Which states are the moochers now?

Published May 22, 2025 10:14am ET



Limousine liberals who live in wealthy enclaves have a habit of blasting red states such as Kentucky and Alabama as “moocher states.”

This attack might not jibe very well with the Democrats’ longtime self-image as the party of the working man, but it fits in pretty well with the last couple of decades of coastal secular liberals attacking conservatives as uneducated, unwashed deplorables.

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