JD Vance urges Republican voters to 'talk to your friends' about the 'big, beautiful bill'

Vice President JD Vance urged support for Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" in Pennsylvania ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

WEST PITTSTON, Pa. — Vice President JD Vance gave an early glimpse Wednesday of the argument Republicans will make ahead of the 2026 midterm elections while touting the megabill the White House pushed through Congress.

In a 20-minute speech in northeast Pennsylvania, Vance urged the audience to become fellow evangelists for what he called the "big, beautiful bill" in conversations with family and friends.

Vance supplied the talking points he wants them to use, describing how workers at the machine shop that hosted his appearance will no longer pay taxes on overtime pay.

Vance was silent about less popular facets of what had been a nearly 900-page bill. He did not mention, for example, steep cuts to Medicaid, which provides health coverage to low-income people. A report published Wednesday in JAMA Health Forum found that the cuts could lead to 1,000 more deaths a year.

And while Vance said President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are getting “Washington spending under control,” the nation’s debt will increase by $3.3 trillion over the next decade under the legislation, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.