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This weekend, Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona, was bustling with activity and prominent speakers, including figures such as DNI Tulsi Gabbard, Tucker Carlson, and House Speaker Mike Johnson from Louisiana’s 4th district. A particularly poignant moment was the attendance of the Target employee who faced harassment for wearing a Charlie Kirk T-shirt. The event culminated on Sunday with Vice President JD Vance delivering a powerful closing keynote address.
During his speech, Vance paid tribute to the late Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of TPUSA, who was tragically assassinated in September. Honoring Kirk’s legacy, Vance declared, “It is better to die a patriot than to live a coward,” describing Kirk’s death as a severe blow to their movement.
Vance’s speech, which extended just over thirty minutes, touched on various critical issues. One of the highlights was his acknowledgment of the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate discriminatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices within government and academia. Vance asserted that white individuals should no longer feel ashamed, a statement that resonated strongly with the audience, sparking enthusiastic applause.
Vice President JD Vance closed out Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest Sunday with a call for action, encouraging the audience to “promise” to stand for Charlie Kirk’s principles.
Vance recalled that in the days following Kirk’s assassination, he rewatched video of the incident over and over, staying up late nights, trying to search for clues and “researching conspiracy theories.”
“I owed it to Charlie,” he said, adding, “I was consumed by fear.”
🚨BREAKING: JD Vance reveals he stayed up all night digging into theories surrounding Charlie Kirk’s death.
“When my lovely wife told me to come to bed, I told her I owed it to Charlie to try to uncover every stone, and so that’s what I tried to do.”pic.twitter.com/DmB74WZ3pL
— Jack (@jackunheard) December 21, 2025
“It is better to die a patriot than to live a coward,” Vance said, adding that Kirk’s killing was a “kick in the teeth.”
The VP covered a number of topics in his speech, which was a little over half an hour long, and numerous moments stood out. Noting that the Trump administration had been dedicated to stamping out discriminatory DEI practices in government and academia, Vance said white people no longer need to feel ashamed:
Vice President JD Vance: “In the United States of America, you don’t have to apologize for being White anymore.”
— America (@america) December 21, 2025
The crowd went wild over that one.
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Vance continued, saying that America is first and foremost a Christian nation, a notion that will surely enrage leftists.
🇺🇸 Vice President JD Vance at AmericaFest:
The only thing that has truly served as an anchor of the United States of America is that we have been, and by the grace of God, we always will be, a Christian nation. pic.twitter.com/PTE51LZqd2— The Daily News (@DailyNewsJustIn) December 21, 2025
He clarified those remarks because he knew the lying media would try to demonize him:
The fake news media will twist everything that I say.
I’m not saying you have to be a Christian to be an American. I’m saying something simpler and truer. Christianity is America’s creed. The shared moral language from the Revolution, to the Civil War and beyond.
Speaking of leftists, Vance took the opportunity to mock Democrats, who seem to be in disarray and have only one unifying theme: despising Trump. We’re going to defeat them in the midterms, he vowed:
🚨 HOLY CRAP! JD Vance UNLEASHED
“You know what else unites Democrats? We are gonna KICK THEIR A*S next November and every year after that!” 🔥
CROWD: “USA! USA! USA!” 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/iwZ6uLPtsM
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 21, 2025
Let’s hope he’s right. From your lips to God’s ears, as the expression goes.
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Vance, who was endorsed for president by Erika Kirk on the conference’s first night Thursday, touched on other subjects as well, including sexuality, vaccines, and more. He described the conservative movement as being tolerant and open, and anybody could be part of it as long as they met one key requirement: “The only thing that we demand is that you be a great American patriot. And if you’re that, you’re very much on our team.”
Watch the full speech here:
Editor’s Note: President Trump and VP Vance are leading America into the “Golden Age” as Democrats try desperately to stop it.
