Jessica Valenti doesn’t want anyone to be fooled when they look at those photos of the “Unite the Right” crowd carrying their citronella tiki torches in Chartlottesville, Va., and see mostly pasty white men, like so:
The worlds largest anti-#Mosquito rally was in #Charlottesville. #TikiTorches #polo #Virginia pic.twitter.com/3FotRsB3fr
— OfficialPG (@Meesta_PG_toYou) August 12, 2017
After all, as we’ve been reminded before, white women voted for Donald Trump, and so it’s important for them to realize that they’re right there marching alongside these guys in spirit.
https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/896427939830562819
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/896542759414362112
https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/896428919104167936
https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/896429071294267394
Yes, white women who voted for Trump … read interviews the media did of other white women who voted for Trump to give you a better idea of just how heavily racial animus weighed on your decision. Something tells us that Valenti herself doesn’t have a lot of in-person political chats with Republican women, though … we might be wrong.
https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/896429257576108032
https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/896430294747815936
So … if you’re a white woman and voted Trump, you’re practically holding a tiki torch in one hand and a Nazi flag in the other and marching the streets of Charlottesville. Because of course you are.
Excuse me? https://t.co/XAuIDMhKtI
— Kathleen (@katnandu) August 13, 2017
You're disgusting.
— Jimni27 (@jimni27) August 13, 2017
How about the millions of Hispanic, Black and Asian people that voted for Trump? Are you calling them white supremacists as well?
— Player to be Named Later (@NamelessOne1776) August 12, 2017
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https://twitter.com/CaptYonah/status/896542171859492864
oh for sure. every single person who voted for trump is 100% definitely racist, you know. https://t.co/oNdD0hhVnw
— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) August 12, 2017
You don't know why those 53% white women voted for Trump. That is an assumption based on a statistic…but fits your hate for those who did.
— Jennifer Lea Akins✨ (@jenleaakins) August 13, 2017
This is dumb. There are people that voted for Trump that are not racist and disagree with the hate demonstrated today. https://t.co/fBMROPbei2
— This is the end of my presidency. (@PolitiJoe2) August 13, 2017
Pretty sure not everyone (or even close to a majority) that voted for Trump are white supremacists…if so, we have a huge problem https://t.co/FRVOMleapj
— Josh Fields (@partiallypro) August 13, 2017
Give women a little credit. if they're not they're, they're not there.
— (((Katha Pollitt))) (@KathaPollitt) August 12, 2017
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 4, 2017
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