Vance did not directly say the words "it is totally reasonable and acceptable for American citizens to look at their nextdoor neighbors and say, 'I want to live next to people I have something in common with' and not live next to people who 'don't speak the same language that I do,'" but the full statement in context revealed a sentiment that could be reasonably interpreted as identical to the one purported in the claim.
A rumor circulated online in late October 2025 that U.S. Vice President JD Vance said it was "totally reasonable and acceptable" for American citizens to want to speak the same language as their neighbors.
Social media users shared the purported quote on X (archived), Instagram (archived) and Facebook (archived), with some including a video of Vance and at least one calling the statement a "racist dog whistle."
One Instagram user posted an image with text reading (archived): "JD Vance says it's 'totally reasonable and acceptable for American citizens to look at their nextdoor neighbors and say, 'I want to live next to people I have something in common with' and not live next to people who 'don't speak the same language that I do.'"
Similarly, one X user who shared the footage wrote: "JD Vance says it's 'totally reasonable' to not want to live next to people who speak another language."
The clip came from an interview on the New York Post podcast "Pod Force One with Miranda Devine" that was published on YouTube on Oct. 29, 2025. Vance's comments in question began at the 27:36 mark, where he discussed the rising cost of rent in relation to immigration.
While the vice president did not directly say that "it is totally reasonable and acceptable for American citizens to look at their nextdoor neighbors and say, 'I want to live next to people I have something in common with' and not live next to people who 'don't speak the same language that I do,'" the full quote in context declared a sentiment that could be reasonably interpreted as identical to the allegation in the claim. Therefore, we have rated this claim as mostly true.
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The vice president's full statement went as follows (emphasis in bold ours):
You have, let's say, a family of five that you've known for five years, 10 years, moves out of the house. Is actually evicted from the house because there are people who are going to pay more for rent. And then what happens is 20 people move into a three-bedroom house. 20 people from a totally different culture, totally different ways of interacting.
Again, we can respect their dignity while also being angry at the Biden administration for letting that situation happen and recognizing that their next door neighbors are going to say, "Well, wait a second. What is going on here? I don't know these people. They don't speak the same language that I do."
And because there are 20 in the house next door, it's a little bit rowdier than it was when there was just a family of four, a family of five. It is totally reasonable and acceptable for American citizens to look at their next door neighbors 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 that we had an immigration system that actually promoted that division is a real, real disgrace of the Biden administration.
Therefore, although Vance did not specifically phrase his words in the way social media users had claimed, his remarks did echo the essence of what was claimed.
In addition to spreading widely on social media, news media outlets like HuffPost and USA Today reported on the vice president's podcast appearance. The HuffPost headline read: "JD Vance: 'Totally Acceptable' To Want Neighbors Who 'Speak The Same Language.'"
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