Not that this is the most ridiculous Gingrich news in the last few days or anything, but it’s pretty amusing: Evidently “metro-riding” is the Gingrich equivalent of “arugula-eating.”
“Those who, you know, live in high-rise apartment buildings writing for fancy newspapers in the middle of town after they ride the metro, who don’t understand that for most Americans the ability to buy a home, to have their own property, to have a sense of belonging is one of the greatest achievements of their life, and it makes them feel like they are good solid citizens,” he told the crowd.
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Oh yeah, those subway-riding, newspaper-working, apartment-dwelling elites. Even leaving aside the fact that public transit is a public good, is this now or has this EVER been a trope? Newspaper reporters in studio apartments being more fancy-pants snootified than property-owners, who are the salt of the earth? I mean, all I’m saying is:
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