> Just short of half of the country recently elected a President who openly spouted white-supremacist conspiracy theories. For half the people in the US racism

> Just short of half of the country recently elected a President who openly spouted white-supremacist conspiracy theories. For half the people in the US racism is not a dealbreaker for the highest office it has to offer! ... which is a bit different from saying that half the country is racist. Perhaps they thought the alternative was worse.