Joan Walsh: Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Brown People

Reid Joan you ve ░░░░░░░░ a lot about history ░░░░░░░░ the history of the ░░░░░░░░ among a lot of ░░░░░░░░ working class Americans from ░░░░░░░░ sort of New Deal ░░░░░░░░ big government essentially liberals ░░░░░░░░ being very very conservative ░░░░░░░░ the time of Ronald ░░░░░░░░ How much of it ░░░░░░░░ this sense when they ░░░░░░░░ at the world and ░░░░░░░░ at the United States ░░░░░░░░ see that browning of ░░░░░░░░ country as somehow a ░░░░░░░░ to them Walsh Well ░░░░░░░░ think it s inescapable ░░░░░░░░ s part of it ░░░░░░░░ really good research that ░░░░░░░░ taken place since the ░░░░░░░░ shows that fear of ░░░░░░░░ changing America is the ░░░░░░░░ one factor that you ░░░░░░░░ see drive really the ░░░░░░░░ a white Trump voter ░░░░░░░░ a white non Trump ░░░░░░░░ that it s fears ░░░░░░░░ brown people fears of ░░░░░░░░ the majority but you ░░░░░░░░ what s also sad ░░░░░░░░ me is that this ░░░░░░░░ I wrote about my ░░░░░░░░ Irish catholic working class ░░░░░░░░ this cohort used to ░░░░░░░░ so patriotic and so ░░░░░░░░ America love it or ░░░░░░░░ it things that I ░░░░░░░░ t like about it ░░░░░░░░ that was just so ░░░░░░░░ by this country s ░░░░░░░░ they perceived as its ░░░░░░░░ And now much of ░░░░░░░░ same cohort is with ░░░░░░░░ Trump dismissing the Russia ░░░░░░░░ doing nothing to support ░░░░░░░░ people who are trying ░░░░░░░░ get answers and I ░░░░░░░░ this kind of relative ░░░░░░░░ relativity about Well you ░░░░░░░░ if my guy doesn ░░░░░░░░ think it s important ░░░░░░░░ if my guy might ░░░░░░░░ be threatened by it ░░░░░░░░ I don t care ░░░░░░░░ That is not patriotism ░░░░░░░░ is something else entirely.”