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Brendan Nyhan
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Brendan Nyhan

@BrendanNyhan

@Dartmouth political science professor & @UpshotNYT contributor. Before: CJR media critic, Spinsanity/All the President's Spin co-author. http://www.brendan-nyhan.com 

Joined October 2009
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    1. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      No one person or institution is at fault for Trump. Everyone has their favorite monocausal explanation. They're all incomplete.

      124 retweets 193 likes
    2. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      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

      371 retweets 444 likes
    3. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      I honestly thought our institutions were more robust to a Trump-like figure & that others in public life were more committed to dem. norms

      121 retweets 183 likes
    4. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      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.
      40 retweets 75 likes
    5. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      We're looking over the precipice and I mostly hear crickets. Trump could be on his way toward the GOP nomination after *Tuesday* night

      102 retweets 116 likes
    6. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      One reason: much of the "this will end soon..." rationalizing (which I once shared) has now shifted to general. No one should be comforted.

      87 retweets 128 likes
    7. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      A major party nomination is a powerful thing. Millions of people will instinctively support Trump. Many/most GOP pols will back him.

      112 retweets 126 likes
    8. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      General elections can be won and lost on chance swings in the economy or foreign policy crises. There are no guarantees at that point.

      115 retweets 145 likes
    9. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      And even if Trump loses, the exits he could prompt from the party could leave his sympathizers with control of a major party going forward

      78 retweets 107 likes
    10. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      Trumpism may yet be revealed as cult of personality with no staying power. He has no factional base or issue to realign party over long term

      78 retweets 127 likes
      Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      But no one should be comforted about the point we're at with Trump or what it has revealed about the health of our political system.

      • Retweets 104
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      • Byron Auguste Jaime Larios K. Being Love FleurduMonde Aleksandr Cyplakov lostsoul69 Laura Hogan Crush_Crush_Eeah WestAustinAg
      5:57 PM - 13 Mar 2016
      104 retweets 173 likes
        1. Jack Pitney ‏@jpitney Mar 13

          @BrendanNyhan Nightmare scenario for US: Trump & Clinton clinch nominations, then a new scandal or economic crash gives him a chance to win.

          3 retweets 18 likes
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        3. Rohrbach ‏@rohrbach Mar 13

          @jpitney @BrendanNyhan 1% chance of Trump win is too high - but also too low to keep Dem nominee honest. Deprives us of meaningful campaign.

          2 retweets 3 likes
      1. Alex Schleber ‏@AlexSchleber Mar 13

        Alex Schleber Retweeted

        @BrendanNyhan many good pts, except should there really be such surprise about a "reveal", when there's e.g. this: https://twitter.com/patrickc/status/709060312759029761 …

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        3 retweets 5 likes
      2. Arnold Layne ‏@arnielayne Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan The Kraken has been released. There's no turning back.

        0 retweets 6 likes
      3. SportyTech ‏@Cloudee81 Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan Seems like it's revealed a LOT about the Republicans and the media not the Democrats

        0 retweets 1 like
      4. Being Love ‏@InLWithLBeingL Mar 15

        @BrendanNyhan Too much Entertainment culture~not demanding the entertainment be FILLED with something good. Each show on tv-Philosophy

        0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Miles Martin ‏@milesmartin17 Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan I know! Impassioned citizens going to political rallies and protests? Make them stop!

        0 retweets 0 likes
      6. seaotter ‏@mosbourne Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan @beardedstoner or the health of our *country*. It's fucking depressing.

        0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Jay ‏@geekyguyjay Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan @instapundit Trump not Hitler or Nazis, but the US citizens are FED. UP. and are crying out for a strong, authoritarian leader

        0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Jay ‏@geekyguyjay Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan @instapundit I am terrified in the parallels I see now to post-WWI Germany in '20s. Lots of parallels, I think. 1/2

        0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Johnny Flyover ‏@john1gun Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan And no one in the Republican party has been able to notice it.

        0 retweets 0 likes
      10. Johnny Flyover ‏@john1gun Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan Hillary won't repeal obamacare, that's for sure.

        0 retweets 0 likes
      11. Name ‏@mikeavent Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan Everyone should be donating to anti-trump super PACs. Everyone. We can stop him, its not too late https://www.citizensuperpac.com/heil-trump 

        0 retweets 0 likes
      12. Nathan ‏@NathanAlanTX Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan denial...denial...denial GOP political system perfectly healthy; problem is the one issue nationalism.

        0 retweets 0 likes
      13. Emm Martin ‏@emmartin173 Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan 2. How can party wrest control from media, particularly Murdoch who has controlled most UK PMs since Thatcher & wants US pres?

        0 retweets 0 likes
      14. Emm Martin ‏@emmartin173 Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan 1. GOP turned its media into party's leaders. Pols had to parrot them & pander to voters conditioned to accept media views.

        0 retweets 0 likes

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