Fact Check: JD Vance Says Reshoring American Manufacturing Is Good for the Environment

CLAIM: Former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), says reshoring American manufacturing would be a boon for the environment because the United States leads the world in clean energy.

VERDICT: True. Research has routinely shown that reshoring American manufacturing does, in fact, cut carbon emissions.

“One of the things that our Democrat friends keep talking a lot about is carbon emissions, this idea that carbon emissions drives climate change … well, let’s just say that’s true … if you believe that, what would you want to do?” Vance said at Tuesday evening’s vice presidential debate:

The answer is that you’d want to reshore as much American manufacturing as possible and you’d want to produce as much energy as possible in

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