SWING STATE CONFIDENTIAL 1. I GREW UP IN RURAL LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. AS A TEEN, I WORKED AT A PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH-STYLE FAMILY RESTAURANT. THE AUTHOR DRESSED IN JUMPER AWKWARDLY CARRYING A TRAY WITH HOG MAW CAPTION - WORST WAITRESS EVER 2. IT WAS A CONSERVATIVE AREA, WITH A MIX OF PEOPLE WHO WERE DECENT AND FRIENDLY TO ONE ANOTHER. AUTHOR AS A TEENAGER WAVING TO AMISH MAN DRIVING A BUGGY ON A RURAL ROAD CAPTION - STILL COMFORTED BY THE SMELL OF MANURE DECADES LATER 3. SO WHEN I SEE TRUMP AND OTHER BILLIONAIRE CREEPS IN THESE PLACES, PRETENDING TO HAVE WORKING-CLASS VALUES, I GET ANGRY. 3. TRUMP AT LECTERN SPEWING LIES THREATS DEHUMANIZATION NoNSENSE Vanity BLAH BLAH THESE GUYS ARE SLEAZY FAKES, AND THEY'RE TURNING NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR. 4. TO ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE OF SMALL-TOWN AMERICA: YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU. PENNSYLVANIA MAN IN BALLCAP - HE'S A CHEATER AND A CROOK-NOT LIKE FOLKS I KNOW! T-SHIRT READS FASNACHTS NOT FASCISTS
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