They were pimping his book because it was a way to say "see, we also care about the white working class", when of course they don't.
This is like saying that because Trump was universally beloved by Hollywood and the left before 2015/2012, he is a sellout himself. In fact, I'm pretty sure Vance is more solid than Trump, even though this recent war stuff was a bit of a gut-punch.
That was also back when Vance was pretty on the fence about Trump and saw him as a corrupt billionaire who hated Americans and would screw them over. Many of his proposed economic solutions to the problem were tolerable to the Left/Hollywood, so they could hold their nose and stomach anything else he believed.
Much like Trump, it was only after he got elected to represent Ohio and showed that he was now a political threat that they turned against him.
They were pimping his book because it was a way to say "see, we also care about the white working class", when of course they don't.
This is like saying that because Trump was universally beloved by Hollywood and the left before 2015/2012, he is a sellout himself. In fact, I'm pretty sure Vance is more solid than Trump, even though this recent war stuff was a bit of a gut-punch.
That was also back when Vance was pretty on the fence about Trump and saw him as a corrupt billionaire who hated Americans and would screw them over. Many of his proposed economic solutions to the problem were tolerable to the Left/Hollywood, so they could hold their nose and stomach anything else he believed.
Much like Trump, it was only after he got elected to represent Ohio and showed that he was now a political threat that they turned against him.