JD Vance claimed his ancestors built the US with their bare hands, and the internet begged to differ – 15 fact-checks

Oonagh Keating. Updated April 17th, 2025

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Sympathetic to things here, but US was intentionally not meant to be only 4 children of ur “ancestors built with their bare hands”. It was built by waves of immigrants, many of which were looked down on at the time, e.g. Italians, Germans, Irish, Jews (), Chinese, Indians.

— Max Kesin (@nlpnyc) April 16, 2025

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One more thing: notice how JD Vance believes his immigrant-ancestors built the country “with their bare hands,” whereas today’s immigrants are criminal invaders who like to devour their neighbors’ pets. What’s the word for that worldview? https://t.co/9kjvSGjn4u

— Adam Gaffney (@awgaffney) April 16, 2025

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You mean MY ancestors!!!

Fixed it for ya buddy and take off all that damn eyeliner.

— Sheree’ Woke AF (@ShereeWokeAF) April 16, 2025

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Which ancestors were those, JD?

— Laurie Sanders (@LaurquiW) April 16, 2025

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Willing to self deport if JD Vance can show evidence that his “ancestors built this country with their bare hands”.

Talk about smug self assured bullshit.

Get your racist dog whistle bullshit out of the paint. https://t.co/32grMbB8wZ

— Ricardo Arroyo (@RicardoNArroyo) April 16, 2025

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The only things the Vance’s ever made with their own hands are moonshine and meth. https://t.co/WJwfsVfDJN

— Lord Randall of Parody (, ) (@RandallSPQR) April 16, 2025

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My ancestors built this country, too, JD. Those generations that came before didn’t expect us to squander all they built to please the whims of a criminal madman. You called him right on the money in 2016…

— Jimmy Midyette (@JimmyMidyette) April 16, 2025

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If you can take credit for the good things your ancestors did, does that mean you are also to blame for the bad things they did?

— The Alex Nowrasteh (@AlexNowrasteh) April 16, 2025

We suspect this has at least a grain of truth – but that’s between Vance and his therapist.

Not even JD Vance likes JD Vance. pic.twitter.com/Yaf87PKksO

— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) April 16, 2025

JD Vance’s bonkers nuclear claim about the UK just went wildly viral again and it’s a true measure of the intellect of Trump’s VP

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JD Vance claimed his ancestors built the US with their bare hands, and the internet begged to differ – 15 fact-checks

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We suspect this has at least a grain of truth – but that’s between Vance and his therapist.

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