{"id":76417,"date":"2024-09-22T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1ef01f626dcad24cd3873ba9a3a7c2a6"},"modified":"2024-09-22T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T16:00:07","slug":"flashback-vulnerable-dem-senator-chalked-up-trumps-popularity-to-racism-from-scared-white-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/flashback-vulnerable-dem-senator-chalked-up-trumps-popularity-to-racism-from-scared-white-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASHBACK: Vulnerable Dem senator chalked up Trump’s popularity to ‘racism’ from ‘scared white voters’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester<\/span>, who at times has cozied up to Donald Trump as he tries to win re-election in a state the former president won by 16 points in 2020, has a long history of blaming Trump’s popularity on racism. <\/p>\n Tester, a lifelong farmer in Montana, has attempted to portray himself as a moderate in his Senate race against GOP challenger Tim Sheehy and has often touted<\/span> how many times he has worked with Trump. However, Tester also has a long track record of denouncing Trump’s support as a result of racism.<\/p>\n “As Trump spoke directly to rural America, most Democrats ignored it. Trump elevated white voters who had struggled for years as their mostly white communities suffered, as jobs and opportunities disappeared, and as businesses boarded up,” Tester wrote in his 2020 book “Grounded: A Senator\u2019s Lesson on Winning Back Rural America.” <\/p>\n “Trump turned to the old but effective strategy of lifting them up by pushing down others; by stirring up race-based fears and by giving angry and scared white voters permission to distrust other religions, other cultures, and other people. Trump tapped into the deep, gnarly root of racism in rural America. While we can\u2019t uproot it overnight, we can\u2019t ignore it either.”<\/p>\n MONTANA SUPREME COURT RULING ON GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR JON TESTER, POLLING REVEALS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n