A Magazine Might Win the Title of ‘Silliest Post of the Year’ for a Meaningless Criticism of Trump and Vance

There’s an expression on the right, “You don’t hate the media enough.” 

It’s accurate. Despite the endless barrage of negative coverage from the media in their ongoing efforts to discredit President Donald Trump and his followers, they persist. This is despite facing declining viewership and losing the trust of the public.

However, a recent tweet from a left-leaning media outlet truly highlights a disconnect from reality. The tweet features a photo of Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance, labeling Vance as an “Ivy Educated Venture Capitalist” and Trump as an “Ivy Educated Real Estate Developer.”

Right-wing populism commonly involves affluent men with privileged backgrounds and prestigious educations criticizing individuals who are often less powerful and influential than themselves. https://t.co/XIhmb6RjLo

— Current Affairs (@curaffairs) December 30, 2024

Now, of course, this tweet is highly ridiculous because anyone who has paid an ounce of attention to JD Vance knows that he was not at all “born to immense privilege” — that, indeed, he faced great hardship as a child, with a mother who was an addict. He joined the military, worked for everything he has, and achieved great things by the sweat of his brow. Indeed, he is the personification of what we talk about when we talk about the American Dream — that ability to be anything, no matter your circumstances. He’s the very opposite of what the tweet is saying. There’s even a book (and a movie) out there that could have told them about all this, if they looked. 

This deserves a side eye. 

pic.twitter.com/U4u9vaQMSO

— Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) December 31, 2024

The Community Note decimates them. 

This post requires additional context: JD Vance was raised in a low income household by grandparents and attended a rural public school

Why would anyone trust any media outlet that can’t even get those basic facts right? What are facts when you’re trying to push a narrative? 

Meanwhile, they, of course, don’t talk about all the Democrats who went to Ivy League schools, like Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, for example. 

It’s also wrong because Trump and Vance are advocating for the concerns of the less powerful and influential who Democrats/elites have ignored for so long — hence the “populism” — when it comes to the interests of the American people on such issues as border security and the economy. The elite Democrats told us the border was secure and that the issues with it and inflation were due to everything but their own policies. 

As our Jim Thompson noted: 

With only 2 days left in 2024 @curaffairs comes from behind, with the dumbest post of the year with:

“JD Vance was born to ‘immense privilege’ ” https://t.co/Q1krusppi8

— Jim Thompson (@JimmySportToons) December 31, 2024

And given all the stupid that the left continuously posts, that’s saying something.