'Proud Deplorable' Louisiana Republican Attacks 'Goat’s Milk Latte-Drinking, Avocado Toast-Eating' Elite

Louisiana Republican Sen John Kennedy made a memorable contribution to a Trump rally in his state on November 14, casting himself as a “proud deplorable” in contrast to the “goat’s milk latte-drinking, avocado toast-eating insider’s elite.”

The rally, in Bossier City, featured a combative Donald Trump, who blasted the impeachment proceedings that had begun against him. “We did nothing wrong,” he said.

John Kennedy began his contribution by saying, “I stand before you tonight as a proud ‘deplorable’,” referencing a label of Hillary Clinton’s that has become a badge of honor for some Trump supporters. Kennedy continued: “And unlike some of the folks in Washington DC – I’m talking about the cultured, cosmopolitan, goat’s milk latte-drinking, avocado toast-eating insider’s elite – as a ‘deplorable’, I believe that everybody counts.”

Louisiana holds its gubernatorial election on November 16, in which Republican candidate Eddie Rispone faces the Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards. Credit: Donald Trump via Storyful