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Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan 13 Mar 2016
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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Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan 13 Mar 2016
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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Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan 13 Mar 2016
These norms are fragile precisely because, per @emilythorson, they are not formal or legal. And they are hard to restore once breached.

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Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan 13 Mar 2016
No one person or institution is at fault for Trump. Everyone has their favorite monocausal explanation. They're all incomplete.

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Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan 13 Mar 2016
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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Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan 13 Mar 2016
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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Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan 13 Mar 2016
Brendan Nyhan Retweeted Matt Glassman

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 …

Brendan Nyhan added,

Matt Glassman @MattGlassman312

@BrendanNyhan so I'm not ready to blame the institutions. Yet. What we may see is resilient institutions handle this and avoid disaster.

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Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan 13 Mar 2016
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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Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan 13 Mar 2016
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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Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan 13 Mar 2016
A major party nomination is a powerful thing. Millions of people will instinctively support Trump. Many/most GOP pols will back him.

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