2016 Postmortem

That people want to put up candidates and vote on them based solely on race? Like there's some kind of quota. He is playing on the fears of those who think Affirmative Action means unqualified people will coast in. That bolded part shows it. Oh, no! If Dems don't go beyond "identity politics" Then who knows! Maybe those brown people might do dumb stuff like ship your jobs away! That whole speech was filled with dog whistles. He seems to think that he's the white guy who's brave enough to tell it like it is, and that's why "The Working Class tm" * will listen to him, and it's such a shame Dems didn't pick him and that's why they listen to the only other white guy brave enough to tell it like it is. If only the Dems would learn this lesson!

*That would be another one of of those dog whistles. Because minorities work, too. They're part of the working class. This plays on the notion that minorities are lazy.