Champions of racial diversity were thrilled to see President Donald J. Trump significantly increase his support among minority voters. Libs, on the other hand, threw a massive tantrum.
Trump, as of Wednesday, was on track to receive a larger share of the non-white vote than any Republican presidential candidate since 1960. He increased his support among black, Latino, and Asian voters. He even doubled his support among LGBTQ voters.
The libs have responded to this triumph of diversity exactly as you might expect. Having spent the last four years insisting that Trump was enacting a brutal regime of "white supremacy," their brains exploded. Latinos who vote for Trump were immediately reclassified as "white." Easier to denounce them as racist that way.
A lot of those 'brown people" are white https://t.co/18j869KDuB
— Jonathan Myerson Katz (@KatzOnEarth) November 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1323788477071302657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Some elected Democrats, including Rep. Ruben Gallego (D., Ariz.), offered suggestions for how the party might improve its standing with Latino voters. His first suggestion: Stop using the word "Latinx," woke jargon that appeals to educated white liberals and other party elites but most Latino voters have never heard.
MSNBC's Joy Reid, who was promoted despite lying about hackers infiltrating her old blog to plant homophobic, Islamophobic, and anti-Semitic commentary under her byline, proved Gallego's point by expressing surprise that "Latinx" was not "the preferred term."
https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1324076121034543109?s=20
Trump's surge of support among LGBTQ voters, meanwhile, was described as "frightening." Some attributed it to the malevolence of "white gays" who couldn't be trusted.
This increase in LGBTQ+ support for Trump is frightening to see. https://t.co/2yveKiVVCW
— Out Magazine (@outmagazine) November 4, 2020
Also, the percentage of LGBT voting for Trump doubled from 2016. DOUBLED!!! This is why LGBT people of color don’t really trust the white gays. Yes, I said what I said. Period. pic.twitter.com/4SS4c4z76f
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) November 4, 2020
New York Times columnist Charles Blow was hardly alone in expressing how "personally devastating" it was to see Trump improve his support among black men and double his support among black women. His very normal and level-headed column about the election results was headlined: "Exit Polls Point to the Power of White Patriarchy."
This is so personally devastating to me: the black male vote for Trump INCREASED from 13% in 2016 to 18% this year. The black female vote for Trump doubled from 4% in 2016 to 8% this year. pic.twitter.com/PvIM26Pz19
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) November 4, 2020
Democrats could ask themselves why minority voters are drifting away from the party and try to modify their behavior to strengthen their appeal among those voters, or they could keep screaming about white supremacy. Their initial response suggests a preference for the latter option.
While we can analyze the uptick of support in certain ethnic groups, the story of this election is that the majority of white people chose to protect and enable white supremacy over what was best for the country. They chose racism, and cruelty. https://t.co/91934Ed7VU
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) November 4, 2020
If you’re focusing on and questioning why minorities who make up small outlier percentages in Miami or parts of Texas voted for Trump but ignoring the tens of millions of white people nationwide who voted for Trump, you might be missing an underlying and serious issue at play.
— Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanM) November 4, 2020
What if they’re performing racist acts like supporting Trump? Then what do I do, white person? https://t.co/9D6Y8sWXeZ
— Young Daddy (@Toure) November 4, 2020
It is amazing. That all he has to do is ask them to choose whiteness and they will run to it every single time — even in a plague. And then those goofy people who will never, ever be treated like a white man still tag along no matter how he much he professes his disdain. Amazing.
— Michael Arceneaux (@youngsinick) November 4, 2020