{"id":2625924,"date":"2026-07-07T07:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vances-economic-vision-collides-with-the-club-for-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T07:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:28:23","slug":"vances-economic-vision-collides-with-the-club-for-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vances-economic-vision-collides-with-the-club-for-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance&#8217;s economic vision collides with the Club for Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fvances-economic-vision-collides-with-the-club-for-growth%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=2625924&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>Vice President JD Vance faced criticism from the influential free-market group Club for Growth after expressing support for President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs and industrial policies, challenging the GOP\u2019s conventional free-market stance associated wiht Reagan and Friedman. McIntosh,the group&#8217;s president,rebutted Vance,emphasizing their commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/esg-the-invisible-fist-of-the-economy\/\" title=\"ESG: The Invisible Fist Of The Economy\">free-market principles<\/a> and criticizing Vance&#8217;s departure from this ideology. Vance argued that economics should serve human dignity and community,advocating for policies like tariffs and industrial strategies to rebuild American manufacturing. This debate highlights internal divisions within the Republican Party over the economic direction, with some supporting Trump\u2019s interventionist approach and others <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >defending classic free-market values<\/a>. The tension is notable given the group&#8217;s history of opposing Trump and Vance but recent efforts to work with the current governance. Trump previously expressed unity with McIntosh despite past disagreements, underscoring ongoing complex relationships within the party.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4618631\/vance-good-cop-iran-peace-deal\/\">JD Vance<\/a> drew public pushback over the weekend from one of Washington\u2019s most influential free-market groups after embracing President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs and industrial policy, exposing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-primaries-send-warning-to-pro-israel-groups\/\" title=\"New York primaries send warning to pro-Israel groups\">growing divide inside<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gop\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1577\">GOP<\/a> coalition over the party\u2019s economic future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Club for Growth President David McIntosh rebuked Vance after the vice president argued Trump\u2019s approach would replace the free-market philosophy long associated with Ronald Reagan and economist Milton Friedman. The disagreement underscores the tensions between the Republican Party\u2019s traditional free-market wing and Vance, who is widely viewed as the early front-runner for the GOP\u2019s 2028 presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4637064\/trump-nato-summit-defense-spending-penalties\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump heads to NATO summit weighing penalties on allies not meeting defense spending dues<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4637027\/spacex-president-pledges-donate-stock-trump-accounts\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>SpaceX president pledges to donate stock to Trump Accounts<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4636930\/trump-admits-fifa-review-red-card-balogun\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump admits to asking FIFA president for review of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corruption-allegations-fly-as-controversial-referee-decision-dents-us-world-cup-hopes\/\" title=\"&#039;Corruption&#039; Allegations Fly as Controversial Referee Decision Dents US World Cup Hopes\">controversial red card<\/a> against Balogun<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McIntosh, a former Indiana congressman who also served in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, took issue on Saturday, July 4, with a recent appearance Vance made on the Michael Knowles Show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the Michael Knowles Show, Vance argued Republicans should move beyond the free-market consensus that dominated the party for decades, saying Trump\u2019s use of tariffs and industrial policy to rebuild American manufacturing would define conservative economics going forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe economy is a tool to service the dignity of the human person,\u201d Vance said. \u201cIf a set of economic policies make it easier for a person to raise a family, to earn a living wage, to give back to their community, to maybe go to church on Sunday, or to actually spend some leisure time building the kind of life that matters, that is the sort of thing we want to be supportive of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4587847\/vance-2026-legwork-could-build-2028-advantage\/\">VANCE\u2019S 2026 \u2018LEGWORK\u2019 COULD BE BUILDING A 2028 ADVANTAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith all due respect, Mr Vice President you are dead wrong about both Milton Friedman and Alexander Hamilton,\u201d McIntosh wrote on X in response to Vance\u2019s interview. \u201cBoth of them promoted free markets as the way to make American[[<em>sic<\/em>]Great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The criticism matters because Club for Growth has long been one of the Republican Party\u2019s biggest champions of lower taxes, deregulation, free markets, and limited government. The group\u2019s super PAC plans to spend $175 million during next year\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Kildea, a spokesman for Club for Growth, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the group \u201csupports Trump\u2019s pro-growth agenda\u201d and that McIntosh\u2019s comments were intended as a defense of Friedman\u2019s economic philosophy rather than a broader criticism of the vice president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exchange highlights one of the biggest debates inside today\u2019s Republican Party: whether Trump\u2019s brand of tariffs and industrial policy should replace the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-leaders-rally-against-climate-change-regulations\/\" title=\"Conservative Leaders Rally Against Climate Change Regulations\">free-market approach<\/a> that defined the GOP for much of the Reagan era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McIntosh\u2019s comments were also not the first time the Club for Growth has found itself at odds with either Trump or Vance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group opposed Vance\u2019s 2022 run for Senate, choosing instead to back former Ohio state Treasurer Josh Mandel. Club for Growth and its affiliated network similarly spent millions to oppose Trump\u2019s own 2024 presidential primary campaign before reconciling with Trump later in the primary campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at the 2024 Club for Growth retreat in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump claimed that he and McIntosh had frequently disagreed on candidates but were on the same page heading into the general election that year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had an argument about a couple of people that you know well, and that broke us up for about a year,\u201d he reportedly told donors at the event. \u201cAnd then we had one that we mutually agreed on, which was surprising to people \u2014 a good candidate, however, who is going to win. And then we did a couple of others. And now we\u2019re back in love, we\u2019re deeply in love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4637287\/trump-says-working-with-congress-on-trump-accounts-for-adults-privatize-social-security\/\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS HE\u2019S WORKING WITH CONGRESS ON A TRUMP ACCOUNTS FOR \u2018GROWN-UPS\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McIntosh also said early into Trump\u2019s term that Club for Growth was working closely with the White House to advance Trump\u2019s planned tax cuts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re definitely going to be working closely with his policy team to get the tax bill through,\u201d he told Fox Business at the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance&#8217;s tariffs stance sparks GOP free-market clash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2625925,"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\/2026\/07\/AP26185608147090_254d90.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[13123,82320,55633],"class_list":["post-2625924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-economics","tag-fiscalpolicy","tag-politicalstrategy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26185608147090_254d90.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625924","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625924"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2625928,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625924\/revisions\/2625928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2625925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2625924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2625924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}