Vice President JD Vance spoke at The Heritage Foundation Tuesday before the private premiere of a new docuseries from Angel Studios based on author Rod Dreher’s book “Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents,” which tells the story of Soviet Union-era Christian dissidents.
“I would not be standing here were it not for Rod Dreher,” said the vice president, noting how a viral interview with Dreher helped his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” become a bestseller.
Below is a lightly edited transcript of Vance’s remarks.
Thanks, Kevin [Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation] for that very kind introduction, and of course, for your leadership and stewardship of this incredible organization, which has been such an important part of the conservative conversation—and when we get the opportunity—of conservative governance in the United States of…
