Granholm: Old, White Americans Like Trump Because They ‘Feel Threatened by Immigrants’

GRANHOLM: "Well, I was going to say before yesterday, just put up your feet and break out the popcorn. But I do think that he really went too far. And I agree with LZ, that he had gone too far already and that this really, I think, is a signal of this sinister thread that runs through a lot of the far right and Tea Party, this feeling like those who are different are not one of us, that it’s frightening for many in the sort of old, older white Americans who might be following him and who are angry, who may feel threatened by this — by immigrants. I worry about that sinister thread. And I’ll be interested to see whether, in fact, there is a — you know, a diminution in his rankings. Because if it still stays high, then I think there’s a lot more that the Republican Party has to figure out."