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JD Vance

also referred to as: j.d. vance

28 statements across 15 episodes · 15 bullish · 5 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Jul 22, 2022 by David Sacks · said 254 times in 57 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

On the record as a speaker too: JD Vance's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (153), David Sacks (35), Chamath Palihapitiya (14), David Friedberg (10), Ben Shapiro (6), Mark Cuban (5), Andrew Schulz (5), Scott Bessent (3)

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2026 11 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
2025 104 mentions in 26 episodes 4 per episode
2024 135 mentions in 22 episodes 6 per episode
2022 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode

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Jul 22, 2022 positive
Opinion
David Sacks says working-class populism represents the future of the Republican Party
“The reason why I support JD and Blake for that matter is they are, they represent this more populist, working class wing of the Republican Party, and they're dragging the Republican Party in a more working class direction. I think that's the future of the part…”
David Sacks Jul 22, 2022 ▶ 5:20 E88: First principle politics, China chaos & outlook, state of private/public markets & more
Jul 22, 2022 bullish
Prediction Held up
David Sacks predicts JD Vance election win amid November 2022 red wave
“JD's already won the primaries and I expect he will win. I mean, it's gonna be, I think a red wave in November and Ohio is a pretty red state these days.”
David Sacks Jul 22, 2022 ▶ 2:40 E88: First principle politics, China chaos & outlook, state of private/public markets & more
Jul 19, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Thiel made record $15M Senate campaign donation for Vance
“Teal backed him with, I think, the largest Senate race donation in history, fifteen million.”
Jason Calacanis Jul 19, 2024 ▶ 44:19 Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service failure, Inside the RNC, VC liquidity problem
Jul 19, 2024 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: J.D. Vance will be very hard to demonize
“He's going to be very hard to demonize.”
David Sacks Jul 19, 2024 ▶ 47:03 Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service failure, Inside the RNC, VC liquidity problem
Jul 19, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Sacks: J.D. Vance is one of Lina Khan's few Republican fans
“JD Vance has been relatively positive towards Lena Kahn. He's one of Lena Kahn's few Republican fans”
David Sacks Jul 19, 2024 ▶ 1:09:54 Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service failure, Inside the RNC, VC liquidity problem
Jul 19, 2024 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Vance selection guarantees MAGA platform continues for years
“It was a legacy pick because it means that this America first MAGA message Is gonna continue into the future, many years into the future.”
David Sacks Jul 19, 2024 ▶ 50:56 Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service failure, Inside the RNC, VC liquidity problem
Jul 26, 2024 neutral
Opinion
Sacks: Neoconservatism is losing out to populism in the Republican Party
“I would already say that Fox News has a market position problem, which is that Ruber is very much a neocon and neoconservatism is on the way out in the Republican party in favor of a more populist conservatism that you see with Trump or now his running mate JD…”
David Sacks Jul 26, 2024 ▶ 44:56 Mag 7 sell-off, Wiz rejects Google, UBI, Kamala in, China's nuclear buildout, Sacks responds to PG
Sep 10, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Vance: Introduced Senate legislation to tax remittances sent abroad
“I've got a piece of legislation in the United States Senate that we've got a lot of colleagues who have signed up for it, which would tax remittances, right?”
JD Vance Sep 10, 2024 ▶ 34:04 JD Vance | All-In Summit 2024
Sep 10, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Vance discloses he was a seed investor in Anduril
“I was a seed investor in Anduril.”
JD Vance Sep 10, 2024 ▶ 14:45 JD Vance | All-In Summit 2024
Sep 10, 2024
What-if
Vance says he would have requested alternative elector slates on Jan 6
“I would have asked the states to submit alternative slates of electors and let the country have the debate about what actually matters and what kind of an election that we have in these important states.”
JD Vance Sep 10, 2024 ▶ 10:05 JD Vance | All-In Summit 2024
Sep 13, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Thiel confirms he will not donate money in the 2024 election
“I am still Very strongly pro-Trump, pro pro-JD. I've decided not to donate any money politically, but I'm supporting them in every other way every other way possible.”
Peter Thiel Sep 13, 2024 ▶ 1:35 Peter Thiel: The Coming Collapse No One Is Prepared For
Sep 24, 2024 positive
Opinion
Sinema: JD Vance is unbothered by disagreements on policy issues
“What I really appreciate about JD is that it doesn't bother him that we don't agree on everything.”
Kyrsten Sinema Sep 24, 2024 ▶ 1:15 Senator Kyrsten Sinema | All-In Summit 2024
Oct 18, 2024 neutral
Opinion
Sacks: Persuadable voters without TDS do not care about election certification
“No one who is persuadable, who doesn't have TDS cares about that topic anymore.”
David Sacks Oct 18, 2024 ▶ 9:32 Dueling Presidential interviews, SpaceX’s big catch, Robotaxis, Uber buying Expedia?, Nuclear NIMBY
Dec 25, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath predicts JD Vance will lead the post-Trump Republican Party
“My political surprise is J.D. Vance. I don't think if this works out properly there will be a Republican party the way that you normally knew it. I think it is a MAGA party. And I think that JD Vance has the potential to become the standard bearer past Trump, …”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 25, 2024 ▶ 31:22 The All-In Holiday Spectacular
Jan 4, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg predicts pro-war neoconservatives will lose influence to Vance and Musk
“I'm going to predict the pro war neocons who are going to go Head to head with the JD Vance and Elons and others of the world, and I think that they're gonna lose, and I think that there's gonna be this kind of big crack in the establishment of this neocon mov…”
David Friedberg Jan 4, 2025 ▶ 11:12 2025 Predictions: Tech, Business, Media, Politics!
Jan 20, 2025 negative
Opinion
Akash Singh: J.D. Vance lacks public charisma
“Yeah, J.D. Vance, I don't think is like, I just, to me, he doesn't have any charisma, really. I'm not grabbed by him when he talks.”
Akash Singh Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 20:54 All-In Inauguration Day Livestream with the Besties from Washington, DC!
Feb 15, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks: I take zero credit for JD Vance's Paris AI speech
“The vice president wrote the speech or at least directed all of it. So the ideas came from him. I'm not gonna take any credit whatsoever for this.”
David Sacks Feb 15, 2025 ▶ 25:03 JD Vance's AI Speech, Techno-Optimists vs Doomers, Tariffs, AI Court Cases with Naval Ravikant
Feb 15, 2025 positive
Opinion
Chamath Palihapitiya compares JD Vance's tech speech with Kamala Harris's performance
“I think that JD was focused, he was precise, he was ambitious, and even the part of the press that was very supportive of Kamala couldn't find a lot of very positive things to say about her, and the feedback was It was meandering. She was ducking questions. Sh…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Feb 15, 2025 ▶ 38:18 JD Vance's AI Speech, Techno-Optimists vs Doomers, Tariffs, AI Court Cases with Naval Ravikant
Mar 15, 2025 positive
Opinion
Schulz: JD Vance has high emotional intelligence and political ambition
“If you want to talk about like power plays, you got to watch out for JD. That guy's a, that guy's high emotional intelligence.”
Andrew Schulz Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 1:32:05 Fixing the American Dream with Andrew Schulz
Jul 23, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Vance: US labor productivity is flatlining, challenging AI job-loss fears
“If the robots were coming to take all of our jobs, you would see labor productivity skyrocketing in this country, but you actually see labor productivity flatlining.”
JD Vance Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 17:50 Winning the AI Race Part 2: Vice President JD Vance
Jul 23, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
JD Vance: The US has more bank tellers today than in the 1970s
“What actually happened is we have more bank tellers now than we did in the 19 seventies. They do slightly different jobs, and they're more productive, and they earn higher wages”
JD Vance Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 18:26 Winning the AI Race Part 2: Vice President JD Vance
Jul 23, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
JD Vance: US employment rate for college-educated STEM graduates is declining
“The college-educated employment rate for STEM graduates in this country seems to be declining.”
JD Vance Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 18:53 Winning the AI Race Part 2: Vice President JD Vance
Jul 23, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Vance: Foreign leader proposed non-European NATO alternative using US tech stack
“A foreign leader came to me relatively recently, this is actually last week small country, but very important country strategically, very good ally of the United States, and basically pitched me On creating a NATO alternative outside of Europe, but where count…”
JD Vance Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 13:11 Winning the AI Race Part 2: Vice President JD Vance
Jul 23, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Vance: AI will drive a food revolution yielding more food on less land
“I think it's going to lead to a new food revolution where we can grow a lot more food. On a lot less land.”
JD Vance Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 8:51 Winning the AI Race Part 2: Vice President JD Vance
Jul 23, 2025 negative
Opinion
Vance: Growing the U.S. economy via cheap imported labor is a dead end
“When we try to grow our economy, frankly, through importing cheap labor, that I think is a dead end.”
JD Vance Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 9:17 Winning the AI Race Part 2: Vice President JD Vance
Jul 23, 2025
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Vance predicts US will see net negative immigration in 2025
“I think in 2025, we will have the first net negative immigration number in about 50 or 60 years in the United States”
JD Vance Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 2:46 Winning the AI Race Part 2: Vice President JD Vance
Aug 1, 2025 positive
Opinion
Calacanis: Vance's youth and debate willingness make him the ideal politician
“I'm in like with Trump. I'm in love with JD because he's young, he's opinionated, and he likes to mix it up.”
Jason Calacanis Aug 1, 2025 ▶ 24:54 Trump AI Speech & Action Plan, DC Summit Recap, Hot GDP Print, Trade Deals, Altman Warns No Privacy
Jan 13, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Carolla predicts Trump economic gains will deliver a conservative 2028 victory
“I think Trump's fiscal stuff is going to kick in in the new year, and I think people are going to start reaping the benefits of that, and I think if that happens, and gas is cheap, and interest rates are down, and home ownership is up, and employment is up, th…”
Adam Carolla Jan 13, 2026 ▶ 1:04:44 Adam Carolla on California’s Collapse: Fires, Failed Leadership, and Gyno-Fascism
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