Jamelle Bouie

It's why I've been actually quite hesitant to weigh in with a big picture of this is what happened, because I honestly, I don't know, and I think we have to wait to see. We have to collect more information, we have to count more votes, we have to interview more people, we have to actually find out what voters were thinking, were doing when they went to the polls.

It's why I've been actually quite hesitant to weigh in with a big picture of this is what happened, because I honestly, I don't know, and I think we have to wait to see. We have to collect more information, we have to count more votes, we have to interview more people, we have to actually find out what voters were thinking, were doing when they went to the polls.

And in the absence of that, it seems presumptuous to me to say, well, this is what happened. But at this stage, I do take a very kind of like... You shouldn't dismiss anything and should take seriously questions of identity, questions of prejudice and bias, as well as these sort of structural issues the Democratic Party appears to have. And the...

And in the absence of that, it seems presumptuous to me to say, well, this is what happened. But at this stage, I do take a very kind of like... You shouldn't dismiss anything and should take seriously questions of identity, questions of prejudice and bias, as well as these sort of structural issues the Democratic Party appears to have. And the...

And in the absence of that, it seems presumptuous to me to say, well, this is what happened. But at this stage, I do take a very kind of like... You shouldn't dismiss anything and should take seriously questions of identity, questions of prejudice and bias, as well as these sort of structural issues the Democratic Party appears to have. And the...

the unique appeal and, you know, connection that Trump has with a lot of voters. Like all of this is playing a part.

the unique appeal and, you know, connection that Trump has with a lot of voters. Like all of this is playing a part.

the unique appeal and, you know, connection that Trump has with a lot of voters. Like all of this is playing a part.

So I didn't start because of any, for any like political reasons. It was very much just sort of, I was consuming a lot of TikTok. I was kind of observing kind of how, like the tenor of political discourse on TikTok, the way in which people talk about politics and thought to myself, A, a lot of people in here are saying a lot of things that are not right. Nicht wahr?

So I didn't start because of any, for any like political reasons. It was very much just sort of, I was consuming a lot of TikTok. I was kind of observing kind of how, like the tenor of political discourse on TikTok, the way in which people talk about politics and thought to myself, A, a lot of people in here are saying a lot of things that are not right. Nicht wahr?

So I didn't start because of any, for any like political reasons. It was very much just sort of, I was consuming a lot of TikTok. I was kind of observing kind of how, like the tenor of political discourse on TikTok, the way in which people talk about politics and thought to myself, A, a lot of people in here are saying a lot of things that are not right. Nicht wahr?

Und ich denke, ich könnte vielleicht eine nützliche Ressource hier als echter professioneller Journalist sein. Und nach einigen Experimentationen und so, habe ich herausgefunden, was für mich als Person, die Dinge postet, funktioniert, was nur um konversationell zu sein, um zu sagen, You know, have a bit of a chat, have a walk and chat, that kind of thing.

Und ich denke, ich könnte vielleicht eine nützliche Ressource hier als echter professioneller Journalist sein. Und nach einigen Experimentationen und so, habe ich herausgefunden, was für mich als Person, die Dinge postet, funktioniert, was nur um konversationell zu sein, um zu sagen, You know, have a bit of a chat, have a walk and chat, that kind of thing.

Und ich denke, ich könnte vielleicht eine nützliche Ressource hier als echter professioneller Journalist sein. Und nach einigen Experimentationen und so, habe ich herausgefunden, was für mich als Person, die Dinge postet, funktioniert, was nur um konversationell zu sein, um zu sagen, You know, have a bit of a chat, have a walk and chat, that kind of thing.

And a little bit to my own surprise, people seem to be into it. I do think you're right to observe that this kind of thing is much more common on the political right. Like there aren't very many people associated with the political left, you know, the political center left, who are using...

And a little bit to my own surprise, people seem to be into it. I do think you're right to observe that this kind of thing is much more common on the political right. Like there aren't very many people associated with the political left, you know, the political center left, who are using...

And a little bit to my own surprise, people seem to be into it. I do think you're right to observe that this kind of thing is much more common on the political right. Like there aren't very many people associated with the political left, you know, the political center left, who are using...

These kind of platforms in this kind of way to just sort of like talk to people and not even necessarily with an aim of trying to sort of like win partisan allegiance, but just to sort of like, you know, talk about ideas and talk about, you know, what's going on in the country and just like the chat.

These kind of platforms in this kind of way to just sort of like talk to people and not even necessarily with an aim of trying to sort of like win partisan allegiance, but just to sort of like, you know, talk about ideas and talk about, you know, what's going on in the country and just like the chat.

These kind of platforms in this kind of way to just sort of like talk to people and not even necessarily with an aim of trying to sort of like win partisan allegiance, but just to sort of like, you know, talk about ideas and talk about, you know, what's going on in the country and just like the chat.