Liberal New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman admitted he didn’t understand the U.S. electorate any more given a closer Election Day vote than many in the news media had predicted.
that it wasn’t just the radicalism of the GOP, but deep hatred in a large segment of the population. How do we move forward? 2/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 9, 2016
Tuesday night on Twitter, Krugman bemoaned a “deep hatred” he sensed throughout the country as Republican Donald Trump had a stronger showing in voter turnout than was expected.
“I truly thought I knew my country better than it turns out I did,” he said. “I have warned that we could become a failed state, but didn’t realize that it wasn’t just the radicalism of the GOP, but deep hatred in a large segment of the population. How do we move forward?”
As election results poured in, Krugman’s own paper raised Trump’s chances of winning the election to about 60 percent.
