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True Blue American

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7. JD'S

Reply to Withywindle (Reply #5)

Thu May 13, 2021, 05:46 AM

May 2021

Book was about his dysfunctional family in Middletown.

I am here to say there were hundreds of thousands just like them who moved from the South that are nothing like his family!

As one man said,” That book and movie make us all sound like a bunch of ignorant hillbillies who voted for Trump!”

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J.D. Vance (Hillbilly Elegy) launches an exploratory committee for Ohio US Senate seat [View all] JoanofArgh May 2021 OP

It's been widely reported for months. Peter Thiel is... zaj May 2021 #1

Ugh. JoanofArgh May 2021 #3

You stole my Word! True Blue American May 2021 #6

He actually got around to launching an "exploratory committee " JoanofArgh May 2021 #4

And yes re: Tim Ryan zaj May 2021 #2

People actually FROM Appalachia have been calling him out as a poser and fraud for YEARS Withywindle May 2021 #5

JD'S True Blue American May 2021 #7

Truth doesn't sell, I am afraid. And THAT is why stereotypes persist, doing great damage. hlthe2b May 2021 #9

Where are you from in Appalachia Boydog May 2021 #10

Southwest Virginia Withywindle May 2021 #14

I'm a bookworm but I never bought his book when JoanofArgh May 2021 #11

And yet a lot of progressives promoted him as part of the StarfishSaver May 2021 #12

Don't get me started on the group of people promoting him. JoanofArgh May 2021 #15

Well, that's an appropriate name for his campaign, anyway. hlthe2b May 2021 #8

I hate this right-wing asshole and con man. Just another elitist Republican who hates poor people. AlRay May 2021 #13