Beware White People: Trump and Vance Hate You, Too
Donald Trump’s bona fides as a white supremacist are, of course, well-documented. If you need a couple of stark reminders, just recall his statements after torch-carrying white supremacists chanting “Jews will not replace us!” marched on Charlottesville in August 2017 at a “Unite the Right Rally.” This event sparked his controversial comment that “there were fine people on both sides.” Or recall his statement in the presidential debate with Joe Biden in 2020 when he sidestepped calls to denounce white supremacy and then, when provoked, called on the Proud Boys, a right-wing hate group, to “stand back and stand by.” One could go on.
Certainly, Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance stoke racial antagonism and foment hate against people of color, LBGTQ folks, and, of course, women.
What tends to get overlooked in their hate-mongering is their hatred and neglect of — even antagonism toward — average white folk as well.
That’s right. Trump and Vance hate white people too, especially the white working class.
While their hatred of white people is often clouded behind their excessive anti-immigrant, racist, and misogynist rhetoric, Trump’s and Vance’s recent behavior evidence quite starkly that white people not only do not fall within their net of favor but are also indiscriminate targets…
