A Warning From a Democrat in a Red State
The Atlantic A Warning From a Democrat in a Red State Democrats need to see beyond an electoral map to acknowledge that people are pushing for liberal ideas even in the reddest of areas. January 3, 2021 A demonstration in Berea, Kentucky (Meg Wilson) As a novelist, I often travel the country to talk about my books. During those events, almost invariably someone will ask me why my home state of Kentucky is so conservative. Many of these people ask why we’ve kept Mitch McConnell in office for almost 36 years. They take their anger at him out on me. Once, a fellow writer told me I shouldn’t ...