EP 147: 'Why the Left Gets J.D. Vance Wrong'

J.D. Vance was once a liberal media darling. But in recent weeks, since Donald Trump selected him as his running mate, the Ohio senator has been the subject of almost wall-to-wall negative coverage — in both the liberal press, and on left-leaning social media. But our guest on today’s program says that Vance is a complex figure, and one we should take a closer look at. Zaid Jilani is the freelance American journalist behind the Substack newsletter The American Saga. His recent essay for Compa...