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In 1990, the @latimes tried to understand Klansman David Duke winning 43% in Louisiana’s US Senate race:
“There‘s a tremendous amount of anger & frustration among working-class whites. ... These people feel left out; they feel gov’t is not responsive to them,” a researcher said.
“There‘s a tremendous amount of anger & frustration among working-class whites. ... These people feel left out; they feel gov’t is not responsive to them,” a researcher said.
That isn’t the only familiar quote from 1990 that @AdamSerwer dig up in this story.
The @washingtonpost explained that Louisiana had “a large working class that has suffered through a long recession.”
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The @washingtonpost explained that Louisiana had “a large working class that has suffered through a long recession.”
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In 1990, Donald Trump explained Klansman David Duke winning 43% in Louisiana’s US Senate race this way:
“It’s anger. I mean, that’s an anger vote. People are angry about what’s happened. People are angry about the jobs. If you look at Louisiana, they’re really in deep trouble.”
“It’s anger. I mean, that’s an anger vote. People are angry about what’s happened. People are angry about the jobs. If you look at Louisiana, they’re really in deep trouble.”
But Louisiana author Walker Perry is a more prophetic warning to the @nytimes in 1990:
“Don’t make the mistake of thinking David Duke is a unique phenomenon confined to Louisiana rednecks and yahoos. He’s not...”
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“Don’t make the mistake of thinking David Duke is a unique phenomenon confined to Louisiana rednecks and yahoos. He’s not...”
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“(David Duke) is not just appealing to the old Klan constituency, he’s appealing to the white middle class. And don’t think that he or somebody like him won’t appeal to the white middle class of Chicago or Queens.” (1990)
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