2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWe Finally Have A Candidate That Speaks To ‘White Males,’ GOP Congressman Says
We Finally Have A Candidate That Speaks To White Males, GOP Congressman SaysBY AARON RUPAR at Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/07/22/3801171/sean-duffy-donald-trump-white-men/
"SNIP................
During a CNN interview this morning, Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) acknowledged the Trump phenomenon for what it is identity politics for white men.
While opining about Trumps RNC-closing speech, Duffy said, Theres a viewpoint that says, I can fight for minorities, and I can fight for women, and if you get that, you make up a vast majority of the voting block and you win. And white males have been left aside a little bit in the politics of who speaks to them.
Duffys implication is that in Trump, white guys have finally found a candidate who speaks to their concerns.
.................SNIP"
PatSeg
(47,770 posts)Up until now, they have been so under represented.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)PatSeg
(47,770 posts)"White Men Matter" - WMM
Disclaimer: they DO matter, of course. I am married to a white man and I am very fond of him. But...yeah. They are not underrepresented.
PatSeg
(47,770 posts)Never hear him whining, he knows he has it good and is very grateful (if he wasn't, I would remind him on a regular basis).
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Unless you count the first 42 (Grover Cleveland was sworn in twice). . But as #44 is a Black male, that makes it so anti-White men!
PatSeg
(47,770 posts)we elect a woman??? Out of 45 presidents, that would mean only 43 administrations were White Men!!!
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)If he says that when you get minorities and women you win, and he's acknowledging Trump isn't making that argument...isn't this Republican Representative admitting that Trump is going to lose?
hibbing
(10,114 posts)As they get rid of the less subtle stuff and go full on racist. I guess I need to have a pity party for myself since I am a white male and politicians never address their comments to me....uh...yeah right.
Peace
riversedge
(70,466 posts)LongTomH
(8,636 posts)They've mostly lost the younger cohorts of even white males.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)He's in your icon.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)The point is that Trump, and increasingly the Republican party, has its base mostly - not entirely - among older, white males; people who built their world view in another era and who are disturbed that the world doesn't look like that anymore.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)I'm glad to hear they are not a homogenous group. Good for you for volunteering, and I hope you will do the same for Hillary. We need every vote!
niyad
(113,966 posts)your little brain could not handle facts.
caquillo
(521 posts)He seemed like a pretty chill guy then. At one point, he even performed a striptease for his roommates.
Still, another time he mooned the camera.
I thought that was a joke! Whoa.
caquillo
(521 posts)That was the infamous third season which featured Pedro Zamora and his homosexuality/AIDS struggle and eventual death during the season's run.
P.S. Yeah, the despicable Puck was on that season, too.