What Democrats Don’t Understand About J.D. Vance

Elaine Godfrey: “He can squeeze Trumpism through his own post-liberal-populist tube and produce something that looks like a coherent ideology.”

“Whereas Democrats are fond of mocking Vance for being socially awkward, Trump’s supporters see him as their very own Pete Buttigieg: a man with a theory of the case who is eager to defend it both on television and in real life. He is the sharp TV-sound-bite counterweight to Trump’s rambling rally speech.”