White Discussion

The other day I watched an episode of Van Jones’ The Messy Truth, and an observation by one of the participants struck me very hard. He sat down for a discussion with four white women, in Gettysburg Pennsylvania, who are friends, but voting for different candidates. Two women were Trump voters, and the other two were not.
During the discussion one woman said she would never vote for a Clinton. Van immediately asked her why. Before I go there. I want to mention that during the conversation these women discussed how at one time they, along with the rest of their community, got together to oust a bigoted school board president. They didn’t want a bigot in a position of authority over their schools, and their kids. And so they did what they believed was right, and had him removed. This begs the question: If you know that type of person is wrong for your schools, why would you think they are right to lead the nation? 

One woman said she hoped Trump wasn’t really like how he's talked. She hopes, she said, that deep down, that’s not really who he is. Yeah, no. That’s exactly who he is, and that reason isn’t good enough to justify the double standard. The other Trump supporter echoed this, but cemented her position by stating that she’d never vote for a Clinton, at which point Van asked why. 

Her response: “I was in the military.” She then proceeded to state that it was during the time of Bill Clinton’s presidency, under which military benefits were cut and she lost her dental coverage. Just let that sink in. She’d never vote for a Clinton, because her dental benefits were cut. She’s not a bigot. She’s not a racist, but she’d vote for a bigoted, racist man who has no respect for women, or the military, because under Bill Clinton’s presidency she lost her dental benefits.