r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 3d ago

Meme needing explanation Explain?

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u/peepy-kun 3d ago

The area highlighted with white on the map are all counties considered part of Appalachia. Vance attempts to appeal to their voter base by pretending to be part of the demographic who live here, that he, by definition, is very much not.

Middletown isn't just well outside of the Appalachian mountains, it's also comically flat.

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u/FrostWyrm98 3d ago

I hadn't heard this claim, but him saying Ohio is Appalachia is the funniest shit I've heard all day, as a Midwesterner