{"id":2647910,"date":"2026-08-21T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-slams-democrats-as-party-of-grad-school-voters-not-unions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:34:13","slug":"vance-slams-democrats-as-party-of-grad-school-voters-not-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-slams-democrats-as-party-of-grad-school-voters-not-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance slams Democrats as party of grad school voters, not unions"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fvance-slams-democrats-as-party-of-grad-school-voters-not-unions%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=2647910&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 criticized Democrats during a speech in middletown, Ohio, depicting them as a party more concerned with high-earning professionals and diversity quotas than working-class Americans or conventional values. Speaking at a steel plant where his grandfather worked, vance accused the Democratic Party of straying from the legacies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, and being focused on graduate students rather than union and non-union workers. He described the party as catering to elitist interests and questioned what modern democrats actually stand for.<\/p>\n<p>Vance announced a significant investment from Cleveland-Cliffs to modernize Ohio manufacturing, creating jobs and improving air quality. He also contrasted Republican and Democratic candidates,criticizing Democrats like Ohio\u2019s Sherrod Brown and michigan\u2019s Abdul el Sayed for positions he finds extreme or out of touch,while endorsing Republican candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The speech included specific attacks on el Sayed\u2019s comments about Sharia law and alleged association with socialist backing,highlighting Vance\u2019s populist stance and opposition to what he perceives as the Democratic Party\u2019s shift away from working-class values. Vance reflected on his own experience in the Senate, criticizing Brown for not opposing President Biden&#8217;s policies on border security and inflation, which Vance links to harming American industry.  <\/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\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"7658\">JD Vance<\/a> slammed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"249\">Democrats<\/a> as an elitist group more concerned about high-earning workers than working-class voters during a hometown stop in Middletown, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ohio\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1141\">Ohio<\/a>, on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a steel plant where his grandfather used to work, Vance claimed the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"288\">Democratic Party<\/a> had strayed from the legacy of former Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.<\/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\/campaigns\/congressional\/4696412\/vance-democratic-party-grad-school-voters-not-unions\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance says Democrats are the party of grad school voters, not unions<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4696199\/mark-sanford-backs-ralph-norman-south-carolina-senate-runoff\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mark Sanford backs Ralph Norman in South Carolina Senate runoff<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4696087\/vindman-promises-donate-war-chest-florida-democrats\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vindman promises to donate his war chest to Florida Democrats<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not, unfortunately, JFK or FDR\u2019s Democrat Party,\u201d Vance said. \u201cHell, it\u2019s not even [former President] Bill Clinton\u2019s Democrat Party. This is the party of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3088\">diversity<\/a> quotas rather than opportunity for all.\u201d<\/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\">\u201cThis is the party, the Democrat Party, of graduate students rather than the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unions\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2070\"> union<\/a> and non-union workers who make this facility run,\u201d Vance continued. \u201cIt\u2019s sometimes actually hard to understand. Like, what do these modern Democrats actually stand for?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The populist-leaning comments from Vance come as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11675\">midterm elections<\/a> have largely focused on affordability issues due to rising grocery, housing, and gas prices that have strained the pocketbooks of American families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the event, Vance announced a billion-dollar investment from the steel company Cleveland-Cliffs, which he said would transform <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/manufacturing\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2222\">manufacturing<\/a> in Ohio.<\/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\">\u201cNow that\u2019s going to protect and create tons of new jobs,\u201d said Vance. \u201cWe\u2019re going to upgrade the ironmaking furnace. We\u2019re going to implement cutting-edge new technology to optimize furnace operation and improve Middletown\u2019s air quality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance also took specific aim at Democratic Senate candidates, including former Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abdul-el-sayed\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"23138\">Abdul el Sayed<\/a> of Michigan, while boosting Republican candidates running for Congress and statewide office, such as Sen. John Husted (R-OH) in the Buckeye State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow, el Sayed, this guy running for Senate in Michigan, he once argued not too long ago that criticisms of Sharia law were rooted in white supremacy,\u201d said the vice president. \u201cI\u2019d love to go back in time and tell my papaw that there\u2019s a man who claims to stand for working people who says not only should we have Sharia law, but if you criticize it, you\u2019re a white supremacist. That\u2019s not my papaw\u2019s Democrat Party, my friends.\u201d<\/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\">Vance was referring to comments el Sayed made to the <em>New York Times<\/em> in 2009 in which he said, \u201cUltimately, the question is, when I die and I stand before God and go through everything I did in my life, I don\u2019t want to say I did it the easy way instead of the Shariah-compliant way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4696019\/dsa-backed-angie-nixon-distances-self-socialist-label-florida-senate-race\/\">ANGIE NIXON TRIES TO SHIRK OFF \u2018SOCIALIST\u2019 LABEL DESPITE DSA BACKING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vice president and Brown overlapped in the Senate before Vance ascended to the vice presidency following the 2024 presidential election.<\/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\">\u201cNow I served for two years in the Senate with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sherrod-brown\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2353\">Sherrod Brown<\/a>; he was a friendly enough guy, but he was a man who claimed to represent this state,\u201d said Vance. \u201cBut never once raised his voice against [former President] Joe Biden\u2019s border crisis or against the inflation that was brought on by Joe Biden underinvesting and trying to destroy American industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance criticizes Democrats for abandoning FDR&#8217;s legacy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2647911,"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\/AP26173638321095-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,5152,40902,5894,4223],"class_list":["post-2647910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-education","tag-party-dynamics","tag-politics","tag-voters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26173638321095-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647910","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2647910"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2647913,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647910\/revisions\/2647913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2647911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}