2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: As a black loyal Democrat, I say SCREW the white working class who insist on voting Republican [View all]jack_krass
(1,009 posts)during his campaign. There is also no doubt that Hillary Clinton made racist statements and dogwhissles during her various campaigns., yet her voters are not subjected to the same criticism, are they?
I do not think however that either HRC or trump run campaigns that are "based on racism". Both are more opportunist than racist and are motivated by getting votes, not racism.
Voters must look at the overall picture and pick option A or B, and take (what they see as) the good with the bad. I stand by my statement that working class voters can have voted for trump without being a racist.
Disclaimer: Dont think for one goddam second that im supporting or defending trump. Im defending working class voters against being slandered as "racist" or "nazi" (word thrown around way too easily nowadays) based on how they voted.