Describing Trump as a "populist" only makes sense if you conceive of "the people" as exclusively white.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @KathaPollitt
That assumes the term is only reserved for liberals and leftists to use -- which scrubs out a lot of history
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Replying to @mkazin @KathaPollitt
No, there is right-wing populism: Coughlin, George Wallace. But Trump doesn't have their economic program or same base
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