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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Replying to @tomwatson
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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Replying to @zeynep
Yeah, there we agree. But I'm starting with the
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Replying to @tomwatson
Never Trump Republicans are a tiny group. Young people are important, but they are also suffering a lot from the economic shifts.
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Replying to @zeynep @tomwatson
For past year, people used the unemployment rate and job growth to not see how little security most people have. It's crippling.
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Replying to @zeynep
Hey I agree on the issue. But Trump demagogued it, and many white people responded to rank bigotry. We can't ignore it.
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Replying to @tomwatson
Of course don't ignore it. Let us oppose bigotry loudly. So many incidents already; it's a disaster. That's not my point.
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But belittling of real economic anxiety—heck despair—will grow his coalition. Narrowly lost this election; will lose next big.
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Replying to @zeynep
I don't suggest belittling it. Just not excusing what it's used (way too often) to cover.
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Replying to @tomwatson
D critics were not using it to cover bigotry; this was a false accusation, caused D leadership to miss reality & lose to Trump.
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