White Voters in 2020—and Everybody Else

White Voters in 2020—and Everybody Else

Joan Walsh on politics and Amy Wilentz on the Trump kids.

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A year, and a decade, of political challenges: Joan Walsh reviews the fall and rise of Kamala Harris, the return of Joe Biden, and the deepening problem posed over the last decade by white voters who now support Trump.

And Amy Wilentz reviews what happened in 2020 to Ivanka, Jared, Don Junior and Eric Trump—boy, did those kids get into trouble this year! Jared was put in charge of pandemic response, Ivanka carried the Bible for that disastrous photo-op, and Don Junior and Eric tried to outdo their father on the campaign trail.

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