Richardson Claims JD Vance Blood and Soil Nationalism Rejects American Founding Principles

What was said

"When you have somebody like J.D. Vance coming in and saying, 'No, no, no, this is all about what God says or what race says or any of these systems that are based not in natural law, but rather in human prejudices or divine inspiration,' that is not only a rejection of sort of the surface level of these are our rights, It's a rejection of the entire enterprise of human self-determination."

Richardson argued that Vance's Claremont Institute speech promoting blood and soil nationalism over creedal principles represents a fundamental rejection of American founding ideals. She stated Vance's critique of the Declaration of Independence as over-inclusive attacks the Enlightenment concept that humans can construct social systems based on observable natural laws rather than race or divine mandate.