đ¨ WOW! JD Vance just CALLED OUT Microsoft for firing American workers while importing H1B labor
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 24, 2025
âThe math worries me. I don't want companies to fire 9,000 American workers and then go and say they can't find workers here in America. That's a BULLSH*T story.â đĽ pic.twitter.com/8dpAvQdASL
Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of displacing American workers through mass layoffs while relying heavily on the H-1B visa program to hire immigrants. Vance called Big Techâs approach to replacing Americans âa bullshit storyâ at an event on Wednesday.
Vice President JD Vance launched a scathing attack on Microsoft Wednesday, questioning the tech giantâs practice of laying off thousands of American workers while simultaneously applying for a significant number of H-1B visas to hire foreign employees. Speaking at a bipartisan event co-hosted by the Hill and Valley Forum, Vance expressed concern over the ethics and economic rationale behind such actions.
âYou see some big tech companies where theyâll lay off 9,000 workers, and then theyâll apply for a bunch of overseas visas,â Vance said. âAnd I sort of wonder; that doesnât totally make sense to me. That displacement and that math worries me a bit.â
Vance emphasized the administrationâs stance on attracting top global talent while prioritizing American workers. âWhat the president has said, he said very clearly: We want the very best and the brightest to make America their home. We want them to build great companies and so forth. But I donât want companies to fire 9,000 American workers and then to go and say, âWe canât find workers here in America.â Thatâs a bullshit story,â Vance asserted.