Will Saletan

But if you go into a situation where something bad happened and you say it is the fault of hiring black and brown people, which is the message here, and you have no evidence for that, That is straight up bigotry. And that is the kind of scapegoating that authoritarian fascist regimes do. He didn't say Jews. He didn't even say explicitly that we hired black people and they caused this.

That was his first answer. His first answer was there's this stuff about hiring handicapped people or whatever, disabled people. He switched that and he switched it to white people can't get jobs and that's why we have a shortage, whatever. And then, Tim, it wasn't just Trump. The entire chorus came in. J.D. Vance, Sean Duffy, the new secretary came in.

That was his first answer. His first answer was there's this stuff about hiring handicapped people or whatever, disabled people. He switched that and he switched it to white people can't get jobs and that's why we have a shortage, whatever. And then, Tim, it wasn't just Trump. The entire chorus came in. J.D. Vance, Sean Duffy, the new secretary came in.

That was his first answer. His first answer was there's this stuff about hiring handicapped people or whatever, disabled people. He switched that and he switched it to white people can't get jobs and that's why we have a shortage, whatever. And then, Tim, it wasn't just Trump. The entire chorus came in. J.D. Vance, Sean Duffy, the new secretary came in.

They all parroted this line about white people not getting... So it's all part and parcel of what you were discussing earlier of like the South Africa thing, the Darren Beatty thing. This is just like revenge of white, anti-Black, anti-Brown racism. And...

They all parroted this line about white people not getting... So it's all part and parcel of what you were discussing earlier of like the South Africa thing, the Darren Beatty thing. This is just like revenge of white, anti-Black, anti-Brown racism. And...

They all parroted this line about white people not getting... So it's all part and parcel of what you were discussing earlier of like the South Africa thing, the Darren Beatty thing. This is just like revenge of white, anti-Black, anti-Brown racism. And...

It's amazing to me that the reporters and the media coverage of this hasn't been more forceful about, holy cow, the president of the United States is invoking a baseless racial explanation for this terrible thing that happened.

It's amazing to me that the reporters and the media coverage of this hasn't been more forceful about, holy cow, the president of the United States is invoking a baseless racial explanation for this terrible thing that happened.

It's amazing to me that the reporters and the media coverage of this hasn't been more forceful about, holy cow, the president of the United States is invoking a baseless racial explanation for this terrible thing that happened.

So, Tim, I did watch it, and I want that hour back. Sorry about that. I owe you one. So, I wasn't so much struck by the issues about reaching out to this and that, you know,

So, Tim, I did watch it, and I want that hour back. Sorry about that. I owe you one. So, I wasn't so much struck by the issues about reaching out to this and that, you know,

So, Tim, I did watch it, and I want that hour back. Sorry about that. I owe you one. So, I wasn't so much struck by the issues about reaching out to this and that, you know,

group in the rainbow, which obviously in the 2024 campaign hurt them to the extent that voters thought that the Democratic Party, because it cared about transgender people or cared about this or that minority, didn't care about economics. And I don't know how to solve that problem. And I don't want to renounce caring about the issues that affect these groups because they actually matter.

group in the rainbow, which obviously in the 2024 campaign hurt them to the extent that voters thought that the Democratic Party, because it cared about transgender people or cared about this or that minority, didn't care about economics. And I don't know how to solve that problem. And I don't want to renounce caring about the issues that affect these groups because they actually matter.

group in the rainbow, which obviously in the 2024 campaign hurt them to the extent that voters thought that the Democratic Party, because it cared about transgender people or cared about this or that minority, didn't care about economics. And I don't know how to solve that problem. And I don't want to renounce caring about the issues that affect these groups because they actually matter.

What really struck me from this forum, Tim, was the chaos. I mean, here we have an authoritarian party on the right. And what do we have on the left? We have a party that looked like, from this forum, it was total anarchy. They couldn't get the attendees to behave themselves and just let the forum continue.

What really struck me from this forum, Tim, was the chaos. I mean, here we have an authoritarian party on the right. And what do we have on the left? We have a party that looked like, from this forum, it was total anarchy. They couldn't get the attendees to behave themselves and just let the forum continue.

What really struck me from this forum, Tim, was the chaos. I mean, here we have an authoritarian party on the right. And what do we have on the left? We have a party that looked like, from this forum, it was total anarchy. They couldn't get the attendees to behave themselves and just let the forum continue.

you know, it's the old Will Rogers line about how it's, you know, not an organized political party. And Ken Martin himself had, you know, his pitch to the crowd was like, the DNC should not be putting a finger on the scale in primaries. The DNC should not be dictating things.