Andy Richter is Conan O’Brian’s sidekick in case you didn’t know. He’s a smart comedian who almost always tweets anti-Trump or pro progressive tweets. Here’s his tweet storm about whether we should by trying to reach out to Trump supporters because they simply didn’t get the right economic message.
Apparently, I'm supposed to think that even though data shows Trump voters REALLY dig the Muslim ban & the Wall & the deportations...2/9
.& Blue Lives Matter & ignore Pepe memes & still hung up on fake Obamaphone horseshit, etc., they're really just economically nervous. 3/9
And b/c we want to get their votes next time, I shouldn't call them racist because they don't like it & it makes them sad and mad. 4/9
Okay. Got it. So should I also be explicitly telling women and people of color that they should just shut up? 5/9
Do I tell women and POC to shut up about their (very understandable and real) fears about what Trump voters have brought us? 6/9
Should I say plz bite your tongue for 3 yrs so we can coddle Trump voters into putting us privileged white liberal males back in charge? 7/9
That's the promise, right? Don't worry, women and POC, we'll make everything all right. Shut up now, & we'll take care of you later. 8/9
Here's my problem with that: if I was a woman or a POC and a privileged white liberal male like me told me that, I wouldn't believe me. 9/9
Actually I think he does a good job of representing one side of a debate that’s probably going to last for awhile yet.
RESIST!