He is their voice
by digby
Finally, someone is speaking up for the oppressed:
Trump’s base, however, continues to be white men. An ABC News/Washington Post poll released early last month showed Trump with a huge 60 percent to 26 percent advantage among that demographic. It might not be enough for Trump to secure a general election victory — thanks to his unpopularity with others groups, Trump trailed Clinton overall in that same ABC poll — but it was enough to secure the Republican nomination.
During a CNN interview this morning, Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) acknowledged the Trump phenomenon for what it is — identity politics for white men.
While opining about Trump’s RNC-closing speech, Duffy said, “There’s a viewpoint that says, ‘I can fight for minorities, and I can fight for women,’ and if you get that, you make up a vast majority of the voting block and you win. And white males have been left aside a little bit in the politics of who speaks to them.”
Duffy’s implication is that in Trump, white guys have finally found a candidate who speaks to their concerns.
They shall overcome some day.
This is the truth though. It’s at the heart of the whole anti-PC appeal of Trump. He’s the voice of the white people who believe that America belongs to them and that white men and the women who adore them are the ones who get to decide who’s in charge. It’s their choice as to who they allow to be here and participate. Democracy is challenging that view and they don’t like it.
Samantha Bee talked to few of these fine folks:
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