Brendan Nyhan
At this point, I'm less outraged/surprised by the extent of Trump's public support than the passivity and acquiescence of so many elites
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That's why I'm dubious about all the root cause psychologizing - where's data showing economic anxiety or racial hatred is that much higher?
Trump's rise represents a failure in American parties, media, and civic institutions - and they're continuing to fail right now
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Shockingly few public figures and elites are defending the norms of public debate and restraint from violence that Trump is bulldozing.
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These norms are fragile precisely because, per
@emilythorson, they are not formal or legal. And they are hard to restore once breached. -
No one person or institution is at fault for Trump. Everyone has their favorite monocausal explanation. They're all incomplete.
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We can sort through root causes later. Here's where we are: Someone could capture a major party nom who endorses violence & few seem alarmed
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I honestly thought our institutions were more robust to a Trump-like figure & that others in public life were more committed to dem. norms
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We may narrowly avert disaster per below but even if we do, no one should congratulate themselves on a great victoryhttps://twitter.com/MattGlassman312/status/709176665646039040 …
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We're looking over the precipice and I mostly hear crickets. Trump could be on his way toward the GOP nomination after *Tuesday* night
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One reason: much of the "this will end soon..." rationalizing (which I once shared) has now shifted to general. No one should be comforted.
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@BrendanNyhan if you write this strong up in a column or paper, I'd appreciate a link -
@ron_fournier not sure if it'll appear elsewhere so for now, this is the best link:https://storify.com/DemFromCT/brendan-nyhan-on-the-mutifactorial-institutional-f … -
@BrendanNyhan always been curious: why tweet storm instead of writing/selling a column? Cc@HeerJeet -
@TonyBiasotti@BrendanNyhan Well I use twitter as a public notebook & benefit from feedback. Often develop tweets into articles later. -
@HeerJeet@BrendanNyhan that is an excellent answer, thanks.
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@BrendanNyhan A failure borne of decay. Before Trump, Congress didn't legislate, parties only campaigned, TV journalism vanished. -
@Zathras3@BrendanNyhan It is karma for a party bought by the Kochs and their climate denial. Look at what has happened to GOP since Obama. -
@lowerthetemp@BrendanNyhan Karma is not an actual thing, and rot is a gradual process. The Republican Party was badly corrupted pre-Obama
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@BrendanNyhan@BillWeirCNN Trump's rise represents a staggering failure in the American education system. - Show more
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@BrendanNyhan@BillWeirCNN Obama came from Chi/Ill politics. Nothing more corrupt than that. He is bullying more than Trump would. -
@ttulibacki@brendannyhan@billweircnn sorry, that’s idiotic
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