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Welcome back to "the messy stroo truth." i am van jones, welcome back, we have rick santorum in the house. >> how are you, sir? grab a seat, grab a seat. okay, here is what i want to talk about, "white lash," do you remember that term? >> i remember hearing it. >> i was watching live. you know what i am talking about. >> yit stirred up my family. >> i was using that term trying to speak to the pain of some democrats. lets take a listen. >> this was a rebellion against the believes. we talked about everything but

Pain comes. >> did those words cause you pain? >> yeah, they struck at me. because -- not me, but what your comment was about our country. because i don't see our country that way. i don't see this election that way. to suggest there was a whitelash, in part against a president, a black president, who was twice elected with the majority, you know, a strong majority and strong white support, it was hard for me to say that is based in any kind of real objective analysis of what was going on. you heard from the folks who were up here earlier and i heard it over and over and over when i was campai...

Grab a seat, grab a seat. well, here's a messy truth i want to talk to you about. white lash. remember that term? >> yeah, i remember hearing it. >> yeah, yeah. >> you know, it was -- >> i was watching live. >> oh, wow. oh, wow. so you know what i'm talking about -- >> you stirred up any family. >> i bet that's right. >> yes, you did. >> i was using that term trying to speak to the pain of some democrats, but i think i may have caused some pain for some republicans. let's take a listen. this was a rebellion against the elite. true. it was a complete reinvention of politics and polls, it's true...

Needed. hillary clinton had to lean more progressive. she had to say black lives matter. she had to apologize for saying super predator. i'm saying that's the right thing to do, but it was divisive enough to white anger in this country, hence van's term he coined, white-lash. >> the whole thing about super predator, it was brought up by bernie sanders, not the trump people. >> no, they had no authority. >> you were speaking about black voter turnout. this is what the president said today about turnout. let's listen. >> hopefully it is a reminder that elections matter and voting counts. and so ...

>> even white women -- >> so did hillary clinton and she actually had a plan. >> that's the thing. they said, you know what, he's sexist but has a great plan. he didn't present a plan. >> people get upset when you say, because van joan said white-lash. i had the guy from brightbart that said that. do you agree there was a white-lash. >> yes, i think that's essentially what we're saying. they decided that that was the issue. full stop. whiteness was the unifier and the security i personally believe many of trump's core base needed to feel, was brought out by them strictly going after this notio...