Funny they should mention this. Ohio was the #3 contributor of troops to the Union Army (behind only NY, which was drafting Irishmen fresh off the boats, and Pennsylvania, which was directly invaded by Lee and was where the Battle of Gettysburg was fought). In the decades after the war, Ohio dominated the Republican Party and many of the Republican presidents between Lincoln & Hoover were from Ohio (Hayes, Garfield, McKinley, Taft, Harding). If they want to make the case that Vance looks like an American nationalist willing and able to kill for the Stars & Stripes, a future agenda-setter for the GOP and also a future President, fine by me.
Funny they should mention this. Ohio was the #3 contributor of troops to the Union Army (behind only NY, which was drafting Irishmen fresh off the boats, and Pennsylvania, which was directly invaded by Lee and was where the Battle of Gettysburg was fought). In the decades after the war, Ohio dominated the Republican Party and many of the Republican presidents between Lincoln & Hoover were from Ohio (Hayes, Garfield, McKinley, Taft, Harding). If they want to make the case that Vance looks like an American nationalist willing and able to kill for the Stars & Stripes, a future agenda-setter for the GOP and also a future President, fine by me.