Vice President JD Vance returned to his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, on Friday and used the backdrop of a steel mill where his grandfather once worked to highlight new investment in American manufacturing.<\/p>\n
Vance shared his remarks in a post on X<\/a>, saying he was proud to return to the same steel mill where his \u201cPapaw\u201d worked for decades to support his family.<\/p>\n \u201cReturning today as the Vice President of the United States, standing in the exact steel mill where my Papaw worked for decades to put food on the table, I couldn\u2019t help but feel immense pride,\u201d Vance wrote.<\/p>\n He said the investment coming to Middletown reflected the Trump administration\u2019s economic agenda and its focus on domestic manufacturing.<\/p>\n \u201cThanks to President Trump\u2019s economic agenda that puts America First, the future of the United States is not going to be sold out to the highest foreign bidder,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThe future of American industry and manufacturing is going to be built in towns all across these great United States.\u201d<\/p>\n At the same podium, Vance also spoke about the story of Kevin Flanagan, a computer programmer whose death has become part of Vance\u2019s broader criticism of companies moving American jobs overseas or requiring workers to train foreign replacements.<\/p>\n According to Vance, Flanagan was working as a computer programmer at a Bank of America training center in 2003 when he was laid off. Vance said Flanagan was told he would receive his severance package only after training a foreign worker who would take over his job.<\/p>\n