New Ideas and New Faces in the GOP with Hillbilly Elegy’s JD Vance
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk
4.6 • 65.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Charlie is joined by author of the mega bestseller, Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance, whose memoir about growing up in in the Rust Belt sold over 3 million books and was later turned into a feature film. His story gave voice to millions of "forgotten Americans" who had been left behind by globalization and the offshoring of millions of middle class jobs that once secured the families and futures of American industrial heartland. J.D. and Charlie discuss his meteoric rise as both an author and a political voice for conservative populism that is increasingly mainstream within the conservative movement as he seriously considers a run for Senate from the great state of Ohio. This is a can't miss episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Today on the Charlie Kirk Show, we have an amazing conversation with J.D. Vance. He's thinking of running for office in Ohio. He wrote Hillbilly Elegy, which sold over three million copies. That's right, three million copies. And we have a very in-depth and detailed conversation about his potential run in |
| 0:23.8 | Ohio, the ideas we must be focused on, how to rebuild the American family, the need for faith. |
| 0:29.0 | It is a provocative conversation that every person involved in politics should listen to. |
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| 1:09.1 | J.D. Vance is here. Buckle up, everybody up everybody here we go charlie what you've done is |
| 1:13.0 | incredible here maybe charlie kirk is on the college campus i want you to know we are lucky |
| 1:17.3 | to have charlie kirk charlie kirk's running the white house folks i want to thank charlie he's an |
| 1:23.9 | incredible guy his spirit his love of this country. He's done an amazing job. |
| 1:28.2 | Building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA. |
| 1:32.7 | We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to |
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| 1:44.6 | Hey, everybody. Today on the Charlie Kirk show, a very special guest, someone who I have |
| 1:48.8 | admired for quite some time. He is the author of Hillbilly Elegy, and he is entertaining a run |
| 1:57.1 | for the Senate in the great state of Ohio. I think if he runs, he'd be terrific. But that's all |
| 2:03.5 | we'll say with that. J.D., welcome to the Charlie Kirk Show. Thanks, Charlie. Thanks for having me. |
| 2:09.6 | So let's start with your book. I am a big admirer of the, not just the book, but the way that you |
| 2:17.4 | presented it. And it seems that the |
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