'A good thing': J.D. Vance breaks with Trump to praise 'increases in the minimum wage'

Vice President J.D. Vance highlighted the benefits of raising the minimum wage during a Washington, D.C., speech.

While speaking at the American Dynamism Summit on Tuesday, Vance told the tech-savvy crowd that low labor costs stifle innovation.

"Cheap labor is fundamentally a crutch, and it's a crutch that inhibits innovation," he said. "I might even say that it's a drug that too many American firms got addicted to. Now, if you can make a product more cheaply, it's far too easy to do that rather than to innovate."

"Now...