vance reveals he stayed up all night digging into theories surrounding Charlie Kirk’s death.
“When my lovely wife told me to come to bed, I told her I owed it to Charlie to try and find every stone, and so that’s what I tried to do.”pic.twitter.com/DmB74WZ3pL
– Jack (@jackunheard) December 21, 2025
“It’s better to die a patriot than to live a coward,” Vance said, adding that Kirk’s killing was a “kick in the teeth.”
The vice president covered a number of topics in his speech, which lasted just over half an hour, and many moments stood out. Noting that the Trump administration is committed to eradicating discriminatory DEI practices in government and academia, Vance said white people no longer need to be ashamed:
Vice President JD Vance: “In the United States of America, you no longer have to apologize for being white. »
– America (@america) December 21, 2025
The crowd went wild over that one.
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Vance went on to assert that America is first and foremost a Christian nation, a notion that will surely enrage leftists.
🇺🇸 Vice President JD Vance at AmericaFest:
The one thing that has truly anchored the United States of America is that we have been, and by the grace of God always will be, a Christian nation. pic.twitter.com/PTE51LZqd2– The Daily News (@DailyNewsJustIn) December 21, 2025
Speaking of leftists, Vance took the opportunity to mock Democrats, who seem in disarray and have only one unifying theme: despising Trump. We will defeat them in the mid-term, he promised:
🚨 HOLY SHIT! JD Vance RELEASED
“You know what unites Democrats? We’re going to kick their ass next November and every year after that!” 🔥
CROWD: “UNITED STATES! UNITED STATES! UNITED STATES!” 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/iwZ6uLPtsM
– Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 21, 2025
Let’s hope he’s right. From your lips to the ears of God, as the expression goes.
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Vance, who was endorsed for chair by Erika Kirk on the conference’s first night Thursday, also touched on other topics, including sexuality, vaccines and more. He described the conservative movement as tolerant and open, and anyone can be part of it as long as they meet one key condition: “The only thing we require is that you be a great American patriot. And if you are, you are a great part of our team.”
Watch the full speech here:
Editor’s note: President Trump and Vice President Vance are leading America toward the “golden age” while Democrats are desperately trying to stop it.
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