J.D. Vance Has “No Business Speaking for Kentucky,” Says KY State Senator | Amanpour and Company

[@bonniemiller4041]

What a lovely, intelligent, and inspiring young woman. Anyone that provides legal services pro bono is a selfless person. Thank you for setting the record straight.

[@really2345]

I believe she works for a legal aid nonprofit. The organization provides services pro bono. She receives a paycheck. My father started his legal career working for such an organization. However, later in his career he did do an awful lot of work pro bono. The clients were poor and he knew that it would be doubtful if he was ever going to be paid. Two things struck me was that seldom did a client thank him, whether he won their case or not. The second thing was that though he was a trial lawyer for over fifty years, though he was actively involved in many volunteer organizations over the decades, though he did so much work pro bono, few people came to his wake or funeral.

[@707Berto]

What are you saying? ​@@really2345

[@amybair3205]

@@really2345I’m really sorry that was your experience. I wonder why you chose to tell it here. Working for a nonprofit is a great choice. People need a pay check to live, & most understand that there is more money to be made in the private sector. Hopefully your father didn’t do his philanthropic work for self recognition (it seems apparent that he didn’t, as he continued to do it in private practice), if that is one’s goal, it is rarely achieved. Your father sounds like an admirable man.

[@dbrooks8621]

​​@@really2345Memorials and funerals are for the living. Anyone who owed your father appreciation would have/should have demonstrated it to him directly. Their gratitude wasn't owed to you. As long as you know the accomplishments of your father, you can bury your grudge towards the people he helped.

[@reginafetty6374]

​@@really2345That is so sad that people didn't care enough for his dedication to his community that the ones who prospered from his work were so entitled they didn't even thank him or bother to pay their last respects for possibly improving their life. He was a selfless man to keep doing it even when he was unappreciated.

[@rvrschrs64]

I live in Louisville, KY and Cassie came to my door a few years ago. She was then running for Metro Council. She won my vote and enough others to get where she is today. Kentucky seems to be totally Red, but with Cassie and Andy Beashear we may be able to move the country in a progressive direction.

[@WooWooGirl]

I wish the best for your State of Kentucky. As a lifelong resident of a Blue State where women do have control to make decisions for ourselves regarding reproductive rights...I hope a majority of voters in Kentucky change their political minds and make an attempt to vote Democrat so they can fight for themselves and their own rights to decide their own reproductive fates. Kudos to Cassie for her efforts to help those in Appalachia and allover her state...to get childcare and affordable health care by working FOR THEM...instead of AGAINST THEM...like their Republican Representatives so often DO.

[@nancydemoss2945]

I agree! I live in Newport, KY. I'd love more than anything to see Mitch McConnell and even Rand Paul to be voted out of office. Although. I understand McConnell is finally retiring.

[@CatCaretakerID]

@@nancydemoss2945 But undoing the damage Mitch McConnell did to our country and congress will last for many years.

[@cindyadkins135]

This young woman needs to be heard by millions of people. She is so articulate!!!

[@lauracarstiou3505]

Thank goodness we have women in Congress like her

[@AndyHess-jy6vx]

Children learn domestic violence at home. Forcing children to remain in a family with an abusive parent is insane. And completely wrong. 1950's thought.

[@marybennett1220]

My grandmother left my abusive grandfather and got a divorce in the 30s, maybe early 40s and it probably saved her life and curtailed the terror my mom and her brothers lived with.

[@laurenmay2098]

This is the reason that are programs in place to help. And it is still dangerous to leave a violent partner. It sounds like he doesn't want it to help women to leave a dangerous environment.

[@AndyHess-jy6vx]

@@laurenmay2098 MAGA men (And some MAGA women unfortunately) want too control women. MAGA is not about making women's lives better. It's about control.

[@emilyrandall9968]

Hello from NJ I'm not going to imagine what happens behind closed doors at the Vance abode, but I hope that his wife has good support available for her.

[@richardh8082]

@@emilyrandall9968 I feel sorry for his kids. Horrible man

[@virginialuisa6769]

Wow.....what an eloquent young attorney......hope she has a future in Congress, working on behalf of women and Kentucky!

[@marilynmanchester]

YES, she is just what our congress needs! Whatever she does, she is making a big difference in the world. Kudos!

[@guitarcoyote]

Cassie Chambers Armstrong, showing up for women & families experiencing domestic violence. God’s richest blessings to you!

[@brianarbenz1329]

Cassie was my city council member before being elected to the state legislature. She is the finest person and boldest progressive. I hope she, not the faux Appalachian Vance, is heard by the nation on this, and more importantly, is heard on all the issues.

[@marysharvey]

You are lucky to have this brilliant woman representing you.

[@brianarbenz1329]

@@marysharvey Indeed. I first had contact with Cassie as she was a member of our Louisville Metro Council when I reported a pile of trash in a public space near my home. Basic, non-ideological government service required. And even though she was running hard for State Senator, she got a cleanup crew together and the crew took care of it. (I have before and after pics to back that up.) I started looking into who Cassie was and was amazed.

[@BethPhipps-l2o]

So glad some of the brightest in Kentucky are becoming more nationally known. Thank you for this interview.

[@Daniel____DiJ]

This is peak journalism.. thank you, PBS.

[@elletuppen4844]

Leaving an abusive marriage also sets a valuable bar of respect for your children. In creating this boundary you give your children permission to take care of themselves and take their power back should they need to one day.

[@shirleyashanti3031]

Indeed

[@LuciaBeans]

You cannot be in an abusive, dysfunctional relationship without being dysfunctional, yourself. It's better to leave and give your children 1 stable, functioning parent than 2 dysfunctional parents. Model resiliency and hope, and teach your kids right from wrong. Don't model dysfunction- it is not beneficial to stay.

[@pilargonzalez8442]

Yes indeed!!! Going forwards, not backwards!!!!

[@leadwithgreeneconomy]

Weak women and scared children and people is what they want, easier to control politically.

[@LudiCrust.]

1000%

[@kathleenscullion8348]

Coherent,impressive woman. She is a model woman. I applaud her. She builds community.

[@TheTruthSeeker756]

I want to see this lady run for Governor of Kentucky one day. You’ll get my small donation

[@emmdeecastro553]

Well said Cassie Chambers Armstrong. Thank you for speaking out. Good for you

[@solarwind907]

She sounds smart. Thank you for interviewing her.

[@emilyfeagin2673]

She is!

[@attornurse1]

This woman is very educated and prepared to show J.D.Vance exactly how wrong he is .

[@Gettothegone]

lol

[@kimagangobrit4480]

​@@Gettothegone You always get one trump idiot laughing 🤡

[@shirleyashanti3031]

What a lovely, young woman raised wìth old-school values. I thoroughly enjoyed this interview. I don't know her, yet I'm sitting here proud as punch. Compassion is the goal of creation, and she proves it. Thank you.

[@donnamacfarlane3750]

Great interview. I wish the senator well.

[@extraincomesuz]

Cassie Armstrong I have never heard you speak before. I am greatly imprssed by your eloquence. I am proud of you for lifting up women in your community and I thank you for bringing the Appalachian mountains to life in a way that I thought they should be reflected . May God bless you and your work.💙🌊🎉

[@jasonroberts5746]

This was an excellent interview. Sen. Armstrong is very articulate and knowledgeable. She is the type of person we need more of as elected officials. Kudos to the interviewer as well. She pressed for a more direct and full answer to her questions when needed.

[@nightowl6260]

I grew up in isolated rural Alabama, in an abusive family. My siblings and myself fled as soon as we reached legal age. With massive sacrifice we are doctors, pilots, biologists, attorneys, moms and dads. "Family" is no fairy tale for many people. Vance equates poverty to lack of intelligence. Poverty leads to lack of opportunities. The "Bookmobile" that parked in the parking lot of a gas station nearby out home was a godsend to me and my siblings.

[@shaywilliams3358]

You are the American dream.

[@tammyfaries685]

The Bookmobile was wonderful for rural families. Without it I would not have had the opportunity to read as much as I did.

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

I grew up in that hate filled home. Books were the thing that showed possibilities through the chaos. Bookmobiles, awesome memory :) Thanks for sharing!

[@CatCaretakerID]

Bookmobiles and libraries must be protected from the republican insanity (from a former library worker who has seen all the good they do for a community).

[@dalyphish6448]

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Upton Sinclair JD is brought/paid for

[@davidk1493]

This brilliant woman puts JD Vance to shame. One hopes that Harris and Company has a chance to hear this compelling interview. Her insights could be beneficial to a Harris administration.

[@89144rocket]

Thank you for speaking out.

[@Girltrucker05]

The best message I ever got from my mother was her leaving my dad after he beat her up and put her in the hospital! It gave me the strength and ability to not ever put up with mistreatment! My four daughters have all thanked me for my example of strength, which was really my mother’s passed to me! That’s three generations and another coming up who will not put up with violence against women!

[@CatCaretakerID]

30 year Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act and who recently went and weakened it - the Clarence Thomas misogynistic supreme court.

[@archeretta]

Thank you for placing my late mother-in-law’s life in its proper context. At 15 years she walked into a local private school to ask for work in exchange for tuition. A year after graduating she was teaching the chemistry class. She later received a master’s degree in early childhood education. As a New England bride, all this was invisible to me. She was, according to her family, “a real pistol”.

[@gretamurphy3704]

My mother was raised in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee, and I can say in all honesty that her large family bears no resemblance to Vance's depictions of "hillbillies."

[@dinkster1729]

My mother's mother in the early 1940s wrote a letter to a private school because there was no grade 12 in Alberta's rural communities. She asked for free tuition for her daughter and the school offered my mother free tuition and board and room in exchange for work. My mother was taught to type and worked in the office and the kitchen. She later went into the military during World War 2 and was given 3 years of post-seondary education because of her military service. Men who had been overseas in WW2 got to stay in the Canadian military, but not the women. Those men who wanted a civilian job that fitted the skills they had learned in the military got it. Women, again, did not and, instead were offered a chance at a post-secondary education. However the stipend for board and room was not adequate so my mother dropped out after 2nd year and married my father. She had 4 children in quick succession. When we were all in school, she began her 3rd year of university by correspondence. She finished her degree when I going into grade 10. Back then, where there was a will, there was a way. Is that true today? High school has been really watered down and is under financed. University tuition is out of sight.

[@barrylane1055]

How despicable Trump and Vance are!!! What injustice!!!

[@ace9840]

Your about to see some epic economic injustice .. historic times.

[@peterpan1435]

Trump and Vance appeal to hard working people with family values, and self discipline. Cackling Harris lures in the losers with her charm but then HIGH COSTS SOCIAL UNREST HOMELESSNESS OUR CHILDREN SEXUALIZED IN THE CLASSROOM And you never saw it coming because ‘she’s so nice and she laughs and she’s a woman of color’ Don’t spoil your chances!!

[@getonlygotonly]

its not just a couple bad apples its the whole bushel

[@Atom63-f3y]

MAGA loves the undereducated, underserviced , under privileged …sickening

[@phylton333]

@@ace9840thanks for your comment. Can you expand on the economic times you are referring to? I would love to learn more about it. Thank you.

[@apollosays7225]

This made me cry. Thoughtful, genuine, authentic, non-agressive nor condescending. This is the hope for America that we need.

[@rpnbf8196]

That was a great interview. Kentucky is lucky have such a smart, insightful politician like her.

[@joshcowley9795]

Great interview ...this is what I want my daughter's to aspire to ...strong , confident , and emotionally intelligent. Awesome

[@mizb.7777]

JD is all about himself and he is a money monger

[@karinaz8756]

He’s a tech bro not a hillbilly.

[@Gettothegone]

Is he enabling a genocide like Kamala?!

[@samstewart9249]

Bought and paid for!

[@tringuyen7519]

@@karinaz8756Hillbilly Elegy is set in Middleton, OH which is 40 minutes from Cincinnati! It’s not in rural Appalachia at all! I refuse to read Vance’s book or watch the movie!

[@MwMw-lu2nf]

Refreshing! To hear honesty...😊😊😊

[@attornurse1]

Extreme poverty prevents more women from achieving college degrees partly due to lack of healthcare and with that comes birth control . Jd Vance made friends with a billionaire that paid for his campaigns more than once . He shows how undereducated he is when he talks about women or men staying in an abusive marriage . Furthermore abusive marriages teach children that violence is normal and even expected

[@emilyfeagin2673]

That’s what MAGA wants

[@GeeBoggs]

Bravo to this young woman. She's smart, sensitive, logical, and unafraid to call out J.D. Vance on his nonsensical rhetoric. (Also, Michelle Martin is truly good at what she does.). -Gee Boggs, Sonoma, CA

[@shirleyrice7093]

Peter Thiel has bought all of J.D. Vance’ jobs and sponsored and paid for Vance’s run for Congress.

[@marysharvey]

Yes, the only thing Vance has done is write a good fiction. Vote Blue!

[@e.458]

It's funny when he, who had his sugar daddy/puppet master Thiel buy him all his "achievements" and old Donnie who had his actual daddy do the same for him say that Harris didn't earn her position.

[@sjsomething4936]

OMG I had never considered this as a possibility, but of course, he literally could be the Manchurian Candidate but instead of for a country, for the policies that a very rich individual wants. This is frightening and well within the realm of possibility. Most politicians are bought off after they attain office, but in JDV’s case maybe he’s been groomed for this since college.

[@sherrycox9096]

Somebody posited that Vance was chosen to get at Thiel’s backing (money). Vance =Thiel’s pet snake.

[@playingwithsticks6819]

It was the eye-liner that did it.

[@margerybritton793]

Thanks for telling your story!

[@lfrost6718]

Wonderful interview! Many thanks to Senator Chambers Armstrong for her work, views and book. Keep it up! Please.

[@ErikaMerlino]

Read her book! She is an important voice. Also, Barbara Kingsolver. Thank you. Excellent reporting!

[@kykwiltz402]

Love Barbara Kingsolver!

[@marianneh9868]

Awesome Interview, Very interesting.

[@gingerredshoes]

Appalachians against Shady Vance!

[@emilyfeagin2673]

I’m one of them!

[@darlenegillispie6823]

The big difference in their perspectives is the simple fact that Vance isn’t from Appalachia. She is from Appalachia. His views are a vacation view. He formed his opinions based on short visits to an area. You cannot possibly understand a place if you are only a visitor. Those of us who grew up and have generations deep roots here in Eastern Kentucky are a proud people who distrust those who will come and look down on our way of life. We know there are problems in our communities and we want to deal with them, but we do not appreciate outsiders judging us, or profiting from our experiences.

[@lt_nugget]

What a fabulous interview.

[@hopesnopes]

Wise and wonderful interview. We desperately need more people like her in government.

[@christahewitt2758]

This is beautiful I love her story telling of the women leaders of Appalachia.

[@vivelemoi]

The problem of this country is not that we don't have enough women like this lady, but that we don't have enough men like her.

[@DianaJewell-jf9ep]

Well said !

[@ar4122]

WELL SAID.

[@joemancinone8498]

This was an excellent interview. I was really impressed by Cassie Chambers knowledge of her environment and the issues going on in that environment thank you for presenting this.

[@leanderrowe2800]

I love myself too much to tolerate abuse. Ladies remember we don't owe abusers a second chance.

[@dinkster1729]

I wonder why women married them in the first place.

[@leanderrowe2800]

@@dinkster1729 We all make mistakes in marriage but don't make the second mistake of staying in an abusive marriage. One strike, he is out.

[@WillR-Cincy]

JD VANCE is on opportunist but ONLY FOR HIMSELF! He fits well with trump #NeverVance or Donald

[@bolofinder9750]

Hearing this State Senators version of what rural Kentucky is….as opposed to JD Vance’s version…I applaud her and would definitely buy HER book an definitely NOT buy JD Vance’s ….Kamala Harris could flip Kentucky blue if she helps this region of our country where there seems to be SO much potential

[@FelisImpurrator]

A surprising amount of KY seems to have been turning blue. I wonder if there's potential to break the red stronghold in the midwest outright, by implementing programs to build up social infrastructure all across the region. I've been wondering about the pros and cons of tapping Beshear for Vice lately, too. Losing Beshear short term would be rough, but maybe putting him in the VP seat and maybe eventually the presidency could actually be a winning strategy, giving Appalachians a strong voice at the very top whose track record is one of standing up for the people of the region.

[@rhyfeddu]

Kentucky family here: they do feel just written off and abandoned. Being sincerely given needed resources, as she said to be able to help themselves (maybe by centering green jobs in the region to replace the coal and timber jobs lost) and treated with dignity and not knee jerk derision by Dems (sorry but true, I get mugged by that constantly by people "on my side"). There's so much potential there. I still remember exploring an old abandoned home in the 80s as a kid, and there was a framed picture of JFK in it. We bought into this red/blue divide and turned our backs on a purple state.

[@FelisImpurrator]

@@rhyfeddu The wild thing is that almost everyone, save for the most fringe of the fringe of religious lunatics and wife-beaters and card-carrying Klansmen, kind of likes left-leaning policy... As long as no one calls it Democrat, liberal, leftist, socialist, or any of those other no-no words. But across the US, people consistently come out supporting more robust social safety nets and infrastructure and better rights for workers... But then party loyalty or biased media makes half of them vote in some two-bit grifter who runs on beating back the dirty commies or the illegals or the woke agenda (okay, maybe not so much the last one, but don't tell the MAGAs it isn't working). Seems to me like all the most rural places are actually ideal for setting up big investments in renewable energy and such, too. Lot of empty space where a wind farm or a solar array wouldn't have suburban nimbys to say no. Lot of places where factory work could be directed toward things like semiconductors, not overpriced and oversized cars sold on pure nostalgia and hype. Honestly, I want to see some kind of Southern progressive win big on a ticket and spend four years straight investing in just doing what people want anyway.

[@parkerbrown-nesbit1747]

​@@FelisImpurrator I hope so (I'm a native Kentuckian from a county that was traditionally blue, but turned red).

[@kathielowrey2609]

JD Vance is like a gross parody. He's firmly for the government preventing all abortion, including for folks who can't afford a child, AND he's against the government assisting with child care so that parents can work to provide for that child??? Helpful interview, thank you both!

[@ar4122]

Lady, you are very impressive! We need to hear MORE from you!

[@jocelyndecastro6334]

I love this lady and her story. The story must be told because it is true.

[@adamhouse6305]

I was born and raised in Appalachian Southeastern Kentucky, and disgraceful politicians like JD Vance and Rand Paul absolutely don't speak for me at all...

[@maryannsimms7189]

From what I understand he is not from Kentucky but from Ohio, not a poverty stricken family but upper middle class.

[@FelisImpurrator]

He made his bag selling out to Peter Thiel and badmouthing the places he claims to be from.

[@emilyfeagin2673]

He spent time in KY during summers

[@gretamurphy3704]

I don't think he was upper middle class, but he certainly wasn't raised "Appalachian hillbilly." He spent some summers with his Kentucky grandparents, but so?

[@marydlutes1792]

JD's family, Ohio or Kentucky, was most definitely not upper middle class. They were working class poor.

[@marydlutes1792]

@maryannsimms7189 for lack of a better euphemism JD's family was "white trash".

[@deboracopeland4795]

Lived in KY for about five years. Met lots of good hard working people, especially the women. Unfortunately they would vote against their own interests every time. Beautiful state, beautiful people. ❤

[@ReviewBoard-uy5nv]

I hope Cassie is allowed to speak at the Democratic rallies. She is knowledgeable, articulate, and likeable. And I hope that Biden can help Appalachia significantly before he leaves office

[@cathypreston1095]

Thank you Senator Cassie Chambers Armstrong - so glad to hear your own voice in your audible book Hill Women. Great interview - thank you ladies.

[@Autumn-o9h]

Why does rural Anerica support politicians that don't support them?

[@Micnify]

Nor their interests 🤔!! Thank you!! Mic'2024

[@kellydoyle7833]

Don't get it at all. These labor movement supporters sidled up to trump must not have a clue how much screwing trump has done to construction labor contractors during his development career. There are thousands, 1000's that's right, of lawsuits against him for non-payment for service rendered. Anyone associated with Trump at this point is a buffoon at best, but most likely criminal or soon to be. It's unfathomable to me how any rural citizen could think trump could or would do anything to help them.

[@Atom63-f3y]

Undereducated,underprivileged, under advocated, under serviced…..bravo Cassie Chambers👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@emilyfeagin2673]

All they hear is Reich wing news

[@grammyallen6558]

Why does anyone?

[@paulajwhite2491]

I congratulate Cassie for her wonderful work. I am an Australian and retired Social Worker and J D Vance’s attitude that women should stay in Domestic Violence situations is appalling. Women in these domestic violence situations, are already disempowered and traumatised by these experiences and children from these families suffer from Secondary Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. All women and children deserve THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN ENVIRONMENTS FREE FROM VIOLENCE , INTIMIDATION, AND ABUSE.

[@HRHDMKYT]

Excellent interview. Cassie Chambers Armstrong is an awesome voice for the people of East Kentucky. VP Harris could really benefit having State Senator Chambers Armstrong on her campaign team. Cassie could make an even bigger impact on the national stage, get her into the Harris Administration ASAP!!

[@TraderRobin]

The ONLY people that J.D. Vance TRULY cares about...... .........are all those named J.D. Vance!!

[@bkbland1626]

A vibrant modern nation would look after its people. Guess we're not that.

[@DuffyGabi]

Minnesota is progressive. Here there are no restrictions on women’s reproductive rights. Zero. You can abort up until the thingy is outside of the birth person. I couldn’t be more proud of my state.

[@stevechance150]

Shady Vance is just chasing money.

[@1881CitizenMcCain]

This was the most wise and insightful counter to JD Vance's self-serving narrative of cultural mis-appropriation to date. I wish she would interview widely on the news so as to put the real story of Appalachia and Kentucky out there in the public view.

[@dmarkey4360]

My sister was in an abusive marriage and stayed for years until her girls went to college and I see the harm it did to all of them. Nightmares, PTSD, anxiety, not trusting on and on how damaging it was to all of them. Lots of counseling to try to be whole again. No one should stay in a relationship that is abusive, physically, emotionally, verbally. Shame on anyone that believes or supports that. Women have the right to be in a respectful healthy relationship and a role model of a healthy relationship or it sets the girls or boys up to be in an unhealthy relationship and repeat that behavior.

[@marilynrock5234]

Thank you for sharing this--important for people to form opinions with firsthand information, details. I am sorry for that situation, though.

[@jz-fr1us]

Coming from a similar background and having achieved similar academic success, Vance decided to tell a story about himself, but Chamber told stories of the collective. Vance chases money and power, Chamber quietly serves others. What a contrast of their character.

[@checksandbalances6714]

Jd Vance’s wife is an attorney soooo who takes care of her kids ? Why is he against childcare ?

[@robynnordstrom7799]

I heard that the law firm that she worked at until recently has on-site, free childcare. I’m guessing that’s who took care of their kids, or maybe a nanny. The hypocrisy of telling other women to be “trad wives” when his own wife clearly isn’t one is bonkers. But it appears that the entire GOP runs on its own hypocrisy.

[@grammyallen6558]

He's against government-supported childcare.

[@PHa-l6v]

Good video. You hit the nail on the head: JD is all about himself and switch his entire persona if it makes him money. JD had billionaire Peter Thiel behind him.

[@marilynrock5234]

Impressed by the interviewer and Stste Senator Chambers! Chambers speaks clearly about issues in.an understated way and what she says is very thoughtful. When the interviewer pushed her on a question or two she responded with great presence of mind and did dig deeper. Chambers kept stressing that Appalachia is more complicated and has more potential than many think and I loved that she described Vance's position toward Appalachia as a place to escape from bc he needs it to be to further his image! Good point as it can be extended to Trump and his dark vision of Anerica---he needs it to be dark so he can save it, HA! Good interview--

[@karinaz8756]

JD Vance is a Ivy League graduate that turned into a tech bro. He is the DEI hire. He owns his entire existence to Peter Thiel. He turned his back on his “heritage” for power.

[@maryfarwell-uragallo2373]

Thank you, great interview. Someone who runs for office to support their community and one who runs to gain influence and power can look a lot the same in the campaign but actions speak louder. Cassie is clearly the winner for her community and state.

[@Jean-kp6cu]

Excellent and very informative interview, thank you. I hope more people take time to both listen to her and read her book! I, too, feel J.D. Vance's policies/attitudes are Not helpful to people of Appalachia!

[@Suzicherie7777]

Vance is from Middletown, OH - a suburb between Cincinnati and Dayton. It’s not Appalachia. It has nice homes, restaurants, shopping, and I-75 runs through it. They have access to health care and good infrastructure. Folks in Appalachia don’t enjoy those benefits.

[@joannesterling7905]

This was a very interesting thoughtful discussion. It's heartening to know that there are such dedicated people in America

[@thenewunderground8692]

Kentuckian here. I credit the senator for her work and hope that many more like her will be elected here. But the very people she’s championing in Kentucky will walk over broken glass to vote for the Trump/Vance ticket, as well as every other crack pot Republican on the ballot. She vastly overestimates the Democratic Party’s chances here going forward. The Democratic Party of yesteryear was a very different creature than the party of today. Andy Beshear is likely to be the last Democratic governor here for years, maybe for my lifetime. And the circumstances of his election and reelection were unique. The people of eastern and southeastern Kentucky are their own worst enemies.

[@ReviewBoard-uy5nv]

It is a big problem in our country: culture vs. facts. I wonder if Cassie would get a bigger voice and if we try to change the culture with marketing & messaging, maybe we can make an impact for Appalachia.

[@lynnyhen]

Senator Chambers exemplifies excellence as a public servant.

[@lizgorley]

Such a fabulous, eye-opening interview! Thank you!

[@celinedcruz5484]

Super! Very commendable work. We need more work to support women and make them shine.

[@constancecampbell4610]

Thank you for this. She is an incredibly impressive woman.

[@KOKAYI69]

Everyone requires a home! It's a intelligent person's position!

[@gretamurphy3704]

It's a human right, regardless of how intelligent a person is. Why did you say that?

[@KOKAYI69]

@@gretamurphy3704 I meant to say it is an 'intelligent person's position'! Thanks for your query that allowed me to make the correction in my original post!

[@annsmith7207]

JD Vance is nothing more than an opportunist -- who has absolutely no interest in helping his community.

[@ar4122]

Well spoken! We need strong women taking a strong role in our society!

[@ArgyletheCat]

Independent 💚 backing 💙 HARRIS 💙

[@subrown4760]

When I was in the sixth grade my parents announced they were getting a divorce. I was relieved, At that young age, I knew that my parents divorcing was a big deal but I Also, knew that it would put some distance between my dad and us And his physical abuse. He was verbally abusive to mother , but his physical abuse to us did come to an end with the divorce. In the 60s and 70s., you could get away with raging and beating your children with a belt for hours on end. Again , at the ripe young age of the sixth grade , I was relieved. I love my dad and he passed a few years ago but I am now 60 and frankly.I just don't miss him. It is sad but true his behavior broke us all. They owned businesses and were prominent in our community And I am so grateful my mother was able to divorce him... I often told my stepmother if she left him she could come live with me...

[@floydwhatchacallit6823]

I'm an environmentalist, and want to get off fossil fuels, but I'll try to explain it from their perspective for voting Republicans. In Eastern Kentucky it boils down to coal and natural gas. Miners fought for over a century to get better pay and working conditions. Nowadays these jobs provide middle class wages for a regional economy desperate for money. So when Hillary Clinton says ”we're going to put coal miners out of work!" They feel like they have little choice, even when they themselves don't work in the coal industry. Democrats do well in the area when they bring roads, schools, hospitals, and Internet access to the area. (Sidenote Andy for VP)

[@mujkocka]

David lipsky’s book parrot and igloo. Less research and more action is needed. Less population and better educated people

[@KOKAYI69]

Seek a position in the Harris Administration! I think U are in touch with low income people!

[@winglift8156]

Great interview. Thanks!

[@manuelaloaeza3543]

great questions!

[@michelepayne3546]

I agree. And, she pushed back when she didn't get the answer to her question.

[@kathleenscullion8348]

Michelle is in a class by herself. I used to be glued to her NPR radion show on Saturdays in Philly.

[@christinamcconnell5416]

Like this, incisive, what a great local senator who speaks truth for her people. Vance should be ashamed.

[@morrispet]

I'm getting this book ! What a GREAT PERSON 🙏🏽🙏🏽 So sharp And so HONORABLE in the Mission of her life

[@christinecamley]

Superb interview! This is such a lovely person and I completely agree with her! Very impressive!! Gifted, talented, deeply caring!!

[@1chjmihhbg]

Thank you for your amazing insights! So refreshing and much appreciated in the current political landscape. Cassie, you are a true hero...

[@violettownmicroenterprises1528]

Gosh... this woman is important, intelligent and a true heart American. She is a national hero for what she is doing for Hill Women.

[@Dbb27]

Excellent interview. Brilliant lady.

[@hawaikie]

Very good in depth questions. Very well researched.

[@yomahmud1]

I definitely would vote for her!!!

[@lefty2460]

She’s great!

[@NikitaSemenov-h2t]

Very informative and useful, I will recommend it to friends and colleagues.

[@lisathornhill4177]

She sounds much more Ky than Vance. Women always care for, sustain and do all for their families. Mamaw's are everything. A scared wife can become a ferocious Mamaw. Vance is bougie now. He should be ashamed. He needs to go pick a switch .

[@annmc3878]

Awesome interview.

[@hawaikie]

An excellent intelligent interview, both the interview er and the articulate knowledgeable guest have expressed professional and empathetic questions and responses.

[@NT4XT]

Excellent. Thanks.