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Cat Ladies Are J.D. Vance’s ‘Deplorables’
Vance is guilty of the same campaign don’t Hillary Clinton committed when she called half of Trump’s supporters “a basket of deplorables,” writes Oliver Wiseman. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Why the VP candidate’s comments are coming back to haunt him.
By Oliver Wiseman
07.29.24 — U.S. Politics
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Oliver Wiseman

Oliver Wiseman is a senior editor and writer for The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.

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