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Vice President JD Vance told a Turning Point USA audience Wednesday that Republicans shouldn’t fear using federal power, arguing the left has already weaponized it in the past.

Vance was responding to a question from an audience member at the University of Mississippi, also known as "Ole Miss," who asked whether Republicans risk "abusing that power" if they use the federal government aggressively when governing.

"We cannot be afraid to do something because the left might do it in the future," Vance said. "The left is already going to do it, regardless of whether we do it. That is the takeaway of the last 40 years."

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