Liberal Forum

“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,” said Vice President JD Vance this week when asked to define “socialism.”

While The New Republic noted that “there are quite a few different definitions and perspectives on socialism,” none of those definitions includes anything about “boys playing in girls’ sports.” In his answer to the question, Vance – a Yale-educated lawyer – also said that socialism is “a hard term to define these days,” and said “classically, you would think socialism is about prioritizing workers.”