Bill Clinton Says Trump Attracted ‘Angry White Men,’ Blames Comey For Loss

Former President Bill Clinton speaks at a rally as he campaigns for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Former President Bill Clinton suggested in a recent interview that Donald Trump won the election in part by attracting the support of “angry, white men” and because FBI Director James Comey announced a potential development in the agency’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email server less than two weeks before Election Day.

While shopping on Dec. 10 at a bookstore in Pleasantville, New York, Clinton told local newspaper the Record-Review that Trump “doesn’t know much.”

“One thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him,” Clinton said, as quoted by Politico. The article was not available on the newspaper’s website.

Clinton also referenced Comey’s extremely unusual decision to announce what was ultimately a fruitless discovery of emails potentially related to the FBI investigation into his wife’s private email server just 11 days before the election, saying “James Comey cost her the election,” according to Politico.

On the question of whether he believed emails stolen by Russian-backed hackers and then leaked to websites like Wikileaks damaged his wife’s candidacy, Clinton was quoted as saying: “You would need to have a single-digit IQ not to recognize what was going on.”

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  1. What I have learned since the election:

    Trump appeals to angry white men with high school educations.
    Democratic policies do not.
    Therefore, the Democrats need to change everything for which they stand 180°. When they do so, they will be popular again.

    This is what I have learned, because this is what the media has told me.

  2. i tend to agree.
    This is also why plastering the airwaves with Damning Trump with His Own Words ads failed to work.
    To many they were offputting. To many more, they were preaching to the angry choir.

    Shoulda ran ads based on a variation of “It’s the economy, stupid”

  3. Avatar for jcs jcs says:

    This relates to Obama’s statement about political correctness and self victimization by the angry white males. Their anger fuels their hatred and motivated them to vote for a White, sexist, bigoted male. He spoke their language. It is our serious problem because it speaks volumns about our country.

  4. Hard to disagree with anything Bill said. Refreshing candor, too.

  5. Motes and beams, Bill, motes and beams.

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