There's this video clip that, to me, has become a kind of shorthand for the way Donald Trump walloped American media,

catching so many people blithely unaware.

It's from 2015, an old episode of This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

All I want to say is that anybody, well, from the Democratic side of the fence who thinks that,

who's terrified of the possibility of President Trump, better vote, better get active,

better get involved, because this man has got some momentum.

This is then Congressman Keith Ellison, talking to a roundtable of guests, including

Maggie Haberman from the New York Times.

And we better be ready for the fact that he might be leading the Republican ticket.

Next. I know you don't believe that, but I want to go on too much doubt.

Sorry to laugh.

Six years later, this clip continues to fascinate me.

First, they're the visuals.

Ellison's a black man, the only black person in the room.

Just calmly predicting the future.

And then, after everyone laughs, Ellison stands his ground.

You know, George, we had Jesse Ventura in Minnesota, win the governorship.

Nobody thought he was going to win.

I'm telling you, stranger things have happened.

I think a lot about whether this could happen again.

I wonder how much blame journalists share for the last four years.

And I wonder what we're missing again now.

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