It happens in journalism and it happens in the arts. But in Congress – where just 2% of representatives held blue-collar or service-industry jobs before entering politics – it’s rampant.
Vance did come from a troubled family. His mother was – like so many Americans, whether they’re poor, middle class or rich – addicted to painkillers. In the book, Vance searches for an explanation for his traumatic relationship with his mother, before hitting on the perfect explanation: His mother’s addiction was a consequence of the fact that her parents were “hillbillies.”
The reality – one that Vance only subtly acknowledges in his memoir – is that he is not poor. Nor is he a hillbilly. He grew up firmly in Ohio’s middle class.
It works on trump, because he doesn’t know hillbillies.
The hillbillies like trump, because he matches their idea of a powerful smart business man
But picking Vance to cater to them is fucking stupid. You can’t fool an actual hillbilly with a fake hillbilly. Trump ironically would have been better off doubling down and getting one of his kids as VP.
I’ve always referred to the town I come from as a toothless hillbilly meth town. However, I guess I should probably replace the word hillbilly with redneck because, while parts of my family definitely descended from the hills in Appalachia, we were just dirt poor rural folks in Texas.
It works on trump, because he doesn’t know hillbillies.
The hillbillies like trump, because he matches their idea of a powerful smart business man
But picking Vance to cater to them is fucking stupid. You can’t fool an actual hillbilly with a fake hillbilly. Trump ironically would have been better off doubling down and getting one of his kids as VP.
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To be fair, his mother raised a piece of shit
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I’ve always referred to the town I come from as a toothless hillbilly meth town. However, I guess I should probably replace the word hillbilly with redneck because, while parts of my family definitely descended from the hills in Appalachia, we were just dirt poor rural folks in Texas.