JD Vance Defends Traditional Catholic Teaching on Immigration, Sparking Leftist Outrage
Vice President J.D. Vance defended traditional Catholic teaching regarding care for one’s own family and country before foreign immigrants, sparking leftist outrage and debate online.
During an interview on Fox News, Vance and host Sean Hannity discussed the fact that left-wing political pundits and influencers seem to care more about illegal immigrants than their fellow citizens who have been murdered or raped by illegal aliens.
“There is something very deranged in the mind of the far left in this country, where I really do think they feel more of a sense of compassion for illegal aliens who have no right to be in this country than they do for their fellow citizens,” Vance said.
“As an American leader, but also just as an American citizen, your compassion belongs first to your fellow citizens.”
“It doesn’t mean that you hate people from outside of your own borders, but there is this old school – and I think it’s a very Christian concept, by the way – you love your family, and then you love neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens in your own country and then, after that, you can focus and prioritize the rest of the world,” he explained.
“A lot of the far-left has completely inverted that, they seem to hate the citizens of their own country and care more about people outside their own borders. That is no way to run a society.”
Vance’s comments went viral on X, sparking theological discussion. Many leftist and “progressive” lay people and “theologians” slammed Vance for allegedly misrepresenting Christian teaching because they claim we are called to love everyone equally. Among those
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