As long as you develop loud policies that tie economic justice and tie them to anti-racism, fine. That did not happen.
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Replying to @zeynep @ankenough
Maybe not loud enough. I yield there. But one economic deal was far better for working class than the other.
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Replying to @tomwatson @ankenough
Politics isn't "this one is objectively better". And low unemployment & job numbers misled. Many pointed this out.
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Replying to @zeynep @ankenough
No politics isn't. And yes underemployment is very real. But something separated white and POC working class voters.
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Replying to @tomwatson @ankenough
Well, obviously POC poor people were reluctant to vote for Trump--but he won more of them than Romney so there.
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Replying to @zeynep @ankenough
Not sure that's true in the end, we'll have to see. Fewer voted, yes. But Trump won primarily on fear and bigotry.
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Replying to @tomwatson @ankenough
I talked to my share of Trump voters. Jobs and government taking care (also) of us came up a lot. Realistic or not.
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Replying to @zeynep @ankenough
Yes, I'm sure it's there. Spoke to many myself. But also listened to the rallies, which dominated coverage.
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Replying to @tomwatson @ankenough
The rallies had a lot of talk about jobs and trade, and like it or not, people connect immigration to econ issues.
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Replying to @zeynep @ankenough
Hmmm. I don't see that, I have to be honest with you. I just see rank bigotry. There were no chants about economics.
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The bigotry and economic concerns were intertwined, in a spectrum, and inability to accept and respond to this lost the election.
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Replying to @zeynep @tomwatson
This is a global wave, and I've now seen this in multiple countries. Not responding to this is going to strengthen and cement it.
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Replying to @zeynep @tomwatson
Coalition building is about peeling off the softest support of the other side, not pushing them all into a monolith to coalesce.
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