We really didn’t know how racist and sexist Americans could be when given the choice.

That's really the crux of it all isn't it? When given a Presidential Candidate who was overtly racist, hateful, made fun of disabled people, immigrants, and punching down at every mariginalized group in North America and the majority of the American people literally watched that and said "I'm either okay with this, or excited about it" really shows how Americans as a people are. They were just a bunch of racist, hateful people the whole time until Trump gave them the avenue to be their true selves.