We Finally Have A Candidate That Speaks To ‘White Males,’ GOP Congressman Says

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/07/22/3801171/sean-duffy-donald-trump-white-men/

We Finally Have A Candidate That Speaks To ‘White Males,’ GOP Congressman Says

by Aaron Rupar Jul 22, 2016 2:41 pm


The Trump campaign made efforts to broaden the GOP presidential nominee’s appeal last night. As unmoored from reality as it was, Ivanka made a case her father would be a champion for women. During his own speech, Trump made an appeal to the LGBT community, despite providing little indication to date he’d actually do anything on their behalf.

Trump’s base, however, continues to be white men. An ABC News/Washington Post poll released early last month showed Trump with a huge 60 percent to 26 percent advantage among that demographic. It might not be enough for Trump to secure a general election victory — thanks to his unpopularity with others groups, Trump trailed Clinton overall in that same ABC poll — but it was enough to secure the Republican nomination.

During a CNN interview this morning, Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) acknowledged the Trump phenomenon for what it is — identity politics for white men.

While opining about Trump’s RNC-closing speech, Duffy said, “There’s a viewpoint that says, ‘I can fight for minorities, and I can fight for women,’ and if you get that, you make up a vast majority of the voting block and you win. And white males have been left aside a little bit in the politics of who speaks to them.”

Duffy’s implication is that in Trump, white guys have finally found a candidate who speaks to their concerns.

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Whether or not they’re effectively communicating to white male voters, white men are certainly still well represented in Congress. When the 114th Congress was sworn in in January 2015, 80 percent of members were white males. By contrast, white guys only make up roughly 31 percent of the American population.

[pinboy3niner]

1. Not just white guys--white guys with a grievance

Which, in many cases, means a bigoted and racist grievance.

[C_U_L8R]

2. As a white guy myself, I wholehearted disagree

Trump is repulsive to all my sensibilities.
Can't stand the orange fascist shitnozzle.
I think Duffy might be confusing "white guys"
with "guys in white sheets"

[Enrique]

3. Mitt Romney was too ethinc

[SwankyXomb]

4. Well, he *IS* half-Mexican

[gratuitous]

5. Oh, Sean Duffy

He was the guy who was complaining when he was first elected that the paltry sum of $174,000 was just not enough for him and his family to live on. Barely scraping by. Going skim. Having to cut corners all the time. A real grind to try to live on such a meager stipend.

So outta the way, you freeloaders on disability or SSI! All you babies and children better find work and find it fast! President Trump is going to make sure the truly deserving like Rep. Duffy get served first.

Christ almighty, what the hell is wrong with Wisconsin anymore?

[OregonBlue]

6. Because white males are so underrepresented in our government and politics.

[milestogo]

7. Ah, the suffering of ruling class males...

[Solly Mack]

8. Those poor oppressed dears. How have they managed to rise above their struggles?

Someone start a gofundme page right now!

[Initech]

9. OMG, that makes this scene from the Simpsons eerily accurate:

[MrScorpio]

10. When did Republican candidates ever NOT speak to "white males?"

What planet are these people living on?

[Johonny]

11. The current Dem VP white male, Hillary's VP pick white male. Yet somehow Dems ignore white males