It is not exactly a novel insight to say that Democrats do best in big cities, but Comedy Central’s Ronny Chieng was still floored by the idea on Wednesday’s edition of The Daily Show. During an interview with Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, Chieng wondered how the Democrat was able to win in a heavily Democratic city while also throwing race into the conversation.
Chieng was trying to understand the keys to Pureval’s success but wanted something more than the typical clichéd answers politicians give to such questions, “I understand, listening to folks, okay, blah, blah, blah. We get it. I'm just saying that, yes, you are incredibly good-looking. So, you listen to people, blah, blah, blah. I’m just saying, this is a very divisive time and you're running as a—you’re not a white person, and you are presumably a little bit progressive, which I am stereotyping based on your political affiliation.”
He then got to his question with more references to white people before catching himself, “In this time when, like, the Democratic brand is very toxic, kind of, this progressive stuff is very toxic in the middle of the country. So, how did you get elected? How did you convince these white people—how did you convince these people to get on board with you with what you were trying to do?”
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. steve malzberg
. steve malzberg
