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Hillbilly Cosplayer Still Sucks Shit

After all these years, this nerd is still trying to be somebody.

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D.J. Byrnes
Feb 28, 2022
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JD Vance is a loser!
JD Vance as portrayed in Hillbilly Elegy.

J.D. Vance portrayed his mother as a Mountain Dew-swilling, drug-addicted shrew who impeded his destiny as an Ivy League-educated lawyer and venture capitalist. His machinations earned him something his money couldn’t—national acclaim and acceptance among our country’s elite as a hillybilly whisperer.

Not bad for…

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