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The moment JD Vance realized he walked into a trap
What happened
AlterNet reports that Vice President JD Vance, asked at a press conference to define socialism and explain the success of candidates described that way, first connected the term with prioritizing workers, then said he no longer knew what it meant and substituted complaints about foreign workers and transgender athletes. The “trap” in the headline is AlterNet columnist Sabrina Haake’s interpretation: she argues that Vance changed course because a conventional definition would invite scrutiny of the Trump administration’s ownership stakes in private companies. The reporting does…
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