Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House

by Donna Brazile

Then one young man asked me how he was going to talk to his family. All of his relatives were voting for Trump. I had heard this question before. Hearing it in Florida made me realize for this election I was fast becoming a family therapist. “First, don’t start an argument with them, because that will only harden them,” I advised. “Here’s what you have to tell them. Take a look at Donald Trump’s life. I know people are enamored of him that he’s a businessman and people think that he’s successful, but there is nothing in his history that indicates he will help people like your family. Remind them that he has stiffed so many workers, the people who have helped him build his huge hotels and casinos. Rather than pay them, he has stiffed them. Why do they think that he would not treat the country the same way?” I felt good after that answer. I hoped the young man on the phone felt that it was a good answer, too.