Cultural curators face reckoning for mocking Middle America

Published November 7, 2024 12:12pm ET



PITTSBURGH — Walking out of the Allegheny County Republican election night event at a local luxury hotel, the young men waiting to valet my car got into a discussion with me about the just-announced election results.

All four men were in their 30s. Two were white, one was black, and the other Hispanic. As I traditionally do, I asked them how they voted, and they all answered with President-elect Donald Trump.

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