Tavis Smiley: Democrats ran elitist candidate in a populist election
A conversation with Tavis Smiley after the election of Donald Trump. During the discussion, Smiley asks an interesting, rhetorical question that points to racism as part of the answer for Tuesdays’ results. He states: Fifty-three percent of white women voted for Donald Trump. Would those 53% have voted for a black man running for the presidency who had boasted of grabbing them by the pussy, or talked them down after eating tic-tacs?