It was the racism, stupid: White working-class economic anxiety is a zombie idea that needs to die

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5. The coddlers here on DU need to acknowledge the elephant in the room.

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trump voters were lured and succumbed to his pied piper dog whistles.

It was racism pure and simple deep down. All the other excuses and analyses — economic anxiety and blah de blah blah blah, are just refusals to admit what's always behind repug/right wing stances — it's their ace in the hole and works nearly every time.

"Make America great again" is nothing but dog whistle for "Make America white again."

LBJ said it best in 1960: "If you can convince the lowest white man that he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket."

We saw it at trump rallies. Confederate flags everywhere, black or brown faces nowhere, except the one or two being manhandled and thrown out.