Once again, corporate media is painting a conservative lawmaker’s mainstream views as out-of-touch and bizarre.
In 2017, JD Vance, then known for authoring his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” wrote an introduction to The Heritage Foundation’s 2017 Index for Culture and Opportunity, a collection of essays and charts looking at the state of families and prosperity in the United States.
Cue the freakout from The New York Times and others.
“Years before he became the Republican vice-presidential nominee, JD Vance endorsed a little-noticed 2017 report by The Heritage Foundation that proposed a sweeping conservative agenda to restrict sexual and reproductive freedoms and remake American families,” wrote New York Times reporter Lisa Lerer in an article published Tuesday.
Others quickly piled on.
“The vice-presidential candidate previously endorsed a collection…
