I want to talk abt one aspect of the brilliant @bartongellman piece on the threat of a Trump coup.The ongoing resistance to facing the centrality of racism & white supremacy to the unraveling of our democracy cost us valuable time. The “economic anxiety” crowd searching diners / 
https://twitter.com/sifill_ldf/status/1467846895296987139
…in an effort to solve the mystery of why so many were willing to back the agenda of someone as patently unqualified as Trump, is a reflection of the still strong failure of media, elected leaders, and mainstream influencers to acknowledge this truth.
I get it. If racism and white supremacy is centered a core problem of American democratic decline, addressing it will require an analysis and expertise that few of our existing elite experts and top political reporters are equipped to provide. But we are losing valuable time.
And if we are to prevent the “next coup,” then we had better be prepared to face with clarity what we are confronting, what emotional levers are being pulled, which communities are endangered, and the drastic measures that must be undertaken to fight for and protect democracy.
Even in the Gellman piece, there are no quotes from those who correctly diagnosed what was afoot early. I wld encourage going forward if we are to avert disaster that we pay more attention to those who perhaps have a clearer vantage point from which to see what ails this country.
How was the retired firefighter vulnerable to the Tucker Carlson/Trump narrative about replacement? The affirmative action grievance is buried deep. When sharing opportunity was cast as “reverse discrimination.” It was all there to see if you were willing to follow the trail.
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