'The Young Turks' host Cenk Uygur discusses his thesis that "Brick Voters," who voted for Trump to take down the political status quo, decided the election.



He says the argument that Donald Trump drove huge voter turnout is a myth, noting that he got fewer votes in Michigan than George W. Bush did when he lost the state in 2004. Uygur says this proves that it was Hillary Clinton's failure to connect with working class voters and drive Democratic turnout that cost her the election, not Trump energizing new voters or turning out the Republican base.



"Brick Voters are not going to vote for Hillary Clinton, they are going to vote against Hillary Clinton -- because she is the Establishment," he said. "And the Democratic Party said, 'No, no, no, you ruffians, you philistines, you don't understand. This Bernie Sanders doens't comb his hair!'"



"It can't be Bernie Sanders," he said, speaking for the DNC. "We're going to put up this robot instead, and she is going to give you every scripted talking point that the Establishment has pre-agreed to."



Next, Uygur points to an exit poll which said that 17% of voters who backed Trump believed he was not qualified for the job. "That's the most amazing thing I've ever seen!" he exclaimed. "17% of his voters said he's not even qualified for the job, but they voted for him anyway, you know why? Somebody hand me a brick."



"Because they can't stand what is happening today. And they're right. They can't stand that all the burdens have been heaped on them, but they don't have any opportunities. They can't stand that they don't have the jobs that they used to have, let alone the jobs that their kids are going to have. This economy is killing them. It is not because the stock market didn't recover, Obama did a great job of having the stock market recover. It is because they used to have a decent job, and they don't anymore, and they have to work literally -- one article I saw was about a guy who voted Democrat for his whole life. He's delivering pizza now. He used to work in a factory. He used to be able to provide for his family. Now he's making pizza deliveries. Somebody hand me a God damned brick."



"17 percent of them said: 'I'm going to vote for the guy who is unqualified for the job, because I can't stand the system,'" he said. "Yet, every pundit on TV, most of them millionaires, are telling you: 'No, everything is fine. Why won't they vote for the qualified person who is going to keep things just as they are?'"



"If you are already a millionaire, or you work for a multi-million dollar corporation that owns your network, you don't want to rock the boat. You don't want any Brick Voters. So you keep telling them: 'Hey, hey, know what is good for you. There is something the matter with you. If you just knew what was going on, you would bow your head and accept the status quo as it is, that keeps us rich,' -- and you, not so much."



"They didn't want to bow their heads, and they knew there is something wrong with the system," he continued. "It isn't me, guys. It is 17% of the voters saying: 'I don't care how unqualified he is. I don't care how atrocious he is. I'm not going to vote for you. Because the system and the Establishment is screwing me, and I'm not going to take it.' So for God's sake, Democratic Party: If you don't turn around and go populist-progressive right now, you're going to keep losing to people like Trump... Because this country is going populist whether you like it or not. Whether that bothers you because we're rocking your boat. That doesn't matter, it is going to happen either way. If you don't present an alternative on the left, you're handing this country to monsters, and the country knows they're not even qualified, and they're going to do it anyway. Because they can't stand you."



"It is not about her [Hillary Clinton]. It is not personal. It is because she stands for the Establishment, and they don't like the Establishment," he pled to the DNC If you don't get it through your thick skulls, you're going to hand people like Trump, the alt-right, and all of those people you call 'Deplorables' more and more elections. Turn around right now. Otherwise the country is going to turn you around."