Speaking to students at Towson University, state Sen. Jim Brochin recently shared his analysis of the presidential election and said that most Donald Trump supporters voted for the businessman not because they are racists or misogynists, but because they were worried about their finances, according to the student newspaper, The Towerlight.
“Their self-interest was a monetary self-interest to feed their families and send their kids to camp in the summertime and to have a car and a mortgage and a house and all that.”
The senator said Trump’s empathetic salesmanship allowed him to win over white female voters, despite the leaked tapes of Trump describing his ability to get away with sexually assaulting women.
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