Trump’s running mate was raised in poverty but he is typical of a new wave of elite politicians
Donald Trump is introduced alongside the Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance at the party’s national convention in Milwaukee on 16 July.Donald Trump is introduced alongside the Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance at the party’s national convention in Milwaukee on 16 July.
An elite voice who understood the realities of working-class life, Vance became, for mainstream commentators, one of “us” who could speak about “them”, a guide to what many consider a mysterious species: poor white people living precarious lives., Vance chastises white workers as once he criticised Trump: for blaming everyone else for their problems but never looking to themselves.
If Vance draws on traditional conservative tropes, his ascension to the top of the Republican party shows also how much has changed within a party that worshipped Reaganism, neoliberalism and corporate power. “We need a leader who’s not in the pocket of big business,”That shift was emphasised by perhaps the most significant moment of the convention – not Trump’s coronation or Vance’s elevation but the, president of the Teamsters, the first address by a union leader to the RNC.
Conservatives, eager to demand that individuals take moral responsibility for their predicaments, often ignore the social constraints and themselves obstruct collective action. Vance has introduced legislation toDespite his own underclass to upper-class personal story, Vance is also wary of too much social mobility, which implies movement not only “to a theoretically better life” but also “away from something” that is socially significant.
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