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Shillbilly Elegy: How JD Vance Became a Winning Spokesman for MAGA's Darkest Machinations

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68% Informative

JD Vance emerged as a media darling with Hillbilly Elegy , his best-selling 2016 memoir of growing up poor in Ohio .

On the campaign trail, he proved himself a formidable operator for Donald Trump , be it in media interviews, debates, and social media shitposts.

He is clearly positioning himself as one of the future torchbearers of the MAGA movement.

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68

Informative language

63

Neutral language

48

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

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