JD Vance

JD Vance is the vice president of the United States.

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Housing and Homeownership Policy1 sourced eventInclusive range: January 7, 2026–January 7, 2026 Racism and Racial Stereotyping1 sourced eventInclusive range: January 7, 2026–January 7, 2026

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January 7, 2026Condemned

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On November 19, 2018, Cea Weaver posted: “Impoverish the white middle class. Homeownership is racist / failed public policy.”

“He gets in there and he sounds like a total crazy person who wants to take your house away because you have the wrong skin color.”

Speaker capacity: Vice president of the United States
Editorial rationale: The statement directly rejects the appointment and portrays the policy direction as discriminatory; the quoted description is Vance’s characterization, not a literal Weaver policy quote.

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Cea Weaver’s “impoverish the white middle class” and homeownership remarks

A deleted November 2018 post attributed to New York City tenant official Cea Weaver said, “Impoverish the white middle class. Homeownership is racist / failed public policy.” The wording resurfaced after Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Weaver to lead the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. Critics called the language racist, extreme, or disqualifying; defenders emphasized Weaver’s tenant-advocacy record and argued that the backlash served real-estate interests. Weaver expressed regret for some old wording without specifically retracting this sentence.