Remarks: JD Vance Meets with Restaurant Patrons in West Pittston, Pennsylvania - July 16, 2025

JD Vance 00:00:00-00:00:02 (3 sec)

Hey, guys. How are we doing?

Unidentified 00:00:02-00:00:03 (1 sec)

Hi.

JD Vance 00:00:03-00:00:10 (7 sec)

Good to see you everybody. Sir, how are you?

Hi.

JD Vance 00:00:11-00:00:21 (10 sec)

How you doing?

Good. How are you?

JD Vance 00:00:22-00:00:25 (3 sec)

Good? How's -- how's business today?

Hot and busy.

JD Vance 00:00:26-00:00:27 (1 sec)

Hot and busy. [Laughter; Inaudible]

Unidentified 00:00:27-00:00:27 ( sec)

Yeah.

JD Vance 00:00:27-00:00:27 ( sec)

Good. Good.

What's the special today? What's that? What's the special today? Hot dogs.

JD Vance 00:00:31-00:00:33 (1 sec)

Hot dogs. OK.

Everything on it.

JD Vance 00:00:34-00:00:34 (1 sec)

OK.

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JD Vance 00:00:35-00:00:36 (1 sec)

So, what's everything?

Mustard, onions, and chili.

JD Vance 00:00:38-00:00:44 (6 sec)

OK. That's good. What kind of chili [Inaudible] is it like Cincinnati style chili or?

I don't know [Inaudible] it has -- there's no beans in it.

JD Vance 00:00:45-00:00:45 ( sec)

No beans.

It has meat.

JD Vance 00:00:45-00:00:46 (1 sec)

More of a sauce?

It's like hundreds of gen -- like hundreds of years old.

JD Vance 00:00:51-00:00:52 (1 sec)

OK. Yeah.

Yeah.

JD Vance 00:00:52-00:00:56 (4 sec)

That's just like we do it in Cincinnati. That's great. What's your name?

Bobby.

JD Vance 00:00:57-00:01:08 (11 sec)

Bobby. Nice to meet you, Bobby. I'm going to say hello to [Inaudible] and then we'll come back and get our food. Sound good? Thank you. Sir, how are you? What's your name?

Ike

JD Vance 00:01:08-00:01:14 (6 sec)

Ike. Nice to meet you, Ike. God bless you, man. Hey, guys. How we doing? How you doing, ma'am?

Angel. Nice to meet.

JD Vance 00:01:16-00:01:18 (2 sec)

Angel, very nice to meet you.

This is Lexi.

JD Vance 00:01:18-00:01:20 (2 sec)

Hey, Lexi. How are you?

Good. How are you?

JD Vance 00:01:21-00:01:24 (3 sec)

Good. How we doing? You out of school for the summer?

Yeah.

JD Vance 00:01:25-00:01:26 (2 sec)

Yeah. Yeah. What grade are you in?

Eighth.

JD Vance 00:01:27-00:01:30 (3 sec)

Going into eighth or [Inaudible] are you excited about that?

Yeah.

JD Vance 00:01:30-00:01:36 (6 sec)

Yeah. Good. [Laughter] Uh, how's the food here? Good?

Yeah. Really good.

JD Vance 00:01:39-00:01:49 (10 sec)

That's the right answer. That's the right answer. Hey, guys. How we doing? Wait, so the special's hot dogs with everything on it?

Yeah.

JD Vance 00:01:49-00:01:50 (1 sec)

OK.

Or you can get a cheeseburger/

JD Vance 00:01:52-00:01:55 (3 sec)

We get a cheeseburger. And then we get --

[Inaudible]

JD Vance 00:01:55-00:02:02 (7 sec)

OK. We ordered ahead of time, right? I think so. What did we -- what did we order? Do you guys have cheesesteak?

[Inaudible] grilled cheese.

JD Vance 00:02:03-00:02:07 (5 sec)

OK. That's -- that's her. She's a vegetarian. OK.

And a double burger.

JD Vance 00:02:08-00:02:13 (5 sec)

And a double burger. OK. Got it. Can I get one of those hot dogs with everything on it?

Oh, yeah.

JD Vance 00:02:14-00:02:15 (1 sec)

OK.

To go?

JD Vance 00:02:16-00:02:22 (7 sec)

To go, please. Thank you. Great. How you guys doing? Thank you. Nice to meet you all. What's up, man? How you doing?

All right. How are you?

JD Vance 00:02:25-00:02:27 (3 sec)

Good [Inaudible] Mike. You play golf today?

I am. Yeah. [Laughter]

JD Vance 00:02:28-00:02:31 (3 sec)

Well, look like it. How about you?

Hey. I'm Josh.

JD Vance 00:02:32-00:02:35 (3 sec)

You playing with him, Josh?

I am.

JD Vance 00:02:36-00:02:39 (3 sec)

OK. Good. How'd you guys play?

We can play it.

JD Vance 00:02:41-00:02:44 (3 sec)

You play it? OK. Good. Where you guys headed?

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JD Vance 00:02:44-00:02:47 (3 sec)

Luxe Hill. OK. Nice. How far away is that?

Right over the river. You probably passed it.

JD Vance 00:02:49-00:02:57 (8 sec)

OK. All right. I wish I could play golf today. I've got to vice president today. [Laughter] Good to see you all. Hey. How are you?

[Inaudible]

JD Vance 00:02:57-00:02:57 ( sec)

[Inaudible]

Angela.

JD Vance 00:02:58-00:03:01 (3 sec)

Angela. Great meeting you, Angela.

Great to meet you.

JD Vance 00:03:02-00:03:05 (2 sec)

Hey, guys. How we doing?

Good.

JD Vance 00:03:06-00:03:07 (2 sec)

Semper fi, man.

Semper fi.

JD Vance 00:03:09-00:03:10 (1 sec)

How are you?

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JD Vance 00:03:10-00:03:17 (7 sec)

Oh, a Eagles fan. Here we go. [Inaudible] good to see you, man. Hey. Nice to meet you.

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JD Vance 00:03:17-00:03:33 (16 sec)

Yeah. We had, uh -- we just had an event over there, and I was talking with, uh, with a buddy of mine. A New York Times story saying I'm from the Biden administration. Let me tell you how to fix the immigration problem.

JD Vance 00:03:33-00:03:41 (8 sec)

And a buddy of mine sent it to me and said it's like a Cincinnati Bengals player telling you how to win the Super Bowl.

Oh, that's crazy. What's your -- what's your prediction?

JD Vance 00:03:44-00:03:52 (8 sec)

I think this is our year, man. I really do. And I've been saying that for, I don't know, 36 years. [Laughter] Ever since I could talk, but --

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JD Vance 00:03:52-00:03:54 (2 sec)

[Inaudible] I feel pretty good about it.

Me, too.

JD Vance 00:03:55-00:03:56 (2 sec)

OK. Good. We'll see.

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JD Vance 00:03:56-00:03:58 (1 sec)

Are you an Eagles guy --

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JD Vance 00:03:58-00:04:02 (4 sec)

Oh, really? Okay, that's awesome.

Yeah.

JD Vance 00:04:02-00:04:03 (1 sec)

What position you play?

Offensive line.

JD Vance 00:04:04-00:04:06 (2 sec)

What's the name?

Joe Clark.

JD Vance 00:04:07-00:04:09 (2 sec)

Joe Clark.

It was a long time ago.

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It's crazy.

JD Vance 00:04:17-00:04:24 (7 sec)

Compared to what they made 50 years ago. Kind of crazy.

Yeah.

JD Vance 00:04:25-00:04:28 (4 sec)

Anyway, man. Good to meet you.

Yeah.

JD Vance 00:04:29-00:04:29 ( sec)

Thank you.

All right. Good luck with you.

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So, we have a whole group of veterans [Inaudible] from, uh, [Inaudible]

JD Vance 00:04:34-00:04:36 (2 sec)

Hey, guys. How are we doing?

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JD Vance 00:04:36-00:04:42 (6 sec)

Thank you both for your service. Gentlemen, how are we doing?

[Inaudible] Vietnam.

JD Vance 00:04:44-00:04:44 ( sec)

OK.

[Inaudible] two purple hearts.

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JD Vance 00:04:45-00:04:47 (2 sec)

I love the Marines. Semper fi.

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JD Vance 00:04:47-00:04:49 (1 sec)

So, you were in Korea?

Yeah.

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Texas next month. This is great. [Inaudible] got the Medal of Honor.