• gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      10 months ago

      Because he knew he needed to get the “I’m not racist, but I just don’t know if America is ready for a black president” racist twits to vote for him, and he knew that picking up an old white guy with a history of saying “These segregationists have a point” was the way to do that.

      The pundits called it folksy blue collar charm.