Откуда у парня испанская грусть?

Трейлер-парк в Пенсильвании (городок Derry с населением 2,688). Жена снаряжает командира антиправительственной милиции, который отправляется в Шарлоттсвилл в Виргинии, чтобы обеспечить вооруженную охрану митингу нацистов у памятника генералу Ли.

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2017/08/16/christian-yingling-pa-militia-latrobe-charlottesville-va-rally-white-supremacist/stories/201708160063

Откуда в северном штате Пенсильвания озабоченность защитой героев Конфедерации? Некоторый свет проливает писатель Dave Eggers, который проехал по Пенсильвании незадолго до выборов

A month before the election, I’d driven from Pittsburgh to the Philadelphia suburbs and saw nothing but Trump/Pence signs. In three days I covered about 1,200 miles of back roads and highway – some of the prettiest country you can find on this continent – and saw not one sign, large or small, in support of Clinton. The only time any mention of her was made at all was on an enormous billboard bearing her face with a Pinocchio nose.
I did see Confederate flags. James Carville, the political strategist, recently quipped that Pennsylvania is Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with Alabama in between, and there is some truth to that. There are a lot of men in camouflage jackets. There are a lot of men out of work. When you stop at gas stations, the magazine sections are overwhelmed by periodicals devoted to guns, hunting and survival.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/18/none-of-the-old-rules-apply-dave-eggers-travels-through-post-election-america



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