Trae Crowder – a comedian and progressive influencer known as "the liberal redneck" — just revealed what Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) is like when the cameras aren't rolling based on a personal experience with the presumptive 2024 Republican vice presidential nominee.
In a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday from his truck, Crowder unleashed on the Ohio Republican and told his hundreds of thousands of followers that while he had a lot in common with Vance, he lost respect for him when realizing he didn't actually stand on anything he said. He noted that it was "disappointing" that the only time a "white trash hillbilly" like him would get into the White House was if he was an "Ivy League-educated venture capitalist who first rose to fame by selling us all out."
"That's like telling a kid, 'hey, you're gonna have a Mario-themed birthday party, but ia fat Italian dude drunk on mushrooms is gonna show up and kill his pet turtle.' It's like, 'that's not what I thought you meant,'" Crowder said in his thick Tennessee accent.
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Crowder recalled how, in 2016, both he and Vance were frequently called upon to appear on cable news shows to explain to viewers why then-candidate Donald Trump was so appealing to low-income, working-class white voters (or to "explain Jim Bobs to bow ties," in Crowder's words). And on one particular night, Crowder said Vance attended one of his comedy shows with his wife and noted that the two were "loving that woke s—" he was saying onstage.
After the show, he and Vance went out for drinks, and Crowder noted that he and the 'Hillbilly Elegy' author "got to know each other a little bit," and that Vance only had one thing on his mind: "The existential threat we agreed Trump posed to the American people."
"Trump's VP pick is a Machiavellian sycophant who has less integrity than a Boeing 737," Crowder said, referencing the jet that crashed in 2018 and 2019, killing hundreds of passengers. "While I was not charmed by the man — in fact, it was like pounding beers with a spreadsheet — I did leave there thinking, 'at least there's some sane Republicans left.'"
After their night out, Crowder said he read Vance's book to see why it was so beloved by the "intelligentsia." He characterized the memoir as Vance throwing his entire culture under the bus to ingratiate himself with elites.
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"It's like, 'you know how y'all think my people are inherently worthless pieces of s— with nothing to offer society? Well, you're right! We suck! But not me! I'm different! No, I once got paddled by a tycoon's son in Connecticut! Please accept me!' Right? And they did," Crowder said. "And that's when my opinion of him started to change."
"Me and JD have stuff in common — white trash, you know, pill-billy mamas... but I don't hate my people. I'd sooner throw it all away than line my pockets with predatory payday loans or big pill profits," he continued. "My people do not struggle to some inborn cultural affliction, but due instead to the capricious nature of the same masters he serves."
Watch Crowder's full video below, or by clicking this link.
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