JD Vance Claremont Institute speech
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JD Vance Claremont Institute speech has come up in 2 episodes across 1 podcast in TMT, including Pod Save America. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
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Heather Cox RichardsonAmerican historian and author of the Substack newsletter Letters from an American
Richardson argues that blood-and-soil nationalism comes from Europe and does not fit North America, whose 13 colonies were never solely European.
“this idea of blood and soil is actually one that comes out of Europe. It's not one that fits naturally at all over North America”
Pod Save America: Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s 250th Celebrations (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 52:13
Ben RhodesFormer Obama speechwriter and deputy national security adviser, Crooked Media co-host and author of "All We Say"
Rhodes said Vance's Claremont speech openly articulated the inheritance-based story, which is why he opened the book with it.
“And so I actually think that JD did the service of framing the other story for me”
Pod Save America: What Does it Mean to Be an American? (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 11:06
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- Pod Save America · 2 episodes
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Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s 250th CelebrationsPod Save America · Jun 21, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Historian Heather Cox Richardson and Alex Wagner discuss Trump's 250th-anniversary celebrations, his Washington building projects, patriotism, and JD Vance's blood-and-soil nationalism.
What Does it Mean to Be an American?Pod Save America · May 31, 2026 · 1 h 20 min
Jon Favreau talks with Ben Rhodes about his book "All We Say," tracing the 250-year argument over American identity through fifteen consequential speeches.