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Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest, Dec. 21, 2025

December 21, 2025 · The White House · 0:34:25

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What happened

Vice President JD Vance delivered the closing-era address at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona on December 21, 2025, introduced by Erika Kirk. The speech was built around her late husband: “For Charlie, we will speak the truth every single day. For Charlie we will rebuild this United States of America to greatness. We will never cower, even when staring down the barrel of a gun.” Vance described his own days after the assassination — watching the videos, researching, staying up nights — before describing what steadied him.

He argued that “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,” adding explicitly: “I’m not saying you have to be a Christian to be an American. I’m saying something simpler and truer.” On the movement: “People of every faith come to our banner because they know that the America First movement will make their lives better… if you love America, if you want all of us to be richer, stronger, safer, and prouder, you have a home on this team.” He closed the economic case with the administration’s claims as he stated them: gas prices at their lowest in years, inflation at half the prior level, net negative migration, and real wages growing.

Why it matters

AmericaFest 2025 was the movement’s first gathering after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and this is the Vice President’s set-piece address to it: the tribute, the Christian-nation argument with its stated qualifier, and the open-door framing of America First. This chronicle files it on the Elections & Governance hub.

Scoreboard watch

Scoreboard watch: the Vice President’s dated economic claims as stated at the event — inflation halved, gas prices at multi-year lows, net negative migration — are checkable markers. Noted for the scoreboard editor; no entry is published from this page.

Sources: The White House, “Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at Turning Point USA’s America Fest,” Phoenix, AZ, December 21, 2025 (official upload, embedded above). All characterizations as stated by the Vice President in the address.