Racism is THE Reason NOT to Vote for Trump

The very soul of America remains at stake

Jeffrey Kass
Momentum
Published in
7 min readMar 30, 2024

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If you follow The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper or Jimmy Kimmel, by now you’ve seen countless videos of Trump supporters spewing racist nonsense so absurd that it stretches credibility. The videos are funny, to be sure, but on deeper reflection maybe not so much.

But if we’re being honest, we can always find wackadoodles, and there’s still not enough of these extremists to elect any president.

Trump would need to win over groups that got him elected the first time. Women in the suburbs. White blue-collar workers. And lots of educated white men.

So, for those of you in these groups considering supporting Trump because you buy into Trump’s idea that he’s going to make America great . . .

Or because you’re uber rich and you don’t want to pay the same tax rate teachers pay. Or because you think gas prices will plummet if we build pipelines through America’s heartland. Or maybe because you think Trump will finally build that wall — the one he…

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Jeffrey Kass
Jeffrey Kass

Written by Jeffrey Kass

A Medium Top Writer on Racism, Diversity, Education, History and Parenting | Speaker | Award-Winning Author | Latest Book: Black Batwoman V. White Jesus | Dad

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