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Welbert Bauyaban

JD Vance Fury: Vice President Labeled a 'Klansman' After Vowing to End 'Apologies For Being White'

US Vice President JD Vance attended a Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 21, 2025. The conference was held in tribute to Charlie Kirk, a far-right activist who was assassinated in September. (Credit: OLIVIER TOURON/AFP)

Vice President JD Vance has plunged the American political landscape into fresh turmoil after delivering a speech in Arizona that critics and commentators are calling 'overtly racist' and deeply divisive. Addressing a fervent crowd at the Turning Point USA conference on Sunday, the 41-year-old vice president abandoned subtle political signaling in favour of what many observers have described as explicit white nationalist rhetoric.

The address, which was intended to galvanise support for a potential 2028 presidential bid, has instead drawn immediate and widespread condemnation from historians, journalists, and religious scholars alike.

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