Reported by Jack Davis March 15, 2016
The New York Times found what it called an “unlikely melting pot” when its reporters descended on a Donald Trump campaign office in Tampa, Fla.
“For a campaign frequently depicted as offering a rallying point for the white working class, the people volunteering to help Mr. Trump here are noteworthy for their ethnic diversity,” reported the Times on Sunday. “They include a young woman who recently arrived from Peru; an immigrant from the Philippines; a 70-year-old Lakota Indian; a teenage son of Russian immigrants; a Mexican-American.”
The Times article included anecdotes from several campaign workers, and drew some common themes.
” … many spoke openly about how fears centered on race and ethnicity were at the heart of their support for Mr. Trump. To a large extent, they traced those fears to the scars they still bear from the Great Recession — lost jobs, drained 401(k)’s, home foreclosures, rising debt, the feeling that the country is broken,” the Times wrote.
“More than anything, several Trump volunteers here said, the Great Recession exposed a corrupt, out-of-touch ruling class in Washington that allows big corporations to outsource jobs at will while doing nothing to address millions of illegal immigrants who compete for jobs and drain government coffers,” the Times wrote.
“In Mr. Trump, they say, they see a potential antidote to all of this. A man too wealthy to be bought or co-opted. A man with the blunt-force clarity to declare that he is ready to Make America Great Again,” the Times wrote.
“I think we’ve come to the conclusion that our country is falling apart, and we have to take care of it,” said Mireya Linsky, 55, a Cuban-born Jewish woman.
Linksy said she opposes undocumented workers who “come basically to see what they can get.” She fears Muslim Americans may impose their religion on American cities. She thinks President Obama “has a dislike for white folks.”
“We’re not taking care of our own,” she said.
“I feel that we’re getting left out,” said Annette Lux, 62. “There’s more than Black Lives Matter. What about us?”
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That was beautiful…very heartwarming…💛💛💛
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