Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance look on as he is nominated for the office of Vice President on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisc. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Vance said that when he asked the CEO what he thought would replace people's sense of purpose, the CEO's answer was "digital, fully-immersive gaming."
The vice president added that his wife texted him under the table saying they had to "get the hell outta here. These people are f---ing crazy."
Vance told the story while speaking at the American Dynamism Summit on Tuesday.
During the remarks, Vance described "cheap labor" as a "crutch that inhibits innovation" and a "drug that too many American firms got addicted to."
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He said the U.S. will not "win the future by ditching child labor laws or paying our workers less than Chinese or Vietnamese laborers. We don't want that, and it's not on the table," he said.
Instead, Vance said the nation can win by both protecting workers and supporting innovators.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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