The dozen or so men firing the cannons wore red hats embroidered with Trump’s name and praise for the president. As illustrated by the masculinity-oozing boat parade, the Trump Party is largely a party of men — especially White men without college degrees and especially those over the age of 40. Bickley, who owns two marinas and a shoreline construction company, gets frustrated by the suggestion that White men such as him were born more powerful, or with advantages. So I’m personally really tired of hearing that I’m a majority, that I’m a superpower White privilege kid,” Bickley said. Trump’s strategy for winning reelection relies on finding more White men who support him but didn’t vote in 2016, as well as pulling in more votes from Black and Latino men.

Source: Washington Post September 27, 2020 18:52 UTC