The vice president discussed the Trump administration’s revolution against the unworkable state of affairs and orthodoxies that have left many Americans sick, censored, poor, and behind. He joined with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the Make America Healthy Again summit on Wednesday. The vice president noted that the dire health and social conditions in Appalachia, with Vance’s success serving as a “tragic reminder of the lost potential of almost everybody else in Appalachia.” “Their loved ones are dying much sooner than everybody else,” said Kennedy. The HHS secretary dubbed Vance a “golden child of Appalachia” but he emphasized his firsthand familiarity with the bleak conditions experienced by so many in the region, noting that he was hard-pressed to identify a single important male family figure who lived past the age of 70. Vance noted that while on the one hand, he feels guilty that so many of his fellow Appalachians have not enjoyed the opportunities for economic and familial stability that he has enjoyed, he also feels “a great sense of anger because we never should have gotten to the point that we are today, and the reason that we have is because of failed leadership — and it’s failed leadership over generations.” The vice president stressed that one of the reasons he strongly supports Kennedy’s health initiatives is because therein lies a major opportunity to do right by Appalachian residents who have been “left behind by this country’s leadership.”
Vice President JD Vance Addresses Health Crisis in Appalachia at ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Summit
