Appearing as a guest on Friday's The 11th Hour, MSNBC contributor Eddie Glaude charged that racism was the real reason Donald Trump was reelected president and raged over fellow liberals implicating economic issues instead. The race-obsessed analyst even tied in Trump supporters allegedly finding it "confusing" to see "racially ambiguous children on Cheerios commercials."
Host Stephanie Ruhle argued that some voters supported Trump because of inflation: "There are a lot of people who voted for Donald Trump who didn't listen to the rally and who don't know who Tucker Carlson is, but who are super-unhappy about inflation -- that they can't afford their lives, and they voted for him. And they're not buying into fascism."
Glaude, a Princeton University professor, asserted that Trump voters were afraid that "whiteness" was "under threat" as he responded:
I get that, but I think they have an idea, though, that whenever the incoherence of the country comes into full view, the tricky magic of falling into place -- falling behind a notion of whiteness that can hold off all of the -- the reason why all hell is breaking loose economically, right, is because government is putting its thumb on the scale and redistributing -- redistributing resources from deserving people to undeserving people, right?
He added: "So there's this sense, right, that whiteness, right, is under threat -- the demographic shifts the country is in -- all these racially ambiguous children on Cheerios commercials are confusing the hell out of me."
On the liberal news network where it's unusual to see two participants actually have a debate, the two did go back and forth this time; with Glaude refusing to believe that Americas were feeling the pain of Bidenomics:
RUHLE: Eddie, a lot of people voted because their life's too damn expensive, and it was here, and (inaudible)
GLAUDE (jumping back in): You're telling me, Stephanie, that all of these people who believe that their lives -- that bread is too high and eggs are too high, that they voted for a convicted felon -- a guy who said we can grab the P --
RUHLE: I think that a lot of --
GLAUDE: They voted for this guy.
Ruhle continued to press the point:
I'm not defending it, but I think there are tons of people that don't pay attention to -- and I'm not defending it -- don't pay attention to politics at all, but while we live in the most prosperous country in the world, people are saying, "Life's not fair -- I'm not doing well -- my son's still living in the basement -- I can't seem to get a job -- I don't like the status quo -- I'm voting for something else and a different person."
Glaude then concluded his rant, and ended up letting salty language slip out before slapping his hand over his mouth:
Steph, I love you to death, but I do not believe that. I cannot believe that. And the reason I think you believe it is because you don't want to believe that that's what's really motivating them. That's always the case! We -- people don't want to believe what the country actually is because if they believe it, they're going to have to confront what's in them. I don't believe that. They voted for a crook -- a person who they know is stealing from -- just doing everything to undermine the so-called country that they love. And then they're telling us the BS that it's economics. We know that's not true! We know it's not true, and we got to raise out kids in this shit. Oops!
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MSNBC's The 11th Hour
November 8, 2024
11:43 p.m. EasternSTEPHANIE RUHLE: There are a lot of people who voted for Donald Trump who didn't listen to the rally and who don't know who Tucker Carlson is, but who are super-unhappy about inflation -- that they can't afford their lives, and they voted for him. And they're not buying into fascism.
EDDIE GLAUDE, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR: I get that, but I think they have an idea, though, that whenever the incoherence of the country comes into full view, the tricky magic of falling into place -- falling behind a notion of whiteness that can hold off all of the -- the reason why all hell is breaking loose economically, right, is because government is putting its thumb on the scale and redistributing -- redistributing resources from deserving people to undeserving people, right? So there's this sense, right, that whiteness, right, is under threat -- the demographic shifts the country is in -- all these racially ambiguous children on Cheerios commercials are confusing the hell out of me.
RUHLE: Eddie, a lot of people voted because their life's too damn expensive, and it was here, and (inaudible)
GLAUDE (jumping back in): You're telling me, Stephanie, that all of these people who believe that their lives -- that bread is too high and eggs are too high, that they voted for a convicted felon -- a guy who said we can grab the P --
RUHLE: I think that a lot of --
GLAUDE: They voted for this guy.
RUHLE: I'm not defending it, but I think there are tons of people that don't pay attention to -- and I'm not defending it -- don't pay attention to politics at all, but while we live in the most prosperous country in the world, people are saying, "Life's not fair -- I'm not doing well -- my son's still living in the basement -- I can't seem to get a job -- I don't like the status quo -- I'm voting for something else and a different person."
GLAUDE: Steph, I love you to death, but I do not believe that. I cannot believe that. And the reason I think you believe it is because you don't want to believe that that's what's really motivating them. That's always the case! We -- people don't want to believe what the country actually is because if they believe it, they're going to have to confront what's in them. I don't believe that. They voted for a crook -- a person who they know is stealing from -- just doing everything to undermine the so-called country that they love. And then they're telling us the BS that it's economics. We know that's not true! We know it's not true, and we got to raise out kids in this shit. Oops!
