JD Vance visits Kansas City business to tout pro-America manufacturing

Vice President JD Vance visited a Kansas City manufacturing business Monday to speak on the importance of goods “Made in America.”

Milbank Manufacturing is nearing its 100-year anniversary and has been a large contributor to technology advancements in the manufacturing industry. Milbank’s warehouse welcomed over a hundred enthusiastic residents who heard speeches from Vance and Missouri leaders such as Gov. Mike Kehoe, Sen. Eric Schmitt, Rep. Mark Alford and more.

The crowd chanted “USA, USA, USA” as Vance took the stage, and numerous attendees wore patriotic red, white and blue clothing.

During his speech, Vance explained why American manufacturing is important and touched on other hot topics such as illegal immigration and the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.

“We’re investing in the United States of America once again,” he said. “Now, that is not an accident, my friends. It didn’t happen through accident. It happened through the deliberate decisions of the President of the United States.”

He recalled how, when his “Papaw” was a union steel worker, Vance noticed factories in his hometown and home state of Ohio were closing down instead of rebuilding and adding on.

“Why is it that we have leaders who don’t fight for hardworking taxpayers like my grandmother, but fight for the people who are getting rich by defrauding the system?” Vance asked.

But the current administration has been working hard to keep jobs in the U.S., Vance says.

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act allows companies to deduct 100% of the costs for new facilities, improvements and equipment within the first year so businesses can grow in the ways they need to. The law also removes tax withholdings on overtime pay and tips.

Just last month, Vance says, 123,000 jobs were created. Last quarter, manufacturing employment grew the most since Trump’s first presidency. The conditions for American workers are largely dependent on one thing, Vance explained: political leadership.

“The reason why those people were not fighting for you, the reason why they were sending jobs overseas … it was a simple, simple question of political leadership.”

Vance drew a contrast between the leadership of the administration and democrats, encouraging the crowd to vote for public officials based on who they’re fighting for.

“What makes them passionate?” he asked about Democrat politicians. “What brings them to tears? What makes them angry, makes them yell and scream and holler? It’s illegal aliens. … They believe their jobs exist in Washington, D.C. not to fight for you and for your jobs, but to fight for illegal immigrants and the fraudsters who get rich in the system. …

“What I aim to do and what the President of the United States aims to do every single day is to be a president who fights for you, who fights for your jobs, who fights for your tax dollars, who fights for your money and fights for your safety.”