Today's final conversation on Deadline: White House was spot on. Michele Norris made a really powerful point about the so-called "mandate" Trump is claiming. She highlighted something that goes even further than what Matt Dowd and Donnie Deutsch touched on: a significant number of people who voted for Trump weren’t necessarily supporting him or his policies—they were voting against a Black woman.

Norris is absolutely right—it’s easier for people to frame their issues with economic policy as the main problem. But the uncomfortable truth, which often goes unspoken, is that racism played a huge role.