Vice President JD Vance‘s anti-H-1B stance makes him immensely unpopular in Silicon Valley which has been hugely dependent on the import of skilled workers from foreign countries. Daily Mail has reported a recent episode where the tension was palpable as the vice president was running late while Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang were on stage at the America.gov launch speaking about their new AI-powered platform. Their chat extended by 30 minutes of the scheduled time and Vance was at the backstage. The Daily Mail report claimed that Vance started yelling at his communications staff and they should get Must and Huang off the stage. Citing four sources, the report claimed that Vance dropped an ‘F’ bomb as he scolded his staff. The staff then had to remind the event organizers that Vance is the Vice President and he was running about 30 minutes behind for a MAHA summit with RFK Jr.Musk and Huang were wrapping up and soon Vance was on the stage for his fireside chat with Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb — running behind the schedule.
‘Complete fabrication’
JD Vance’s deputy chief of staff William Martin said he was there and that the account of Vance losing his cool and then cursing was a complete fabrication. Martin added that events like this in Washington run behind schedule and have complicated logistics– implying that the situation was not extraordinary enough to lead to the Vice President’s meltdown, as he’s well prepared for such exigencies.The Daily Mail report, however, connected his ‘debunked’ meltdown with his growing unpopularity with Silicon Valley. Though Silicon Valley venture capitalists were behind Vance’s rise, his plan with the H-1B visa program does not make him an ally of the tech world as he said he would like to abolish the H-1B visa program.JD Vance is also keeping things dubious now after months of intense speculation that he and Marco Rubio are the top two contenders for the presidential role. At CBS News’ recent town hall, he hinted that he may not run for president in 2028 because he now has four little kids and his wife Usha Vance never loved politics.”She loves public service,” Vance said. “I think you know you can do a lot of good in this job, and I’ve tried to do as much good as possible,” he said.
