Brags “I love the poorly educated” in Nevada caucus victory speech

After winning the Nevada Republican caucuses, Trump delivered a victory speech in Las Vegas on Feb. 23, 2016 where he walked through demographic breakouts and then crowed that he had won with “highly educated” and “poorly educated” voters alike, declaring “I love the poorly educated!” He framed the line as a compliment, but treated education level as another scoreboard item and leaned into the idea that less-educated supporters were a key base he could flatter and weaponize against elites, reinforcing his pattern of turning social divides into a branding exercise.

"We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated." — Nevada Republican caucus victory speech in Las Vegas on Feb. 23, 2016, as Trump celebrated his demographic margins and singled out “the poorly educated” as supporters he claimed to love