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kentuck

(112,186 posts) Fri Jul 26, 2024, 07:13 AM Jul 26

"He's not from here.."

Paraphrasing Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky.

JD Vance tries to claim some sort of Appalachian connection because of the book he wrote, Hillbilly Elegy.

Once that fact becomes common knowledge, JD Vance will not be popular in a large swath of this country, in my opinion. That would include parts of SE Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and parts of western Pennsylvania.

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"He's not from here.." (Original Post) kentuck Jul 26 OP

He doesn't even know who he is gibraltar72 Jul 26 #1

Careful, the Appalachian purists are out EYESORE 9001 Jul 26 #2

Repubs like to ridicule those who go to 'elite eastern colleges'. keithbvadu2 Jul 26 #3

gibraltar72

(7,591 posts)

1. He doesn't even know who he is

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 07:16 AM

Jul 26

or where he's from. Changed his name 4 times and wears eyeliner.

EYESORE 9001

(27,130 posts)

2. Careful, the Appalachian purists are out

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 07:23 AM

Jul 26

those who insist that Middletown, OH isn’t Appalachia. I beg to differ with that assertion, being quite familiar with the roots of many who settled in that industrial valley. JD Rants grew up there, so he’s intimately familiar with immigrants from Appalachia proper. Personally, I can’t wait until all the people of greater Appalachia wake up to his attitude toward them.

keithbvadu2

(38,922 posts)

3. Repubs like to ridicule those who go to 'elite eastern colleges'.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 08:12 AM

Jul 26

Like JD's Yale?

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