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“I believe the devil is real and that he works terrible things in our society. That’s a crazy conspiracy theory to a lot of very well-educated people in this country right now.”
— J.D. Vance, GOP vice presidential nominee, in a 2021 private speech to a young conservative group backed by Leonard Leo.
ProPublica obtained a copy of the speech, in which Vance praises Alex Jones as a truth-teller and advocates for standing up for “nonconventional people.”
