JD Vance Understands Something Important About Rural Voters

Last week, J.D. Vance gave a speech at a factory in Des Moines, Iowa, that ostensibly was in support of GOP Rep. Zach Nunn’s reelection campaign, but rightly has been evaluated as a trial balloon for his all-but-declared 2028 presidential run. And its message should worry Democrats who are expecting to ride an anti-Trump wave back to power this fall and beyond.The vice president said the November midterms would come down to one big issue. “It’s fundamentally, do you want people in Washington, D....