Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Metallus plant in Canton, Ohio, on Monday, July 28, 2025. (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
"The craziest thing is if you’re a Democrat and you don’t like this legislation, then come and talk to us," Vance said. "Make some proposed changes. Tell us ‘You know, this provision isn’t so good. We’d like to change it a little bit, and if we change it, then I can get to yes.’ This is the process of government. And these guys didn’t even come to the White House and try to make their concerns known. They didn’t try to make the legislation better. They just attack, attack, attack."
Vance then said he believed Democrats don’t care about grocery prices, whether employees receive a raise or not, or if Americans are even employed in the first place.
"Their obsession in government is letting illegal aliens into this country, and attacking Donald J. Trump," Vance said. "I don’t think the American people should reward that broken style of politics, and I don’t think they’re going to come November 2026."
Vance’s remarks come as he champions the "big, beautiful bill," with Republicans looking to defend their slim House majority — and potentially pick up a few seats — in the high-stakes 2026 midterm elections.
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Elon Musk's "America Party" announcement comes on the heels of President Donald Trump signing the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act at the White House on the Fourth of July. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
"The Democrats just hit their lowest approval rating in 35 years, and all they can do is distract voters from the enormous wins the Trump administration is racking up," a Vance spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Voters are sick of Democrat politicians constantly blowing hot air. Meanwhile, the vice president is visiting contested House districts around the country selling the substantive provisions in the president’s landmark One Big Beautiful Bill."
A Fox News poll released this month revealed that a majority of voters oppose the "big, beautiful bill." The poll, which was conducted between July 18 and 21, found that 58% of all registered voters oppose the measure, while 39% approve of it.
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Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., questions Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress," in the Dirksen Building on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
No Democrats got on board backing the "big, beautiful bill," joined by Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, and Rand Paul of Kentucky and Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., labeled the bill "cruel" during floor remarks that lasted hours on July 3, pointing to Medicaid and SNAP reforms that reports suggest would remove millions of beneficiaries from the programs.
"What is contemplated in this one big, ugly bill is wrong. It’s dangerous, and it’s cruel, and cruelty should not be either the objective or the outcome of legislation that we consider here in the United States House of Representatives," Jeffries said.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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