Obama didn't create Trump, the people who hate Obama did - Crosspost from GD

[Blue Meany]

4. This is partly true. But Democrats had a role in creating an opening for Trump

by essentially abandoning the the working class, failing to protect unions and not promoting the importance of racial unity--or at least working class solidarity that was not divided by race-- as necessary for the advancement of working class interests. In the 1930s and 1940s, there were bi-racial unions and political leaders who pushed this vision, even in the South and in economic situations just as bad as what we have now. But their rhetoric was matched by the policies they worked for. Third Way Democrats have talked the talk, but not walked the walk for working class voters of any race. Obviously, racist Republican rhetoric is not going attact people of color, but it also might not attract working class whites if there was a Democratic platform that spoke to their interests, and a message that explained our their fortunes were integrally tied to solidarity with workers of color and organized unions.