{"id":2404714,"date":"2025-02-20T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-champions-trumps-first-month-in-kick-off-to-cpac-2025-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T13:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:32:08","slug":"jd-vance-champions-trumps-first-month-in-kick-off-to-cpac-2025-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-champions-trumps-first-month-in-kick-off-to-cpac-2025-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance champions Trump\u2019s first month in kick off to CPAC 2025 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjd-vance-champions-trumps-first-month-in-kick-off-to-cpac-2025-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404714&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During \u200dthe kickoff of the 2025 \u2064Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, maryland, \u2063Vice\u200b President JD Vance reinforced\u200c his commitment \u200bto\u2063 President Donald Trump\u2019s agenda. After returning \u2064from his first international trip, Vance \u200dhighlighted actions taken by the Trump management in the\u200c month following Trump&#8217;s inauguration and vowed \u2063to\u2062 address key\u2062 Republican \u2063initiatives. He \u200cemphasized the rapid pace\u2064 of the administration and voiced concerns over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-eyes-a-new-era-after-embarrassing-year-culminates-in-presidents-resignation\/\" title=\"Stanford seeks fresh start following ...&#039;s resignation after &#039;embarrassing&#039; year.\">free speech \u2064issues<\/a> in Europe, criticizing the Biden \u2062administration for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">allegedly\u2063 undermining\u200b free speech<\/a>. Vance laid\u2062 out Trump\u2019s priorities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tough-on-crime-trump-endorses-texas-gov-greg-abbott-calls-him-a-fighter\/\" title=\"\u2018Tough On Crime\u2019: Trump Endorses Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Calls Him A \u2018Fighter\u2019\">including border security<\/a>, economic growth, and \u200dreducing\u2062 government\u200d spending. He also addressed cultural issues, encouraging young men to embrace their masculinity rather then suppress it. vance\u2019s remarks aimed to solidify his role as a key\u2062 ally of trump \u2063and align with the administration&#8217;s conservative agenda.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">JD Vance champions Trump&rsquo;s first month in kick off to CPAC 2025<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1999299\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland &ndash; <\/strong>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"JD Vance\">JD Vance<\/a> sought to cement his role as President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s No. 2 during his remarks kicking off the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cpac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Conservative Political Action Conference\">Conservative Political Action Conference<\/a> Thursday morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Returning from his first international trip as vice president, Vance touted several of the Trump administration&rsquo;s actions in the month since assuming the White House, addressed Republican&rsquo;s plans for reconciliation, and championed Trump as a leader several times during his on-stage interview with CPAC host Mercedes Schlapp.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president keeps us on a pretty breakneck pace. He always asks, What have we done today? What are we going to do tomorrow? What we&rsquo;re going to do next week, because I think he realizes this is a special moment in time,&rdquo; Vance said during his first few minutes on the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Vance has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3308521\/trump-deploys-vance-white-house-early-trips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">maintained a busy schedule<\/a> since being sworn in as vice president one month ago, crisscrossing the country to visit disaster sites and making frequent trips to Capitol Hill to meet with Republican lawmakers as he looks to help usher President Donald Trump&rsquo;s second-term agenda through.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The vice president embarked on a trip to Germany last week to attend the Munich Security Conference, where he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3320306\/jd-vance-european-allies-free-speech-munich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lambasted European allies<\/a> over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-thumps-europe-over-free-speech-at-munich-security-conference\/\" title=\"Vance thumps Europe over free ... at ...\">free speech abuses<\/a> and religious liberty concerns during his remarks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For years, we&rsquo;ve been told that everything we fund and support is in the name of our shared democratic values. Everything from our Ukraine policy to digital censorship is billed as a defense of democracy,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;But when we see European courts canceling elections and senior officials threatening to cancel others, we ought to ask whether we&rsquo;re holding ourselves to an appropriately high standard. And I say ourselves because I fundamentally believe that we are on the same team.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vance reiterated his remarks onstage at CPAC, saying, &ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to give the populations of the world the opportunity to speak up and say, &lsquo;No more of this BS.&rsquo; We want order. We want sovereignty. We want to be able to speak our own mind in our own country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former Ohio senator also took shots at former President Joe Biden, saying his administration &ldquo;did more to destroy free speech, not just in the United States, but also in Europe and any administration in American history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance laid out three core agenda items of Trump&rsquo;s administration later in his remarks, saying that Trump has tried to &ldquo;recognize that we have a historical mandate on a few issues,&rdquo; listing securing the southern border, growing the economy, and reducing government spending as top priorities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the third thing that he&rsquo;s tried to do, of course, with the help of Elon and all the great folks at DOGE, is ask, what are we doing with all of the American taxpayer&rsquo;s money, and why are we wasting so much of it on garbage the American people either aren&rsquo;t aware that we&rsquo;re spending it on or don&rsquo;t want to be spending it on in the first place,&rdquo; Vance said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the vice president taking the stage, CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp and wife Mercedes announced that entrepreneur Elon Musk would be attending the convention. The announcement comes as Trump has thrown Musk, the chairman of the Department of Government Efficiency, further into the spotlight as his chief ally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It also comes after the president declined to outright endorse Vance as his successor during an interview with Fox News&rsquo;s Bret Baier as the vice president was preparing to speak at the AI summit in Paris, with Trump saying it was &ldquo;too early&rdquo; to do so.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think you have a lot of very capable people. So far, I think he&rsquo;s doing a fantastic job. It&rsquo;s too early. We&rsquo;re just starting,&rdquo; the president said.<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, ahead of Vance&rsquo;s speech in Munich, Trump invited Musk to the Oval Office as he threw his support behind DOGE&rsquo;s investigation into alleged fraud and waste at the Internal Revenue Service.<\/p>\n<p>While in the Oval Office, Musk fielded questions from reporters while his son sat on his shoulders and Trump sat behind the Resolute Desk. Accusations of Musk being a &ldquo;shadow&rdquo; president have risen throughout the first month of Trump&rsquo;s second term.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite public speculation over the dynamics between Trump and Musk, Vance continued to champion the president&rsquo;s &ldquo;cultural message&rdquo; during his appearance at the convention.&nbsp;He had a message specifically to young men about masculinity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our culture sends a message to young men that you should suppress every masculine urge,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;&hellip; Don&rsquo;t allow this broken culture to send you a message that you&rsquo;re a bad person because you like to tell a joke, because you like to have a beer with your friends, or because you&rsquo;re competitive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3228342\/department-of-government-efficiency-what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT IS DOGE? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked by Mercedes Schlapp who was funnier, him or Trump, Vance yielded the honorific to the president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&#8203;&#8203;He&rsquo;s got the best sense of humor of any American political figure,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;But I think this is why young men, in particular, are so they&rsquo;re so inspired by President Trump is because he doesn&rsquo;t allow the media to tell him he can&rsquo;t make a joke or he can&rsquo;t have an original thought.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1999299\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1999299\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JD Vance praises Trump&#8217;s first month at CPAC 2025 kickoff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2404715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/022025_VANCE-7.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50747,32082,32171,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2404714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cpac-2025","tag-jd-vance","tag-political-commentary","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/022025_VANCE-7.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404718,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404714\/revisions\/2404718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}