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‘We will be the biggest defenders of religious liberty and the rights of conscience …’
Editor's Note: Vice President JD Vance spoke to hundreds at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Feb. 28, 2025. Please find the full transcript of the entire speech below. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I came here last year as a very young senator not knowing how much my life would change, and I'm thankful to God — but also thankful to the friendship of the people in this room for helping us get there, because I think that we have turned a new page in Washington, D.C., and we are going to take advantage of the opportunity that God has given us.
So I want to say a couple of words just about Trump administration policy because, while you're certainly not always going to agree with everything that we do in President Trump's administration, I feel very confident in saying that between protecting the rights of pro-life protesters, between ensuring that we have an opportunity to protect the rights of the unborn in the first place, and importantly, protecting the religious liberty of all people — but in particular, Catholics — I think that we can say that President Trump, though not a Catholic himself, has been an incredibly good president for Catholics in the United States of America.
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Editor's Note: Vice President JD Vance spoke to hundreds at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Feb. 28, 2025. Please find the full transcript of the entire speech below. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I came here last year as a very young senator not knowing how much my life would change, and I'm thankful to God — but also thankful to the friendship of the people in this room for helping us get there, because I think that we have turned a new page in Washington, D.C., and we are going to take advantage of the opportunity that God has given us.
So I want to say a couple of words just about Trump administration policy because, while you're certainly not always going to agree with everything that we do in President Trump's administration, I feel very confident in saying that between protecting the rights of pro-life protesters, between ensuring that we have an opportunity to protect the rights of the unborn in the first place, and importantly, protecting the religious liberty of all people — but in particular, Catholics — I think that we can say that President Trump, though not a Catholic himself, has been an incredibly good president for Catholics in the United States of America.
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Full Text: Vice President JD Vance at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
‘We will be the biggest defenders of religious liberty and the rights of conscience …’
