That's a question that will never have a real number put on it. I'd say the racism of the Trump campaign was the egg or flour in the cake. A critical component, but ultimately you don't get a cake without all the other ingredients, and the people who were motivated by his populist message of getting coal jobs back are also the groups that are most receptive to racist messaging.

Snipa recommended me a Joe Rogan podcast with a black guy who deconverted a lot of KKK members. One thing he said is that the KKK specifically comes into towns that just lost a ton of jobs, or had jobs replaced with immigrants. They know that economic problems are a fertile breeding ground for racist messaging and the people are far more receptive.

So it's not something that you can cleanly separate. All you can say is it's a crucial part of the recipe.

This post was edited by Thor123422 on Dec 12 2020 03:46pm

do you ever get tired of downplaying an issue that undeniably played a prominent role in his appeal to his base, something that informed and shaped his policies, and clearly is a part of his world view? will you ever stop acting like people simply can't see what he is if you just re-frame it dishonestly enough?

racism does NOT have to be your single biggest motivator or concern in life for it to be a disqualifying factor. i wouldn't vote for a child fucker even if i shared every single one of their political views on the economy, the environment, criminal justice, and foreign policy...

Thor forgets his mathematics often when he talks about politics.

About 10% of both sides of the political aisles are at least moderately racist, neither is more than the other. Democrat racists however have more mainstream acceptance.

GOP dealing with the Trump MAGA crowd.

milo is a parasite though
just looking for a way to drop off his host without dying
pretending like he has principles kek

it’s quite the irony that the (D)s ran two of the palest pastiest privileged white establishment politicians on earth, both whom wielded political power to absolutely devastate minority communities, but somehow people want to blame/attribute “racism” on Trump and his supporters

This post was edited by excellence on Dec 13 2020 04:25pm