Vance: Socialism "hard term to define"

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Vice President JD Vance was asked about his personal definition of socialism on Thursday during a news conference on abuse and fraud in work visa programs. "It's a hard term to define these days," he told reporters. "Classically, you would think socialism is about prioritizing workers. And yet in reality, I guarantee that most of the self-described socialists running across the United States of America are going to howl about this announcement today, which is prioritizing American workers over foreign workers." "I don't know what the term means anymore," he continued. "I think in reality, what it actually means in the American context, is that you want to replace American workers with foreign workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports." The vice president said it was "ironic" that many self-described socialists "love the idea of replacing American workers with foreign workers." "Which suggests to me, it's really not about the working class, it's about their hatred of n