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Anyone else find it rich that John claims to have a better understanding of what's going on in Springfield Ohio than JD Vance, who is the Senator that is representing these people?

Might as well say that the representative from Alaska doesn't know what she's talking about, there aren't actually that many bears up there.

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I don't think John is claiming to have a better idea of what is going on in Springfield than Vance. His claim is that Vance was lying when he talked and posted about the pet eating rumors which he knew were unsubstantiated rumors and likely untrue.

And John is right to be critical of that. Here are the best two pieces I've ready about why:

https://damonlinker.substack.com/p/something-much-darker

https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-tired-dance-of-the-demagogue

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What concrete actions has Vance taken to represent the people of Springfield that have actually helped?

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