The Black, Latino, Muslim journalists relegated to the “race” and “ethnicity” beats should have been leading political coverage these last 5 years. They are the ones who saw this for what it was, they were the ones able to objectively view what was happening in this country.

Certainly we are all shocked by what we’re seeing today, but the denialism of the last five years, the timidity in dealing with the white nationalism, racism, and, yes, fascist tendencies of Trump and his supporters, the confidence in a democracy that is just 55 yo, is a failure.

White nationalism was treated as a side story. It was always the main story.