Bouie also has written extensively on racial politics including the Ferguson unrest , the Charleston church shooting , and the subsequent Black Lives Matter movement . Shortly after Donald Trump was elected president in 2016 , he wrote a controversial article for '' Slate '' arguing that there was " no such thing as a good Trump voter . " Several days earlier , he compared Trump voters to the " angry , recalcitrant whites " who pushed back during Reconstruction era after the Civil War . He has criticized the media for an unwillingness to label racism as " racist " ( opting instead for terms such as " racial " and " racially charged " ) . He criticized the media for its " horse-race " coverage of the 2016 election . His writing on racial and national politics subjects is often quoted by other journalists
Charleston church shooting
Charleston church shooting
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