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Voters, this is i think one of the things about the election result people have to recognize is, ultimately people come around to the person nominated to run their party. i talked ta guy whos a manager in a manufacturing plant, a ted cruz guy in the primary. not only did he vote for donald trump, he sounded identical in the room to other folks in the room who had been early trump adopters. he was in the same way, and thats true right now of, say, 40% to 45% of the country. >> right. the question...

Got fewer votes in wisconsin than mitt romney got four years ago. >> right. >> what happened -- >> and in wisconsin -- >> dramatically underperformed. >> charlie, he was actually asking me that question. im going to answer it. >> oh, im sorry. >> its okay. i confess to being somebody who didnt take her baked in negatives to be as negative as they were, and also that people would see that the first woman president was going to be somebody who was very much an insider, but she was an insider in an...

None of the trump supporters we spoke to said anything about curving programs like medicare, social security. instead, they backed those programs enthusiastically. we traveled to kenosha, wisconsin, with senator bernie sanders trying to answer the question that, frankly, all of us are still grappling with as the obama era comes to a close, how did a country that elected barack obama twice then go ahead and elect his polar opposite? a man who repudiates just about everything obama stands for, eff...

Have any of you seen down on streets that it seems as though we have become the silent minority and not the majority? >> what do you mean by that? >> how much have we been listened to really? >> whos the we when you say this? >> us people. >> who people? >> the people who need the medicare, the people who need the social security, who needs the help with the education. >> we got a lot of reaction to our town hall in kenosha, wisconsin, last night, people got a chance to express and hear views th...

You could have wrote the piece. yeah, thats the, you know, basic argument and you have to -- im somebody whos, you know, been fairly critical, you know, of the president. you know, particularly in terms of how he addresses african-americans, his deep belief in colorblind policy. you know, ive had more share of criticisms on that, but one of the things i had to come to terms with writing the piece, someone with my politics could never be president. that leaves you with a much more profound questi...

Now sees an opportunity to press some of the agenda items on his wish list like cutting social security, privatizing medicare or scaling back aid to poor kids. we were just in wisconsin last night talking to voters. none of the trump supporters we spoke to said anything about curving programs like medicare, social security. instead, they backed those programs enthusiastically. we traveled to kenosha, wisconsin, with senator bernie sanders trying to answer the question that, frankly, all of us ar...

Best in white people. >> thats right. >> and that when he became a politician, white people saw that in him and were like, i want to be -- >> right. >> -- what you see in me. >> right, right. >> and that that was the very same thing that produced the blind spots to not see essentially the worst of white people coming at him. >> right, right. i mean, you stated the case better than i did in the piece. you could have wrote the piece. yeah, thats the, you know, basic argument and you have to -- im ...

In public. figuring out what it means the country that elected barack obama twice, just voted for donald trump to succeed him. thats a question ta-nehisi coates tries to answer. "my president was black: history of the first african-american white house and what came next." coates sat for several extended interviews with the president and in the piece he examines obamas legacy in light of the surprise outcome of the 2016 election. and considers how so many people in so many counties around the co...

I think a lot of them have to do with gender is a singularly unpopular figure. >> right. >> and that was true and continued to be true and you just hear it a lot. kbha what was your reaction to that moment? >> you cant overstate that. you cannot overstate that as a factor. you understand that donald trump got fewer votes in wisconsin than mitt romney got four years ago. >> right. >> what happened -- >> and in wisconsin -- >> dramatically underperformed. >> charlie, he was actually asking me that...

Experience with donald trump that maybe he will do what we want him to do and he will make this pivot, but you can see this in wisconsin, the republicans in wisconsin are all in on donald trump tonight. >> yeah, they are all in. i mean -- >> and they were in. >> and they were in. it was interesting to me to speak to some of the trump voters, this is i think one of the things about the election result people have to reck niog is, ultimately people come around to the person nominated to run their ...