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Jen D. Clark's avatar

He does not represent “hillbillies” either. A lot of us with Appalachian roots know the reason some of us were able to not be or stay or fall into poverty- we had a network of family and community who were a safety net for help financially, support for addiction or mental illness issues, etc. Some did not have that network and the government resources were laughable and underfunded for those who are low income. Addiction is an illness that changes a person’s brain chemistry. Poverty feeds the addiction cycle, with lacking nutrition and healthcare.

Mr. Vance has also echoed some racist great replacement theory nonsense. He is a true politician- changing his tune as soon as his party wants to leave him behind. He now touts the Mussolini Wanna Be as the man who showed us government corruption- no, he showed us his own corruption in his actions. And corruption in government is when a court is stacked and bribed in such a way as to make a ruling that a president is just a step below a divine right king in their actions- almost total immunity. When billionaires, corporations and religious extremists join forces- democracy is in danger.

Get out and vote and read as much as you can about Project 2025. And tell others about THAT corruption of government. Some of the agendas in that document are so extreme- I know some Republicans who would not be on board with it. Some of them even lack any common sense or practicality to carry out in a huge country like the US.

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Larry Huber's avatar

This may seem totally unrelated, but what in the name of everything good in life are they teaching in Law Schools that so many graduates enter politics and blaze a trail of destruction, taking no prisoners, and imposing such arcane measures to make life insufferable for the majority of citizens?

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