What Happened: On Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took to Twitter to recall a November 2020 tweet by Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio). This comes in the wake of Vance’s recent nomination as former President Donald Trump’s vice-presidential running mate for the upcoming 2024 elections. Vance, the author of the best-selling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” faced criticism after referring to himself as a “nationalist who worries about America’s low fertility” in that particular social media post. Critics interpreted this as aligning with white nationalism and the “great replacement” conspir…
