JD Vance roasted over his response to what he thinks socialism means

Vice President JD Vance drew widespread online mockery after offering an idiosyncratic answer when a reporter asked him to define socialism. The exchange came at a Washington, D. C. , press conference on Thursday called for another purpose: announcing that Microsoft and other technology companies would be temporarily barred from sponsoring H-1B visa holders for green cards. Vance said the program is meant to bring in top talent for jobs Americans cannot fill, but has become rife with fraud. The Independent reports that the Trump administration has also set a $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas, though a federal court case holds it up. Microsoft responded that most of its U. S. employees are American.

Asked about the rise of socialist candidates, Vance said the word is hard to define now. He argued that in the American context it amounts to favoring foreign workers over citizens and letting boys join girls' sports teams. The Independent notes that dictionary definitions center on collective or government ownership of production, and that Republicans have been branding Democrats socialist or communist ahead of the November midterms.

Journalists Mehdi Hasan, Dan Schafer and Shadi Hamid objected to his framing.

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