“America is not just an idea. America is a nation.” That was J.D. Vance’s big applause line at the National Conservatism (NatCon) conference last month. That theme seamlessly transferred over to his speech at the RNC after being named the Vice Presidential nominee. Josh Hawley’s NatCon speech used similar language: “Since the days of the city-state, the republican tradition has always viewed self-government as a project bound to a particular place, practiced by citizens loyal to that place and loyal to the way of life they share together.”
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