Glenn Greenwald
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And if you're JD Vance, no matter how you end up, and you know, I had a working class background as well.
I'm not comparing it to JD Vance's, but there's always a part of you.
You know, it's always something that you feel.
There's always a little bit of resentment in you that you grew up in a certain way and didn't have things that a lot of other people had.
And I think that is a prerequisite for being successful in American politics, given how much the establishment is hated in general.
they really have dug their own grave.
And it was so obvious in 2024 what that grave was, which was they were between, you know, they were faced with two awful choices.
Either they went with Kamala Harris, who they, you know, everybody, it was a consensus
Until the day she became the nominee that she was one of the all-time worst politicians.
Every time she opened her mouth, she embarrassed herself.
Everybody understood that.
Everybody knew that.
Her 2020 campaign was a complete disaster.
She had every advantage and couldn't even make it to the first primary.
And then, of course, as soon as she becomes nominee, everybody just...
in the media comes together and says, oh no, this is one of the most exciting candidates ever.
Look, Charlie X or XC or whoever is like brat summer.
And this was gonna take her over the line of victory.
But everyone in the democratic party knew she was a terrible candidate.
The problem was they couldn't pass over her even though she was second in line because black women are an important part of their base.