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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Please stop saying Trump turnout is because of jobs or economy. [View all]oasis
(51,705 posts)26. Deplorables jumped at the opportunity to crawl out from their
deep repressed racism and misogyny.
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Please stop saying Trump turnout is because of jobs or economy. [View all]
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2016
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Obama didn't run against an overt and openly racist person either, this leaves out that small fact
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#45
THANK YOU ! That's what the ........ FACTS.......... show, but fuck facts on DU peoples "opinions"
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#46
no, it wasn't about jobs. we've got near-full employment. at most, it was about lies about jobs.
unblock
Dec 2016
#8
and in your part of the country what is the make up of the Senators and Representatives, the
still_one
Dec 2016
#17
And the anti-TPP fight for the 99% ers lost big time. Was not the TPP either.
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#25
+1, nah... couldn't be because Comey etc... nah, Russia didn't have SHIT to do with it /sarcasm
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#47
That's why the OP used the word "most"... we all need to pay attention to what is said
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#44
Fact: Hillary won w voters concerned about economy. Trump won w voters on immigration,
emulatorloo
Dec 2016
#69
Exactly. the far loony racist whites came out to vote while more moderate R's stayed home -tired of
Kashkakat v.2.0
Dec 2016
#4
This! They didn't compare the tax plans and assumed Dems would raise theirs and give the $ to brown
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#27
To make that vote you had to ignore that he is a racist, sexual assaulter, liar and
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2016
#13
And a former member of my church was defending Trump's words as "locker room talk"
47of74
Dec 2016
#31
+1, they continue to rationalize their dick-ishness in their vote for Twitler
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#48
Except why in the swing states did every Democrat running for Senate lose against the establishment
still_one
Dec 2016
#18
... ahem "... were going to ignore this little factoid and beat on Hillary .... " ahem.. cough
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#49
True. It was racist and sexist backlash against first black President and potentially
CousinIT
Dec 2016
#12
And Hillary was gonna let women and children from war torn middle east come to our country
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2016
#15
"a lot of folks are underemployed" this is false on its face the LFPR has been rising for a year and
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#51
Tell that to the middle aged professionals, assembly line and tech workers
Fiendish Thingy
Dec 2016
#64
And even with them crawling out from under rocks, HRC still got millions of more votes
Rex
Dec 2016
#28
More RWTP, the LFPR and U6 rate are at near full employment levels and the "low wage" recovery
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#53
People voted for Trump for a slew of reasons, but the fundamental one is a corrupt corporate media.
JCanete
Dec 2016
#42