Racism is a smoke screen by the Democrats to cover up the fact that they failed miserably in standing up for the honest, hard working, tax paying, every day Americans who make this country work.
These things are not mutually exclusive, you know. It is true that Secretary Clinton failed, in many ways, to hear the voices of white, blue collar workers who feel they have been short shafted by their government in recent years. She took for granted that these voters would support her no matter what, and that is an important reason for her defeat. It is also true that Donald Trump has made frequent use of rhetoric and policy proposals that are, objectively, racist. Pretending otherwise is just as unhelpful as Democrats who complain about the results of the election without considering how they contributed to their own defeat.
And this is the point worth remembering, because if Hillary Clinton was deaf to the concerns of so many of her fellow citizens, so too was Donald Trump. Let us not forget that many of those "hard working, tax paying, everyday Americans" are immigrants, Muslims, women, and members of the LGBTQ community who felt that Donald Trump did not hear
their voice, that the America he envisioned had no room for they and their families. Those are legitimate concerns, and it will take more than a taco bowl and a couple of tweets to assuage the fear and resentment that have marked this campaign.
