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n the weeks, then months, and now years after losing the presidential election in 2016, Hillary Clinton has repeatedly demonstrated in speeches and television interviews that she has no idea why she lost. She has blamed everything from racism to Russia, from the media to sexism, from the “deplorables” to stubborn, backward-looking nostalgia. Now she’s out saying Trump’s presidency is illegitimate and that she would defeat him again. She has not visibly reflected on the effects of her position on guns, her anti-fossil-fuel talk, and her open embrace of globalism. She seemingly hasn’t considered the political cost of living within the bubbles of Washington, New York, and Hollywood. Talk to Democrats today who live outside her bubble – those who either volunteered endless hours to help elect her or voted for her – and they will tell you that Clinton has no idea why she lost. Worse, they see their party going down the same road that led to her defeat four years ago, blaming white resentment... as well as Russia, the media, sexism, and deplorables.
You don’t have to look any further than the sound bites from this past week’s Democratic debate or the recent town halls. Confiscating guns, banning fracking, hiking taxes, providing free health care to illegal immigrants, and stamping out religious liberty were the promises Democrats made to compete for primary votes. Here is what most of Trump’s critics don’t understand about why this new conservative populist coalition voted for Trump over not just Clinton, but also over 17 very qualified, distinguished, mostly establishment Republican candidates in the party’s primary battle... It was never about Trump. It was always about their communities. Trump was the symptom, not the cause. These voters aren’t going to budge. It’s not that everyone who voted for him considers his first term a massive success that has improved
It was never about Trump. It was always about their communities. Trump was the symptom, not the cause.
American Consequences
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