{"id":2412342,"date":"2025-03-11T09:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-shuts-down-heckler-who-cant-handle-the-truth-about-immigration-and-housing\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T09:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:41:38","slug":"jd-vance-shuts-down-heckler-who-cant-handle-the-truth-about-immigration-and-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-shuts-down-heckler-who-cant-handle-the-truth-about-immigration-and-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance Shuts Down Heckler Who Can&#8217;t Handle the Truth About Immigration and Housing"},"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\">28<\/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-shuts-down-heckler-who-cant-handle-the-truth-about-immigration-and-housing%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=2412342&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 a \u2064recent address at the National League of \u200cCities\u2019 Congressional \u200bCity Conference in Washington, D.C.,\u200d Vice President \u200dJ.D. Vance discussed the rising \u2062costs of housing in\u200b the united States,\u2064 attributing these increases to factors like heightened immigration levels. Vance emphasized that the surge in housing demand,\u2062 driven\u200c partially by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-blue-state-claw-back\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Blue State Claw Back\">illegal immigration<\/a>, \u200bis a meaningful contributor to the affordability crisis \u200bfaced by American citizens. He described the situation\u2062 as\u200b &#8220;entirely preventable&#8221; and\u2062 criticized recent policies that have made it \u2062easier for immigrants to compete for American housing.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking, Vance encountered hecklers but maintained his focus on advocating for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-states-see-population-growth-as-residents-leave-blue-states\/\" title=\"Blue states are experiencing a population decline as residents flock to red states\">affordable \u2064living conditions<\/a> for Americans. He pointed out \u200cthe detrimental effects of illegal immigration\u200d on both housing prices and\u200c wages \u2062for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbo-reports-show-socialized-medicine-would-make-americans-poorer-and-sicker\/\" title=\"CBO Reports Show Socialized Medicine Would Make ... Poorer And Sicker\">lower-income citizens<\/a>,arguing that the influx of\u2062 individuals into the\u2063 housing market without\u200c sufficient supply \u2064leads to price inflation. Ultimately, Vance\u2019s comments highlight the intersection of immigration policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">economic concerns surrounding housing affordability<\/a>, stressing that a \u2064balanced approach is crucial to addressing these issues.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vice President J.D. Vance dealt with a couple hecklers on Monday while addressing factors behind the inflated cost of housing in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-mike-johnson-caught-talking-hot-mic-trumps-address-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> spoke at the National League of Cities&rsquo; Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C., focusing much of his talk on the interplay between elevated immigration levels and housing costs for American citizens, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2025\/03\/10\/illegal-immigration-worsens-housing-crisis-vance-tells-local-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Signal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But when we talk about housing and why costs are so high, we don&rsquo;t talk enough about demand,&rdquo; he told the local leaders in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And one of the drivers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-housing-affordability-expected-to-remain-flat-at-17-percent-report\/\" title=\"California ... affordability to stay at 17%: Report\">increased housing demand<\/a>, we know, is that we&rsquo;ve got a lot of people over the last four years who have come into the country illegally, and that&rsquo;s something we have to work on if we want to meaningfully reduce the cost of housing, too,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Vance made the very obvious connection between flooding the country with another 20 million people and the increased competition for housing.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>He also rightly called the spike in housing demand &ldquo;completely preventable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While we&rsquo;ve made it a little bit hard to build homes in this country over the last four years, we&rsquo;ve also unfortunately made it way too easy for people to compete against American citizens for the precious homes that are in our country to begin with,&rdquo; Vance added.<\/p>\n<p>But when he started to note that the same trend is observable in other countries, such as Canada and the United Kingdom, his point was greeted by a heckler.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I see one of our nice representatives out here wants to actually, I guess, continue to flood the country with illegal immigrants, making your communities and citizens unaffordable,&rdquo; he answered.<\/p>\n<p>Then he continued his remarks while addressing the heckler.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But ma&rsquo;am, with all respect, one of the reasons why we&rsquo;re doing what we&rsquo;re doing is because we want to make it more affordable for Americans to live,&rdquo; Vance retorted, according to a clip of the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theblaze\/status\/1899176169574158412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exchange posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A second heckler shouted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disgust-jd-vance-eviscerates-democrat-attempting-cancel-doge-employee-lengthy-takedown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> at another point in the speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can tell you that yes, of course, you&rsquo;re going to disagree with some of our policies. That&rsquo;s OK. Come and tell us when you disagree with our policies, and we&rsquo;ll have a conversation about it,&rdquo; Vance said before he was interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for the heckler, Vance couldn&rsquo;t even understand what point he was trying to make.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Maybe don&rsquo;t shout it in front of 2,000 people. I can&rsquo;t even hear what you&rsquo;re saying, sir,&rdquo; Vance said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1899175022574379074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another clip posted to X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the protests of the hecklers who are apparently struggling with understanding the basic realities of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nancy-pelosis-home-city-spends-millions-house-homeless-evicts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">housing<\/a> market, Vance absolutely had a point.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s simple supply and demand.<\/p>\n<p>When the demand for housing is artificially increased by flooding the market with foreigners, combined with a stagnant market that has been slow in adding more supply, the typical costs for housing tend to increase substantially.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s true for both legal and illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>But with the latter category of illegal immigration, which Vance was largely addressing, illegal aliens usually compete with lower-class Americans for both housing and jobs.<\/p>\n<p>That has the dual effect of making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-harris-plan-drop-rent-prices-backfire-sowell-predicted-decades-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">housing<\/a> more expensive while undercutting the wages of American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how much weaponized empathy the leftists try to use against people noticing this problem, they cannot overcome the dollars and cents of illegal immigration making life tangibly worse for all Americans &mdash; especially those who are already struggling.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Vance confronted a few hecklers on Monday while discussing the reasons for rising housing costs in the U.S. During his speech at the National League of Cities\u2019 Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C., he emphasized how increased immigration levels contribute to housing demand and affordability issues for American citizens, as reported by The Daily Signal. Vance stated, \u201cWhen we talk about high housing costs, we often overlook demand,\u201d highlighting that a significant factor is the influx of illegal immigrants over recent years. He argued that this surge has intensified competition for available homes.<\/p>\n<p>Vance described the rise in housing demand as \u201ccompletely preventable,\u201d noting that while building homes has become more challenging recently, it has also become easier for non-citizens to compete with Americans for limited housing resources. When he pointed out similar trends in countries like Canada and the UK, he was interrupted by a heckler who accused him of supporting illegal immigration and making communities unaffordable. Vance responded respectfully but firmly, explaining that their policies aim to make living more affordable for Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Another heckler interrupted later during his speech; however, Vance struggled to understand their point due to their shouting amidst a large audience. He remarked on the simplicity of supply and demand dynamics: an increase in housing demand from foreign influx combined with stagnant supply leads to higher prices\u2014affecting both legal and illegal immigrants competing with lower-income Americans for jobs and homes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite opposition from those who may not grasp these economic realities, Vance maintained that illegal immigration negatively impacts all Americans&#8217; lives\u2014especially those already facing difficulties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2412343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/JD-Vance.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[15788,4344,3813,32082,6426],"class_list":["post-2412342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-heckler","tag-housing","tag-immigration","tag-jd-vance","tag-truth"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/JD-Vance.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412342","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412342"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412350,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412342\/revisions\/2412350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}