JD Vance's short-lived venture capital career under scrutiny

Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance boasts often about his career in venture capital. But it may not have been the success he claims. Teddy Schleifer and Brian Schwartz join The 11th Hour to discuss.
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[@LagoLhn]

Vance was a DEI attendee of Yale under the category of veteran. As a veteran myself, I can say that those who have served are often afforded DEI preference in this society.

[@emilyfeagin2673]

Thank you for your service

[@LagoLhn]

@@emilyfeagin2673 Thank you for your vote in 2024. We have no option but to wrest control from criminality, bigotry and fascism.

[@noelgenoway9360]

Wow something I did not know! BTW thanks for your service!!! You not him!

[@janicepalesch9221]

Clarence Thomas was also a DEI hire, both at the EEOC and for the S. Ct.

[@2bleubird]

JD Vance did not get to where he was on his own merits. He was made by Peter Thiel.

[@woodstream6137]

Bought and paid for.

[@otto8049]

JD says, Ya gotta give head to get ahead.

[@HobokenSquatCobbler]

​@@otto8049Thiel: "We shall now consecrate the bond of obedience."

[@Kozent15]

JD Vance is the original HAWK thua girl, Peter even had him wear eye liner.

[@manlab66]

talk about grooming 😳

[@mariyamwaniki]

That's why Trump likes him. Vance is a grifter too

[@janicepalesch9221]

And he's a loudly barking attack dog. That is his only utility.

[@niclewis9610]

Vance got the job in a Biotech company as a favor to Billionaire Peter Thiel. But he's against affirmative action because it's all about merit 🙄

[@R0bstar-YT]

Sums up the current GOP in a nutshell.

[@niclewis9610]

@@R0bstar-YT yes it does. What's good for me is not for thee.

[@mariyamwaniki]

In their world merit=white guy

[@emilyfeagin2673]

Are they hoping men will actually fill all those jobs.? Thats funny!

[@Hood2Country]

Why won't the media cover this ??

[@roberthollingsworth8940]

So basically Vance is a failed businessman who went into politics just like Trump.

[@LeonieRomanes]

Birds of a feather flock together.

[@b.t.2795]

Sounds like Vance hasn't done an honest day's work like Trump. And both of them have a sugar daddy.

[@RegebroRepairs]

If he was successful in VC, he would still be in VC. Because if you are successful, you get INSANELY rich.

[@debi1451]

And Bingo is his name oh! . They always fail up!.

[@DiamondBodyHealing]

nope. vance always used the image of business to prop himself up. at least trump tried with his inherited wealth.

[@Kelbel30]

He is probably breaking the law too and running so he doesn’t go to jail. He’s weird.

[@TA_Plus_Hemi]

At least the two men have real qualifications unlike dei harris

[@pcbacklash_3261]

@@TA_Plus_Hemi Trump has qualifications? Like bankrupting or destroying almost every business he ever owned? Whining about 'rigging' every time he loses? Telling a record-breaking number of lies?

[@emilyfeagin2673]

Do furniture stores have videos of him trying out all the couches?

[@gatesurfer]

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Hunter S. Thompson

[@sarahkoch7694]

He's as much a phony as 45. Perfect match.

[@adrianconnell7143]

He does at least have a decent book

[@alcrow1458]

@@adrianconnell7143 It's crap. Just because a book sells well does not mean it is a literary gem. It portrays a specific portrait of a specific people in America as lazy, dirty drug addicted and helpless. A portrait those people have decried as exploitative and unfair. He's not one of them.

[@tomzambito359]

Bankruptcy partners

[@christinecamley]

Exactly.

[@eh3477]

​@@adrianconnell7143It's also been debunked. Contrary to his claims, he wasn't raised in Appalachia. He lived in small-town Ohio, and stayed with his Kentucky grandparents only on weekends and summer vacations.

[@kimberlymoyer1232]

Has anyone drawn the correlation between Amber Rose whose under investigation for crypto currency scheme, her speaking at the RNC and Trump speaking at the bitcoin conference.

[@conniegrant939]

Fishy

[@LaurenKush]

JD Vance is a diveristy hire in silicon valley

[@vaseline69]

he was a DEI entry to Yale

[@LagoLhn]

He was indeed a DEI entry to Yale. Both as a veteran and as a disadvantaged son of a drug addict no doubt. Would be interesting to see his application package to both Ohio State and Yale. No doubt he leaned heavily on his upbringing and veteran status to get in.

[@BonaKim-hd8ec]

I’m betting his application letter is a tearjerker synopsis of Hillbilly Elegy.

[@mk1st]

Dumb. Egotistical. Idiotic.

[@conniegrant939]

DEI 🤣💦

[@DiamondBodyHealing]

finally, someone talking about this. sociopaths who are trapped in their trauma cannot hold down a job nor honour their commitments to colleagues. they NEVER follow through and move on to the next grift without caring about anything or anyone except themselves. They don't work but benefit of the hard work of others, talking a big game. His alliance with Peter Thiel is nothing short of sadistic, and he aligns with people who have made a lot of money in order to leverage big name and big money, while he does nothing except ride the grift wave. The man is a lowlife. ps. selling a few copies of a book based on your trauma memoirs does not make one 'a literary figure'.

[@andrewstevenson118]

FYI DSM V says sociopaths might seem charming and charismatic at first, at least on the surface, but they generally find it difficult to understand other people’s feelings. They often break rules or laws, behave aggressively or impulsively, feel little guilt for harm they cause others, and use manipulation, deceit, and controlling behavior.

[@kelperdude]

In America, we spell in honor.

[@kenc7120]

Is the lady in red ok? 😂

[@b.t.2795]

Neither of them have done an honest day's work in their life. Gifting and the gift of the gab is all they're good act.

[@lisacollins3304]

Wow,great comment!

[@brettfine3444]

Basically two birds of the same orange feather.

[@tristancleer9697]

Since when is a venture capitalist qualified the run the U.S.?

[@user-xf4cy4hr8i]

a failed PYSHCO

[@Nickname-ef9tv]

I wouldn't even be principally opposed to it, but a first precondition would be to be successful at it.

[@epochchange6803]

The rural community Vance says he is from doesn't specifically know him to be from there...

[@laurilewerenz5270]

hes not from there he was born & raised in suburban Ohio

[@LagoLhn]

Because Vance was literally a nobody. I grew up nearby- anonymity, mediocrity and working class trauma are endemic to Middletown, Ohio.

[@Don-md6wn]

Vance summered in Appalachia.

[@alcrow1458]

He despises those people. They are so much more than what he says they are. He is jealous of them because they are rock solid good people.

[@user-cc9cr1pe8m]

❤John Denver, Dolly Parton ❤@@alcrow1458

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

It's like his service as a Marine - he was a journalist, apparently he never saw action - and as his charity/non-profit Our Ohio Renewal, which did nothing.

[@RogerVKint]

We need much more on Thiel.

[@Hood2Country]

He wants cams everywhere

[@Don-md6wn]

@@Hood2Country And thinks technology will be developed to allow him to live forever. He's a lunatic.

[@Hood2Country]

@Don-md6wn yep I heard that also

[@Hood2Country]

@@Don-md6wn look up withney Webb

[@ld3511]

And his ties to the heritage foundation as jd wrote parts of project 2025.

[@michellethompson155]

So creepy weird Vance is the male version of Sarah Palin.

[@Don-md6wn]

With an elite education, better diction and the backing of a billionaire.

[@0098Elaine]

Did J D the couch guy happen to give Don old Trump his neck size? Pence lasted 4 years, J D might not last the month?

[@netdoll]

Honestly kind of an insult to Sarah Palin, she really has nothing on this clown.

[@Nickname-ef9tv]

Let us hope he will drag the campaign just like she did.

[@losing_myself]

So JD Vance is owned and operated by some big time spenders. That doesn't sound "swampy" at all,

[@user-xf4cy4hr8i]

PETER THEIL bought Vance and the VP ticket- for How much? none of his other Acolytes had that kind of backing$$$$$

[@davidjames2083]

*Peter Thiel is a few sandwiches short of a picnic, even by far-right German standards!*

[@emilyfeagin2673]

And why does his business success mean he gets to make public policy for our large, diverse country?

[@nonsibi1087]

Also, Vance enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Iraq as a media correspondent for six months in late 2005. He was part of the Public Affairs section of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and said that he was "lucky to escape any real fighting". - Wikipedia

[@dobizrule]

DeNazi was an attorney in JAG, during his "military" service. Looks like they were both grooming themselves, for right wing consumption.

[@antonomaseapophasis5142]

Vance has been installed into power like a palace eunuch by Peter Thiel.

[@Hood2Country]

Notice the main media not talking about this

[@marcosjuarez7809]

White working class people that come from sundown towns and they are doing their bidding for those Silicon Valley venture capitalists because they don’t trust Wall Street investors.

[@Don-md6wn]

Peter Thiel, the brilliant billionaire who can't string together words to form a coherent sentence.

[@ld3511]

jd wrote parts of project 2025 with the heritage foundation who controls our right presidency, scotus, and at least half of congress.

[@barbarashea1975]

Love love love your comment. Thank you

[@ManinaHarris]

A fraud matched with a fraud. No surprise there🤷‍♀️

[@sarabeth8050]

Dementia Don: I once played a successful businessman on TV... Vance: I once played a successful businessman, uh, in my mind...

[@nina1608]

So, may we infer that Usha Vance is the main breadwinner?

[@emilyfeagin2673]

Probably He is one of those guys that needs kept

[@kickazz999]

​@@emilyfeagin2673...big man😂

[@Don-md6wn]

No, she quit her job at a big law firm the day Vance was picked as Trump's running mate. Now she cares about staying home and raising her kids. Peter Thiel will make sure JD has all the money he needs.

[@nina1608]

@@Don-md6wn So she was the main breadwinner. Same difference.

[@RevCeleste]

​@Don-md6wn not when they lose

[@weburnitatbothends]

I would like to know which businesses in Silicon Valley are supporting Vance so I can steer away from them

[@emilyfeagin2673]

PayPal co founder, Planitier. Venture Capital At least that s what Wicki says

[@barcelonachair6487]

Vance's wife is more of a beard than the one he has on his face.

[@Freerider93]

Thiel has been banging him for years.

[@January.]

@@barcelonachair6487 AGREE

[@dspirit444]

💯

[@kimleemoon]

🎯

[@elephantsarenuts5161]

The poor woman is married to Vance. No need to pile on.

[@user-bf2eb5xr9d]

JD Vance calling Harris and other democrats "cat ladies" is just so weird.

[@hughjorg4008]

JD Vance and Trump are just *weird* . 😂

[@LeonieRomanes]

Yes, it's a cult of weirdos.

[@DP-1868]

@user-bfeb5xr9d. Do a research 🔬 on them and you will see that it’s literally “The cat ladies”that are weird 😂😂😂

[@steel148]

@@DP-1868it doesn’t take much research at all to find out that JD and Trump are SUPERRR WEIRD 😬

[@emilyfeagin2673]

Cat ladies neans any woman that isn’t a trad wife. Keep in mind at Salem they burned women with cats a property

[@user-vs3bz3yy4l]

I don't get any good feeling from shady JD Vance. I'm sure he was not solid another one that tries to fool us tacky like Trump

[@AlainRizk41]

This is pretty obvious. He has a good backstory which Thiel saw as a good vehicle into politics to support his perspective. He propped him up in a career to have something to talk about before he started his political career and there you go.

[@conehead210]

So Vance turns out to be a DEI..perhaps the new Kitara Santos

[@MotownGal]

I take issue with the use of the term "literary". It's a book, but it's definitely not "literature." He "authored" a book, but he is not an "author." Haven't you heard? Anyone can write a book and get it published these days. There should be some critical thought about the veracity of what was written, who actually wrote/edited the opus, and the nature of the target audience. He had a brush with venture capitalism, and authorship, but it smacks of political propaganda...the same type as any politician puts out right before they throw their hats in the ring. His book has more spine than he does.

[@Eurlanful]

Being rich does not make you intelligent.

[@daniadejonghe4980]

He went to Yale right? How did he pay for that?? It cost $85K and change... for a poor boy from Appalachia???

[@vaseline69]

well interestingly he received funding under DEI to attend Yale as part of their commitment to increase access to low income people

[@daniadejonghe4980]

@@vaseline69 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣another hypocrite. The GOP is apparently the home of the breed.

[@elaineisabelle427]

He's selling a bunch of lies just like his boss. Vote Harris 2024

[@scotty9776]

Vance is the definition of Manchurian Candidate

[@robinboroda7909]

Basically, he sold a book.

[@eh3477]

Also, the more liberal media, including msnbc and npr, LOVED the book and lionized him as a sort of conservative "whisperer" who could talk to Democrats. No research on the validity of his claims; they presented him as a very successful established Silicon valley businessman, which we now know isn't remotely true.

[@rosemariebredahl9519]

Vance's victim- blaming of poor people (incl "hillbillies") has loosely paralleled his financial "success". Wealth hoarding is commonly self-justified on the grounds of entitlement due to superiority. Vance not only applies a "bootstraps" myth, but profits from it!

[@elephantroom9699]

Did you know my dog was offended that his species was not included in this presidential race. He said that dogs have been man’s best friends way before cats and that only allowing cats to participate is a form of discrimination.

[@ww2remembered983]

Wroof Wroof!!

[@kimleemoon]

It’s because dogs are “MAN’S best friend”. JD wanted to specifically target women therefore cats got all the attention 😂

[@linneab8317]

Average George and Jane don't know anything about how businesses start, how they're maintained, and how the economy operates. As a high school teacher, I would ask my students to share future plans after graduation. 1. Athletes had NBA & NFL dreams 2. Talents had big entertainment dreams that included live large lifestyles 3. Workers learned the word entrepreneur without a clue of what service/product they'd provide. A venture capitalist sounds exciting, but there's typically no substance in the title. MAGA is attracted to all that glitters, but it's not gold.

[@floodgatestudios1825]

Vance is Peter Thiel's rent boy

[@olorin4317]

Were there bulk purchases of his book by his rich friends to help fluff his career?

[@kimberlymoyer1232]

OMG! He must have read the Art of the Deal.

[@newsjunkie8577]

It's looking like JD Vance was groomed by Peter Thiel, because of Vance's tall and all American boy look, to be then seeded into the American government to do Peter Thiel's bidding. Peter Thiel funded/sponsored Vance's 3 VC ventures and then funded his nonprofit and senate campaign.

[@SkepticalChris]

JD Vance is the gift to Democrats, who just keeps on giving!

[@vaseline69]

yeah but I kind of wish all this stuff had come out after the Ohio Ballot were printed, Trump still has time to swap him out

[@jenleeo]

@@vaseline69too bad there’s not a way to force Trump to carry Vance to term.

[@SkepticalChris]

@@vaseline69 for Trump to kick Vance off the ticket, is to admit that he made a mistake, and Trump never admits to making mistakes. He's in it for the loss.

[@vaseline69]

@@SkepticalChris nah he's try to spin that he was lied to and deceived and get a crowd to chant "hang Mike Johnson"

[@vaseline69]

@@SkepticalChris nah he's blame someone else and say he was tricked and deceived, lead a mob shouting "hang Mike Johnson"

[@fuck_djt]

Here's the insidious anti-DEI secret-- it's not what you know. It's who you know. Furthermore, it's all about relationships and nepotism. If you don't have access to inner circles, you will be forever blocked out. That's why there's DEI-- to combat nepotism.

[@emilyfeagin2673]

Exactly!

[@Don-md6wn]

See Lara Trump as the head of the RNC.

[@eh3477]

Exactly. Worked with similar folks for many years in a field dominated by white males. They accused every new hire who wasn't a white male, of being "a DEI hire", yet there was no DEI hiring program. The newer folks simply had 2x as much education and experience and worked 5x as hard. This wasn't an issue when the ruling crowd were in charge because they only interviewed their buddies and cronies, and provided their performance evaluations too. Pretty good deal! This wasn't everyone.... there were some awesome white male colleagues too. .

[@fuck_djt]

@@Don-md6wn Excellent example.

[@fuck_djt]

@@eh3477 It's all too familiar. I can recite a similar experience. I literally watched white supervisors parade in numerous black candidates for a position, only to give it to an undeserving, mediocre white male colleague in the form of an unwarranted promotion.

[@davidcampbell4174]

Bankrupting businesses? That’s why Trump likes him … birds of a feather.

[@Nicole-bj4dv]

MY BLACK ATTORNEY FATHER, REGISTERED NURSE MOTHER, COULDN'T GET A HOME LOAN IN VENTURA COUNTY, EVEN WITH GREAT CREDIT. I GREW UP AS WINNING PRESIDENT IN 5th grade, and 8th grade president, cheerleader and homecoming queen, earned all honors classes but in Oxnard, California, it has been a fight. As an Executive Director, with an MBA, WHITE MEN HAVE TOOK MY CARD AND LOOKED BACK AT ME AND SAID " YOU'RE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR???"

[@Freerider93]

The fact that you are yelling tells me maybe it's you....just a little bit...😅

[@sclogse1]

Well, when you make a big statement, you have to check it for grammar errors. Like, "HAVE TOOK".

[@January.]

@@Nicole-bj4dv *have TAKEN

[@tinoyb9294]

Don't you know the Supreme Court has declared that racism is over?

[@h.b.7104]

"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime"--Balzac

[@casparnigell5510]

JD Vance is the ultimate DEI hire. He has achieved zilch in his life, and esp in public life. DEI hired by Peter Thiel What a clown 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@pthomas2855]

So then how many bankruptcies does that add up to between Trump and Vance...7, 8 or 9? I've lost track. Upwards and forwards is preferable to downwards and backwards. Harris 🇺🇸 2024

[@Keyboard-Cowboy]

Introducing - JD Vance aka - J.D. Hamel aka - James David Hamel aka - James Donald Bowman aka - The Son of Chucky

[@DoofusDurant]

The rich love to paint the working class as lazy bums, and yet JD has never worked a day in his weird life.

[@gleebranham5091]

Money can't buy you class

[@catherinehubbard1167]

Thief bought Vance everything he has.

[@Erin-ir4hy]

Awesome, there are already some really good investigative reporters digging into the background of JD Vance. Hopefully, there will be some federal and state investigations.

[@earlclue]

the wedding to Santos gonna be special

[@jimk8520]

“Just because you’re rich doesn’t mean you’re decent” I’d argue that it usually means they aren’t decent.

[@adambram]

Bankruptcy? He and Trump have even more in common.

[@matlew1960]

His life is full of lies, now someone should research his earlier life in the backwoods and his supposedly life with grandma, maybe more lies.

[@emilyfeagin2673]

Tech bros picked Vance because he is just as weird as DonOLD

[@stockholm1752]

🧔🏻‍♂JD Vance, the Orange 😡 Conman’s new apprentice.

[@captainsparkle-fingers2744]

The Snake Oil Convention in ChumpWorld!🙃🤑🙄

[@user-tm1oy6ck4t]

Except... the book was a total FICTION.

[@pho-kingsoup8126]

For clarification, Vance's book was fiction ala George Santos.

[@montelorne]

“just because you’re rich, doesn’t mean you’re decent.” Good for her! Telling the truth.

[@cheechola4749]

The kind of vetting I would expect from trump and his dunces. Shoulda nominated the couch, more likeable.

[@cbrillantes6690]

He didn't earn his career. He was sponsored by Peter Theil not just once.. Wonder why.

[@angelface2022]

HEY JD, BYW : Lindsey G and Tim S. doesn't have kids

[@ww2remembered983]

Neither does his sugar daddy, Peter Theil.

[@AndiCandie]

And Lady G lives with his male roommate 🤔🤣

[@keepinganopenmind8216]

One of the worlds biggest grifters JD Vance 1

[@theblade9024]

Of course he was a failure. He and Donnie. Birds of a feather will ... .

[@WayneWilliams-x8d]

Shady Fancy's ancestry DNA should be investigated genetically for closely related relatives

[@roberthepburn-gr4fq]

He is as successful as his daddy

[@jacquelinewilson2279]

Con artist

[@romeocastille1690]

*GOP GREED WILL NEVER $ERVE THE PEOPLE!*

[@PlanetMobius87]

JD Vance eats corn the long way

[@ww2remembered983]

He's also a expert at Cornhole!

[@floodgatestudios1825]

​@@ww2remembered983you stole my line !!

[@vanessamonster5038]

Another Yale law alum doing a whole lot of nothing. Can we talk about Vance's law career that never happened?

[@lizryan513]

A thoughtful discussion. Thank you

[@user-st7qh2bn3j]

What is that weird hand gesture? Trump does it, too.

[@wb8291]

Search: 666 hand symbol.

[@user-st7qh2bn3j]

@@wb8291 OMG - from The NY Times: “But in recent years, it has also been appropriated for a more malign purpose - to signify “white power.” The gesture has become an extremist meme, according to the Anti-Defamation League.” And there you have it. Thanks!

[@user-st7qh2bn3j]

@@wb8291 OMG - according to The NY Times: “ in recent years, it has also been appropriated for a more malign purpose - to signify “white power.” The gesture has become an extremist meme, according to the Anti-Defamation League.”

[@user-st7qh2bn3j]

@@wb8291 I responded with what I learned, and it was censored. Twice. Interesting, no?

[@davidschneider6306]

Trump/J D Vance is the best freak show since P T Barnum presented Jo Jo the Dog Faced Boy and Alphonso the Chicken Head Eating Geek.

[@emilyfeagin2673]

At least JOJo and Alphonso worked for their money

[@gunnar314]

@@emilyfeagin2673 vance did work his way up tho

[@MaryOmalley-hg9pc]

To label Mr Vance as a a regional voice as an author clearly dismissed decades of literature and art in his region. Please Stephanie check out Muriel Ruckhauseer’s Book of the Dead, Homer Hickman October Sky, Silas House House of Leaves, John Sayles Mantwan among many many others too numerous to mention. Read the region all of the art and then speak on Mr VAnce and his so called legacy.

[@eleniderez860]

The word is in the hedge fund world is he was terrible. He's full of hot air. Theil backed him but it wasnt because he was a great venture capitalist. Why?!!

[@bigcoppa]

I'm beginning to think that JD stands for JUST DUMB 😳

[@alberttrinidad1750]

Why would Peter Thiel be so helpful to Vance. Juat another Yale student. And then i thought i wonder if Thiel is ... and yes i then learnt he is. Its a thought but its a classic example of a young mans rise to wealth

[@Juicexlx]

Because Peter Thiel is deranged

[@Freerider93]

Thiel has been banging this dude for years...

[@emilyfeagin2673]

One of those young men that needs lots of help from his benefactors

[@RobinHood_62]

I will resent ron howard FOR LIFE for giving Vance national recognition by making a movie. The movie btw was horrible. Half way thru I shut it off as I realized I absolutely loathed every single character. Ron howard made that movie. Did peter thiel fund it? Cancel ron howard

[@finbarrmcgrath1686]

4 names…..please talk about his 4 names….

[@Keyboard-Cowboy]

Introducing - JD Vance aka - J.D. Hamel aka - James David Hamel aka - James Donald Bowman aka - The Son of Chucky

[@bwayne6]

Hillbilly Elegy was not a hit on Netflix.

[@dredgerivers7730]

Typo. He meant 'venture crapitalist.'

[@abimbolaowolabi4985]

'Just because you are RICH doesn't mean you are DECENT'😊

[@ww2remembered983]

Bingo, she nailed it.

[@bspoon5041]

Can you please find out what the other 2 last names he has had over the years. I know one was a step father. Why the other 2?

[@PacificForage]

We don't call him Shady Vance for no reason.

[@fredomacedo6304]

Ventured into his office couch 🛋️

[@JohnHerzfeld-on3og]

You know who deserves some scrutiny, act blue.

[@ronagoodwell2709]

Next thing we're going to find out Tony Schwartz wrote Hillbilly Elegy.

[@sclogse1]

I just don't get Vance's haircut. It's not a style.The guy has hair and chooses this combo plate. Even a high and tight in the military is a look. This is Bad Day At Black Rock.

[@PenelopeFluffington]

So what did he do - or is doing - for Theil to cause him to fund his entire life? Is JDV, like Trump, the product of a sugar daddy?

[@emilyfeagin2673]

I think so too

[@user-wv4fz6rc1q]

Sounds a lot like the Texas Air Guard story. Nobody could remember seeing GW Bush there...

[@jdleo18]

Another one! JD isn't a hillbilly! Couldn't care less!

[@terrymorris8607]

His ghostwriter must be very proud.

[@TommyTippy598]

Teddy is smart and great to listen to. Vance's book is definitely when he appeared on everyone's radar. Vance brings nothing to the table except evil.

[@douglasmennella4525]

Both of these guests completely ignored the questions..

[@Mor4me]

Sometimes people confuse populous with population and popular. Majority rules (democracy) is based on the popular opinion of the population. So, basically to be well received by the populist is the name of the game.