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Excerpt from www.theblaze.com
For many Americans, the story of JD Vance’s ascent from relative poverty to the rank of corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps and to the position of U.S. senator is inspiring. His memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” informed by his struggles along the way, did after all become a bestseller as well as the basis for the Ron Howard film adaptation of the same name.
It appears that some affluent Democrats regard personal achievement of this nature and by this particular stripe of American as deplorable.
Rep. Joyce Beatty (R-Ohio) seized upon the opportunity Monday in her Democratic National Convention speech to criticize Vance — not for his legislative priorities or for his track record in Washington, D.C., but for actively pursuing greatness.
After doing her best at the outset to associate Vance with Democrats’ go-to bogeyman, Project 2025, Beatty said, “JD Vance likes to talk about how he’s from Ohio, but as soon as he could, he ran away to Yale and Silicon Valley, cozying up with billionaires while trashing our communities.”
