Praising their dedication and service, Trump noted, “In the 1980s, Lakshmi and Radhakrishna Chilukuri immigrated from India to the United States and dedicated their lives to higher education.

JD Vance pointed, as Republicans often do, to the strong economy in 2018 and 2019 after the 2017 tax cuts were passed. Indeed, middle-class households did get tax cuts and take-home pay did rise.