On Friday, Vice President JD Vance delivered some remarks in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. In his usual style, he brought some facts and figures on the economy, and how it has changed in only a little over a year.
👏 @VP says @POTUS is the most IMPATIENT man he knows, & that's why he's working so hard & so quickly to DELIVER to the American People
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 13, 2026
— # of NEW HOME PURCHASES rising to their highest level in 5 years
—Cost of rent has DROPPED for 6 months in a row
—3,700 avg Tax Refund for… pic.twitter.com/aqvJvFUAmO
Vice President Vance said:
That was one of many lessons the state of North Carolina taught me. But what we're trying to do is talk about the difference between a 21 percent interest rate that the used car dealer offered me, and the 8 percent interest rate that I got offered at a credit union, and that's pretty much the difference between the Joe Biden and Donald Trump economic plan for the United States of America. Because (applause) in just a very brief time, we've seen new home purchases rise to their highest level in five years, since the last time Donald Trump was president. We've seen the cost of rents drop for six months in a row.
We've seen the average tax refund that's going to come to the people of North Carolina is about $3,700 per family, and we see interest rates that are the lowest they've been since the last time that Donald J. Trump was president. My friends, the president is impatient. He's the most impatient person I have ever met, in fact. He constantly is pressing on the gas. He wants us to do more. But I stand here proud, to say that after the first year of President Donald Trump and the Congressional Republicans' leadership, we are rebuilding the American dream. And we're taking back this country for the people of this state.
This is the message that must be hammered home, at every opportunity, between now and November.
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Have I mentioned that midterm elections are this November? This message, right here, this is what has to be communicated to the public between now and then, every day and twice on Sunday. As someone once said, "It's the economy, stupid," and that's a pretty good observation. Remember, most people don't start paying attention to politics until after Labor Day; if you're reading these words, here at RedState, you're probably already considerably more interested in politics than the majority of the population.
Messaging is important. What the Trump administration has to do, between now and November, is to get this word out - not just to adoring crowds who already agree with them, but to the entire country.
But it's not all about messaging. It's about how people's bank balances are looking. That, too, has to happen. It's happening, but a nation's economy, especially one the size of the United States, doesn't turn on a dime.
And, again, it's also about turnout. We all have to vote, this November, every November, as though the survival of the republic depended on it, because it does.
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