Vance points out the 'biggest difference' between leadership of Trump, Harris during campaign stop

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, acceptable the grounds consecutive connected however erstwhile President Donald Trump's and Vice President Kamala Harris' enactment styles for America's veterans disagree during a run halt successful Johnstown, Pennsylvania, connected Saturday.

The Republican vice statesmanlike nominee's rally was held astatine JWF Industries, which supplies "Department of Defense premier contractors with reliable, on-time fabrications and sub-assemblies," according to its site.

Vance, himself a Marine veteran, asked the crowd, "When our ain citizens endure and our veterans are astatine the apical of that list, [do] you cognize what a large quality between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris [is]?"

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"Donald Trump wants to enactment American citizens and American veterans first. He thinks the authorities of this state exists to service the radical of this country, not radical who shouldn't beryllium present successful the archetypal place," said Vance. "That is 1 of the biggest differences betwixt the enactment of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris."

Vance's comments came connected the heels of a question from a newsman asking however the Trump-Vance summons would prioritize ending seasoned homelessness successful America, arsenic Pennsylvania has the fourth-highest complaint of seasoned homelessness successful the country.

Republican vice statesmanlike nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives astatine a run lawsuit astatine JWF Industries, Saturday, successful Johnstown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

In precocious August, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it would grant implicit $800 cardinal nationwide successful grants done the Supportive Services for Veteran Families and Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem programs, with $17 cardinal of the wide assistance going to Pennsylvania. 

According to nonprofit Mission Roll Call, an mean of 35,574 veterans experienced homelessness per diem successful 2023. Veteran homelessness accrued 7.4% from 2022 to 2023 during the Biden administration, according to the VA.

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"Let's beryllium honorable here, $17 million," Vance said. "While it volition help, it is not astir capable to conscionable the situation of the stateless seasoned colonisation successful this country.

"These guys went disconnected to war. Some of them came backmost with wounds, immoderate of them with wounds you cannot see. But each of them came backmost with the pridefulness that they served their state and did what our state asked them to do," helium added. "How disgraceful is it that millions of our veterans are getting near down successful immoderate signifier oregon another, and thousands of them are homeless? When we're housing amerciable aliens successful first-class hotels, it's a disgrace."

In New York City alone, 119 migrant shelters contracted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are hotels and motels. An further 38 hotels are contracted done antithetic agencies.

Republican vice statesmanlike nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives astatine a run lawsuit astatine JWF Industries successful Johnstown, Pa., Saturday. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Veterans 4 America First Institute (V4AF), a self-described grassroots argumentation enactment and nonprofit, responded to Vance's comments connected Trump and Harris' differing approaches toward veterans.

"Senator Vance is 100% correct, much needs to beryllium done for our stateless veterans, particularly astatine a clip nether VP Harris erstwhile the Department of Veterans Affairs dropped the shot arsenic seasoned homelessness went up implicit 7% past year," Darin Selnick, V4AF laminitis and Air Force veteran, told Fox News Digital. 

"Meanwhile, the VA gives peculiar treatment to amerciable immigrants by processing and paying their ICE medical claims and to peculiar interests implicit veterans, specified arsenic what is happening astatine the West L.A. field where VA has turned its backmost connected stateless veterans portion giving amerciable leases to UCLA, Brentwood School and an lipid company," continued Selnick.  

The VA was precocious ruled against during a lawsuit successful Los Angeles aft it had been discovered that the enactment had "quietly sold off" onshore deeded successful 1888 arsenic an Old Soldiers' Home to backstage interests alternatively of gathering lodging units for veterans.

Republican vice statesmanlike nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, gestures portion speaking astatine a run lawsuit Saturday. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., introduced a measure past December that would artifact VA backing for amerciable immigrants nationwide called the "No VA Resources for Illegal Aliens Act" aft reports came retired of the DHS utilizing VA backing for amerciable migrants successful ICE detention.

Selnick added: "It is clip for VP Harris to locomotion the locomotion alternatively of conscionable talking, and to bash what is close for veterans alternatively of utilizing veterans arsenic a political prop."

The Republican National Committee's authoritative level for 2024 includes a subsection titled "Take Care of Our Veterans," saying, "Republicans volition extremity luxury lodging and Taxpayer benefits for Illegal Immigrants and usage those savings to structure and dainty stateless Veterans."

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"We volition reconstruct Trump Administration reforms to grow Veterans' Healthcare Choices, support Whistleblowers, and clasp accountable poorly performing employees not giving our Veterans the attraction they deserve," the papers continued.

Representatives for Vance and the Trump run did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.