> Clinton did campaign on a jobs and retraining program specifically for these people.
To the extent that's true, she did an incredibly poor job of communicating it, and it was certainly not a visible, central theme of her campaign.
And, it probably didn't help politically (whether or not the association is warranted) that her husband also, in living memory of many voters, made similar promises tied to NAFTA, with little substantuve result in that area (and then cut pre-existing long-term safety net programs to rub salt in the wound.)
To the extent that's true, she did an incredibly poor job of communicating it, and it was certainly not a visible, central theme of her campaign.
And, it probably didn't help politically (whether or not the association is warranted) that her husband also, in living memory of many voters, made similar promises tied to NAFTA, with little substantuve result in that area (and then cut pre-existing long-term safety net programs to rub salt in the wound.)