She's totally wrong on so many points - as many others have noted. But a key one is the idea that the Reps are not "going for the center". Horse manure. Vance, DeSantis & Trump are all aimed at the center - the media mis-labels anything normal as "far right".
J.D. Vance just won the Rep primary for Senate in Ohio, with Trump's backing. ["idiot" Trump went 55-0 in endorsements, none lost (or 50-5-0 if you count runoffs as ties)]. Vance is certainly going for working class - Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians.
Rod Dreher reprinted his 2016 interview with JD, soon after his book came out (Hillbilly Elegy).
Rod would be a good candidate for you to interview - for Christian Populism.
Family, Nation, God,.
Big issue that Briahna avoids talking about (in this except) is personal agency, being empowered to make decisions about your life that affect your life. Bernie & socialism all assume no personal power to help yourself by better lifestyle decisions. Usually unspoken is why - avoid "blaming the victim".
Vance: " We’re no longer a country that believes in human agency, and as a formerly poor person, I find it incredibly insulting. To hear Trump or Clinton talk about the poor, one would draw the conclusion that they have no power to affect their own lives. Things have been done to them, from bad trade deals to Chinese labor competition, and they need help. And without that help, they’re doomed to lives of misery they didn’t choose. " << from 2016, but still relevant.
She's totally wrong on so many points - as many others have noted. But a key one is the idea that the Reps are not "going for the center". Horse manure. Vance, DeSantis & Trump are all aimed at the center - the media mis-labels anything normal as "far right".
J.D. Vance just won the Rep primary for Senate in Ohio, with Trump's backing. ["idiot" Trump went 55-0 in endorsements, none lost (or 50-5-0 if you count runoffs as ties)]. Vance is certainly going for working class - Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians.
Rod Dreher reprinted his 2016 interview with JD, soon after his book came out (Hillbilly Elegy).
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/two-beautiful-words-senator-vance/
Rod would be a good candidate for you to interview - for Christian Populism.
Family, Nation, God,.
Big issue that Briahna avoids talking about (in this except) is personal agency, being empowered to make decisions about your life that affect your life. Bernie & socialism all assume no personal power to help yourself by better lifestyle decisions. Usually unspoken is why - avoid "blaming the victim".
Vance: " We’re no longer a country that believes in human agency, and as a formerly poor person, I find it incredibly insulting. To hear Trump or Clinton talk about the poor, one would draw the conclusion that they have no power to affect their own lives. Things have been done to them, from bad trade deals to Chinese labor competition, and they need help. And without that help, they’re doomed to lives of misery they didn’t choose. " << from 2016, but still relevant.