JD Vance: ‘Totally Acceptable’ To Want Neighbours Who ‘Speak The Same Language’

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/690269341800007ca7fe49db.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="US Vice President JD Vance departs following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. " data-caption="US Vice President JD Vance departs following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. " data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Bloomberg via Getty Images" />US Vice President JD Vance departs following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. </div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>Appearing on a right-wing New York Post columnist’s podcast, Vice President JD Vance <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/29/us-news/vance-calls-rubio-my-best-friend-in-the-administration-despite-2028-ticket-talk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">spen</a>t part of the hour-long episode on immigration, casting aside traditional notions of the American cultural melting pot.</p><p>Vance agreed with host Miranda Divine when she said it “creates division and hatred” for people of other cultural backgrounds to move into a neighbourhood after he gave an example in which “20 people” price out US citizens by moving into “a three-bedroom house.” </p><p>“Their next-door neighbors are going to say, ‘Wait a second, what is going on here? I don’t know these people. They don’t speak the same language that I do,’” Vance said.</p><p>He went on to add: “It is totally reasonable and acceptable for American citizens to look at their next-door neighbours and say, ‘I want to live next to people who I have something in common with. I don’t want to live next to four families of strangers.’ And the fact th