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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Jan 2021

      1. So, I think reasonable people can agree that Trump was one of the worst presidents in American history, totally unfit for any position of authority and he presided over a disaster covid response. That leaves the interesting question of how he came so close to re-election.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Jan 2021

      2. I mean Trump came within 44,000 votes in 3 states (Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin) of winning the electoral college even with a 7 million popular vote loss. Far too close for comfort. A reflection of the badness of the electoral college, yes, but something more.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Jan 2021

      3. Trump got 11 million more votes in 2020 than in 2016. Fortunately, Biden got 15 million more votes than Hillary Clinton. Still: it's hard to deny that Trump mobilized a lot more people over time even as he presided over disaster. It's worth asking why.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Jan 2021

      4. Polling pretty consistently showed that Trump got high ratings on economy and poor on everything else. That's due to 2 things: Fed Reserve moving to full employment policy (with rise in real wages) & robust CARES act (with UI top-up).

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Jan 2021

      5. As bad as Trump was, there are things worth copying: bullying the Fed to do full employment & low interest, generous stimulus (and sign the damn checks), & in general concrete results for supporters. More here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-learn-trump-economy/ …

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        1. C‏ @cwood881 20 Jan 2021
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          Finished strong. I thought you were going to lecture the Dems about talking down to Trump voters, but this is better.

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        2. Greek Stav‏ @GrkStav 20 Jan 2021
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          What wasn't "sustainable"?

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        1. sistermagpie‏ @sistermagpie 20 Jan 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          We need to stop accepting "economic stuff" as a cover for white supremacy and the other bigotries that come with it.

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        1. Pooch Agholor‏ @AgholorPooch 20 Jan 2021
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          What made him bad ? Tell us ( you won't )

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        1. Matt O'Brien‏Verified account @ObsoleteDogma 20 Jan 2021
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          I don’t think Trump’s bullying had much, if anything, to do with Fed policy. It was more that he appointed good people to the Fed (before trying to nominate cranks later on) who had been rethinking things for a long time.

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        1. jlindy77‏ @jlindy77 20 Jan 2021
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          Maybe it's bad that the Federal Reserve by design isn't responsive to electoral politics. Maybe something as important as monetary policy absolutely SHOULD be controlled by people we can vote into or out of office.

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        1. DJ Feldmeyer‏ @djfoheso 20 Jan 2021
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          Hey, that's five! You always introduce your columns with four tweets.

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        1. Mule Skinner‏ @MuleSkinnerOkie 20 Jan 2021
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          I'm all for sticking with stuff that works, but this take completely ignores who Trump's base was, how they identified, and what Trump actually campaigned on.

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        1. Stephen C. Griffin‏ @StephenCGriffin 20 Jan 2021
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          You are ignoring the cultural stuff. For conservative Christians, Trump paid lip service to pro-life concerns and appointed conservative judges. Those don’t show up on most metrics.

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