“This was a group that lived their lives steeped in unbelievable anger. They were either poor or less rich than they thought they should be, they were middle class or upper middle class, and they were, almost to a person,… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“Bernie was their last chance. A politician who came so very close to the nomination and the levers of power that he gave them… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“when Clinton strode on stage after a playlist of millennial pop songs—“Happy,” “Stronger,” “Best Day of My Life,” and Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song,” which… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“Trump’s true talent was finding the pulse of these ignorant, livid people and playing them like a virtuoso strumming an instrument.” — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“It was then, in that cramped theater, that I suddenly realized how little difference there was between the far far right and the far… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“Sanders was unequivocal. A Donald Trump presidency was too dangerous a concept for third-party politics or protest votes. Earlier in the day, he’d sent… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“Trump’s candidacy was the media gift that kept giving, and the more outrageous he became the better the payday for networks.” — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“The most frightening part of the confusion, however, was the uncertainty as to whether it was the result of a man trying frantically to… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“Like Newt Gingrich shifting the focus from local to national, social media has transformed politics from the public to the personal. Whereas, in the… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“Each one, on the surface, seemed like a bizarre pick, but a pattern soon emerged and it became obvious that Trump and his team… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“At the forum, Trump was the walking, talking embodiment of the cable news show, a rambling, bombastic blowhard who said nothing at all but… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“In an effort to grow an ungrowable product, corporations try to be all things to all people. And once they reach that point, they… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
