Van Jones Blames 'Hurricane Trump' on Unexpected Culprit [View all]

Liberal Elitism.
I've witnessed it in this forum.
You can blame sexism/misogyny, racism, Comey's October surprise, Russian interference, faKe news, echoing twiterbots, the destructive legacy of NAFTA ( B. Clinton),Clinton scandal fatigue, a damaging primary that exposed a fissure in the party, an ad campaign that was messaged on how bad Trump was but not what was better about Clinton, campaign missteps/ taking for granted blue vote in the rust belt and paying closer attention to the EC, Identity politics, a convention that celebrated multiethnic, broad diversity of race, religion, sexual orientation etc at the unspoken exclusion of whites who seemingly were take for granted... lots of little things that i don't discount were a factor, but I think this: Clinton calling Trump supporters "deplorables" and dismissing anyone who considered voting for him an attitude of liberal elitism. Trump for all his faults traveled to see and court these people in person when she was at high priced fundraisers with celebrities and wealthy donors ( not to mention her previous elite high priced speeches to Goldman Saks). This.

I give Jones enormous credit for his courage in going to meet first hand with families in the rust belt who in many cases voted for Obama (a black man) twice, to try to find out why they would even consider voting for Trump. Don't you want to know??




http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/van-jones-blames-hurricane-trump-unexpected-culprit