This is what kept running through my head while watching a taped interview today. Heather McGhee recently appeared on The Daily Show to promote her book, and her comments explained why some folks vote against their own interests. I linked to excerpts, but the whole thing is great:
Convincing people to change:
The cost to entire communities:
For leaders in the GOP who have made hate their weapon of choice, these points are the ones that could get their followers to consider how it hurts them. Gotta get through the selfishness, greed, and false class consciousness that’s run rampant.
