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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrom Israel: This was predictable in Trump's America.
Link: http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.806464
By now, anyone around the world who has paid even cursory attention to the news over the past two years understands full well how many dog whistles Donald Trump blew to summon the alt right into action on his behalf.
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From Israel: This was predictable in Trump's America. (Original Post)
lpbk2713
Aug 2017
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Solly Mack
(90,769 posts)1. Ugly, but true.
But then the truth of Trump is ugly.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)2. Yeah, I knew, but they voted for him anyways, even Jews and Blacks. . .
But I'm one who truly believes the election was stolen.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)3. They used every dirty trick they could think of.
And they were proud of it too. I have no doubt HRC won the election.
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)4. Some very pro Isreal Jews in NY City voted for him
specifically because of his relationship with Netanyahu. I know a few and have to try hard to keep my mouth shut when I speak with the.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)5. I think Black women
in 2016 was Clinton's strongest demographic, if I'm not mistaken? And, Clinton did do better with Jewish voters than Obama did vs Romney (though, not as well as Obama in 2008 with Jewish voters)
Granted, if anybody not white, Christian and male voted for Trump, they likely had something wrong with them
Aristus
(66,381 posts)7. Yeah, there's something wrong with me:
I'm a liberal.
JI7
(89,251 posts)6. Large majority of jews and blacks did not vote for him. There will always be stephen millers and
Omarosa types that the majority see as a joke.