"At the beginning of The Sting, veteran con-man Henry Gondorff explains the way of the big con to ambitious rookie Johnny Hooker, who wants to play for a vicious mobbed up New York banker. It's not like playing winos in the street. You can't outrun [the guy]. . . . You gotta keep his con even after you take his money."
"This was an attack on law and order. This was an attack on the American people, said Vance, who maintained it has not been portrayed that way by many journalists. The way that the media, by and large, has reported this story has been an absolute disgrace, he added. And it puts our law enforcement officers at risk every single day...I can believe that her death is a tragedy while also recognizing that it is a tragedy of her own making."
J. Divan Vance rose to prominence through Hillbilly Elegy and cultivated a manufactured everyman image. After joining the Republican ticket in 2024, Vance adopted a harsher, openly hostile political persona. Vance condemned journalists for their coverage and framed an extrajudicial killing as an attack on law and order and the American people. Vance argued the media portrayal endangered officers while also labeling the victim’s death a tragedy of her own making. Additional federal shootings occurred in Portland soon after, and the president asserted that his personal morality constituted the only check on his conduct.
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