Saurabh Sharma says Vance is “right” and is “telling the truth about mass migration”
Saurabh SharmaConservative activist and American Moment co-founder who was named a White House special assistant in January 2025, posting on X from an account he describes as personal
Saurabh Sharma, co-founder of American Moment, quote-posted a clip of Vance’s sentence about being called racist for noticing the country becoming dirtier, writing “He’s right”, and that no amount of “crying and screaming and wailing and gnashing of teeth” will stop Vance from “telling the truth about mass migration”.
Responding to
The United States was becoming dirtier, poorer, less safe, and less prosperous.
“He’s right, and no amount of crying and screaming and wailing and gnashing of teeth is going to get him to stop telling the truth about mass migration.”
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Where this statement fits
Was JD Vance right to call America “dirtier”?
At the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on September 10, 2026, Vice President JD Vance said supporters had been called racist for noticing that the country was becoming “dirtier and poorer and less safe and less prosperous.” The case documents the statement, its immediate context, and attributed interpretations of its meaning.
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Post from Sharma’s verified X account, which describes itself as a personal account. It quotes a video clip of Vance’s sentence, “And we were tired of being called racist for noticing that our country was becoming dirtier,” posted by Acyn.
Before the quotation
Sharma quote-posted a video clip, posted by Acyn, of Vance saying: “And we were tired of being called racist for noticing that our country was becoming dirtier.”
After the quotation
The post came two days after the speech.
How this statement is classified
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Why this label?
Relative to Vance’s statement that supporters had been called racist for noticing the country becoming dirtier, Sharma says Vance is “right” and is “telling the truth about mass migration”. That defends the statement and ties it to immigration, so “Defended or excused” fits; he offers no qualification that would make another label closer.
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Eddie Glaude says Vance is "tired of being called a racist" but "not necessarily tired of being racist"
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Nicole Collier says Vance’s remark is “solidifying his name as a racist”
“He didn’t say he wasn’t racist. He just said he’s tired of being called racist. … And it’s so hypocritical for him to make these kind of comments. I mean, he’s married to a woman that has a family from another country. They have a culture that’s different. And yet he’s trying to say our country is tired of people that are dirtier. Who is that? … So, you know, this is not solidifying his future for president. It’s solidifying his name as a racist.”Read statement
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The Dispute Index. "Saurabh Sharma says Vance is “right” and is “telling the truth about mass migration”". First published: 2026-09-24. Last updated: 2026-09-24. https://disputeindex.com/events/2176-saurabh-sharma-co-founder-of-american-moment-quote