In 2016, "We were told that we need to reach out to understand" Trump voters, says @WajahatAli. "I have not heard... anybody say, 'Hey Trump voters, reach out to 80 million of your fellow Americans and please understand *their* frustrations and why they voted for Joe Biden.'"

Nov 20, 2020 · 1:19 AM UTC

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"It's bad-faith actors who always demand civility but give cruelty," @WajahatAli says of conservative critics trying to cancel him. "I want them to have health care. I want them to have jobs... They need me to suffer to feel great again. And that's the difference."
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @jentaub @WajahatAli
GREAT point
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amen
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @WajahatAli
Years ago I told my therapist that I was always understanding, and consequently understood myself into accepting things that were unacceptable. He said “nobody says you have to be understanding.” Best advice I ever got.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @TheRickWilson @WajahatAli
Typically the winner extends the olive branch.
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If they were fighting for smaller government or more states rights, then sure, let’s chat. But, they werent fighting for those things. They were fighting to hurt other Americans that didnt look like them. I cannot forgive that. I will not turn the other cheek for that.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @TheRickWilson
Aren't @mehdirhasan and @WajahatAli the same person?? 😂😂😂
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @WajahatAli
The other difficulty is that on the larger scale, Trump voters see niceness and any desire for reconciliation as weakness. It may only prolong the enmity to give them the hope of our being, in their eyes, contemptibly interested in peace and unity going forward.
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America is built in the notion that white men are supposed to be appeased.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @michmains @WajahatAli
Well racists ARE fragile.
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Absolutely this. It’s always the left that has to reach out, figure out why people voted for the other guy. Even when they win apparently.
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