Vice President JD Vance honored U.S. soldiers’ sacrifices for the nation by encouraging Americans to ensure they are worthy of such action in a video shared on social media.
“Every time somebody goes overseas and sacrifices their life, every time that a person gives the ultimate sacrifice to the United States of America, we often read about it as a line on the newspaper or online, but there’s a father, there’s mother, and there’s grandma and aunts and uncles and a whole crew of people who love them the same way that we all love every single member of our family,” he said.
“You consider the balance that all of us owe,” he added. “Because on the other side is we have to meet their sacrifice by carrying something forward that they can’t carry forward. We have to make this country worthy of that sacrifice.”
Vance explained that “we have to earn” the sacrifice, and “part of that is how we go to work and treat our employees and build and make with our hands and with our minds,” and “part of it is how we go to church and give back to our community.” He emphasized that part of how Americans earn the “incredible sacrifice” is “by making this country’s politics and government worthy of the people who put on the uniform and will never see their loved ones again.”
“Part of what we have to do, my friends, is every single day we have to send people to Washington who wake up every single day and recognize that they fight for you,” he said. “That’s how we honor this sacrifice.”
