White Christians may insist that racism was not a primary motivation for casting their votes for Trump and that their votes came from “forgotten Americans” who were economically struggling. But I reject such analysis. The causes are not a simple matter of either-or. They felt forgotten because they believed “those damned aliens” were taking their jobs and, thanks to affirmative action, undeserving welfare queens and young bucks were draining the system. Every vote cast for the Dreamers’ nightmare, every vote cast for the proctor of religious tests to exclude Muslims, every vote cast for one to
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