Hillary wasn ' t great , but she isn ' t the reason people are at each other ' s throats because of who people voted for . Donald Trump ran a campaign where he openly called Mexicans rapists and murderers . He exhibited , as GOP Speaker Paul Ryan said , the definition of racism when talking about Muslims and wanting to ban them from the country . He openly bragged about sexually assaulting women . If you are any of those groups or care about people you would have a pretty low opinion of someone who voted to make this man president knowing all of this about him . Naturally , people will see those who voted for this man as at the worst agreeing with those bigoted views and at the best appearing indifferent to them and allowing the most powerful person in the world use them freely .