Former Newsweek editor Evan Thomas made a bizarre statement on PBS's Inside Washington Friday.

"Unexplored story of the year: white men dropping out - dropping out of the workforce, dropping out of elections, just plain dropping out, getting social security, not doing anything, going hunting, fishing, just not in the game"

EVAN THOMAS: Unexplored story of the year: white men dropping out - dropping out of the workforce, dropping out of elections, just plain dropping out, getting social security, not doing anything, going hunting, fishing, just not in the game.

COLBY KING, WASHINGTON POST: I remember earlier in the year, you said the wild card was angry white men. What happened to them?

THOMAS: That's what I'm talking about. They dropped out. They, you look, as a percentage of the workforce, they’re dropping down. They’re more and more on benefits, more and more not voting, just dropping out.

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