Last night was the latest Democratic candidates debate. It focused on the views of a bunch of dudes with 1% support. Those views were mainly Republican talking points. But the election of 2020 is not likely to hinge on health care or infrastructure or trade or the minimum wage. It won't be about global warming, which threatens billions of people, or about student debt, at least not centrally. It's going to be about race, which went unmentioned by the questioners.
tRump became a racist in childhood--his family was darkly racist. He ran as a racist in 2016, and he's doubling down on racism in 2019. He believes he can win that way. tRump's impulse is to be racist, and it is his impulsiveness that has charmed white voters who lack reason. He's like them. He's "honest," they tell us. For tRump the campaign will be about race.
The Democrats are doing a better among white people. They can expect to get about 45% of the white vote. If they add the votes of Latinos, Amerindians, Black people and Asians, they will find a massive combination. They can win that way.
tRump's racist comments are not a canny distraction from important issues. They are the issue. The 2020 election will likely be an up and down vote on American racism.
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