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Linda A's avatar

I'm in rural Virginia. More Hung Cao: Rural Virginians are again disrespected by GOP Senate candidate Hung Cao, who doubled down claiming that rural voters are just too inconvenient to bother with.

To contrast, Sen. Tim Kaine visited Tazewell and Abingdon just last week (wayyy down in the SW corner) to take questions from constituents regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Cao: "I’ll sit here [behind the camera] all night if you want to, but for me to drive six and a half hours down to Abingdon or something like that and to stand there with four other dudes and to have 30 seconds to answer questions, it’s just ridonkulous, it’s just crazy."

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Monnina's avatar

What a Cosmopolitan wannabe jerk. Maybe he thinks you are all too Pagan ?

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

He called them and the area "podunk"

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Linda A's avatar

Indeed he did call the Staunton News-Leader a podunk newspaper. The N-L is part of the USA Today Network. Per Wikipedia, the News Leader was founded in 1904 (with heritage dating to 1890), with circulation 6,146 Daily 6,721 Sunday (as of 2021). Not WaPo or the NYT, but an integral media source in the Shenandoah Valley.

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Monnina's avatar

Podunk is not a vernacular term I am familiar with. I assume it’s derogatory.

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Linda A's avatar

Yes, it means no-wheres-ville, off the map. Insignificant. Hardly the descriptor for Staunton VA or its newspaper. Staunton is a college town, an artsy town, a great foodie place, and its gem: https://americanshakespearecenter.com/

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Monnina's avatar

Thanks. Such a beautiful theatre space ! What is it with individuals and their hatred of natural beauty and shared culture. I will never understand it.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

I feel for y’all in VA and in NC, my former state of where I was born and raised. truly, this is the first time I have heard of Cao. What a nightmare he is!

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