2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: As a black loyal Democrat, I say SCREW the white working class who insist on voting Republican [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Besides the foolishness of that particular assumption, you seem to have completely failed to notice the second part of my point - that in addition to writing off the bigots who voted for Trump (or at least not jumping through hoops to attract them into our party), Democrats must work harder cultivate, motivate and protect the voting rights of the black and brown voters who have demonstrated an extraordinary loyalty to Democrats and only need to be treated right and they will far, far outnumber the Trumpian bigots on the other side.
I'm fascinated by how many people continue to insist that we go above and beyond to appeal to people who are either racist or so lack any morals or empathy that they're perfectly happy to put racists into the White House, yet say absolutely nothing about and seem to have absolutely no interest in lifting even a finger to generate more support among the loyal black and brown voters right here in our midst.