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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2016

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Katy Tur

      1. One interesting things about Donald Trump that deserves more attention is he has open contempt for his followershttps://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/690973667854016513 …

      Jeet Heer added,

      Katy TurVerified account @KatyTurNBC
      "I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot ppl and I wouldn’t lose voters" - Trump in Iowa just now.
      13 replies 205 retweets 193 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2016
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      2. Think about what it means for Trump to say that he could shoot people & not lose voters. Means: my followers are mindlessly devoted

      26 replies 68 retweets 87 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2016
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      3. Fan came to a Trump rally dressed like Trump with wig. Trump: this guy's wife "fantasizes that he's really the real Donald Trump"

      4 replies 17 retweets 29 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2016
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      4. Story of Trump and that fan/impersonator is here:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3333548/Donald-Trump-tells-supporter-dressed-like-wife-fantasizes-s-real-thing-super-PAC-slams-billionaire-colorful-lines.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 …

      3 replies 11 retweets 9 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2016
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      5. Trump's undisguised contempt for his fans not accident. Of a piece with contempt he has for rivals like Jeb. An assertion of dominance.

      2 replies 36 retweets 51 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2016
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      6. It's part of Trump's "brand" that he's dominant figure: the best at business, smarter than everyone, the guy with the hottest wife etc

      8 replies 21 retweets 34 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2016
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      7. This contempt for his followers is big reason why I think description of Trump as "populist" is wrong and lazy.

      3 replies 40 retweets 63 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2016
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      8. The great populists, whether on left or right, don't scorn average person but claim to be avatar for them: to embody what them.

      3 replies 28 retweets 51 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2016
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      9. You'd be hard pressed to find such contempt for followers in William Jennings Bryan or Father Coughlin or even George Wallace.

      5 replies 11 retweets 23 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2016

      10. Trump isn't selling himself as avatar of common person but as a leader, an exceptional person who can fix problems other's can't.

      8:50 PM - 23 Jan 2016
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      9 replies 25 retweets 46 likes
        1. Iola (eye-ola) Leroy‏ @rainekasey 23 Jan 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          @HeerJeet none of them had the media environment that Trump became TRUMP in.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          11. Part of the proof of Trump's exceptionalness is he can say things that almost nobody else would dare to. Insults, even threaten violence

          6 replies 15 retweets 26 likes
        3. SD ... (the artist formerly known as FinMin)‏ @SwiftieDen 23 Jan 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          @HeerJeet Before you get carried away, Reagan was 'Teflon,' and Obama has been nonstop outrageous.

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        1. Iola (eye-ola) Leroy‏ @rainekasey 23 Jan 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          @HeerJeet Trump is what Huey Long could have been if he had had the modern media environment

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        1. jawbreaker‏ @rad__pack 23 Jan 2016
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          @HeerJeet but he is. He's presenting himself as the apotheosis of the white common man who speaks plainly and never has to apologize

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        1. J B X‏ @JimbauxsJournal 23 Jan 2016
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          @HeerJeet In that sense, he's the anti-Palin.

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        1. Roland Yanez‏ @R_A_Yanez 23 Jan 2016
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          @HeerJeet It's fascism, American style - Triumph of the Will meets Rugged Individualism. Americans want to follow a winner.

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        1. blended purple‏ @blendedpurple 23 Jan 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          @HeerJeet He's a typical 3rd world strongman. Shows a lot of US devolving into a 3rd world country. Not a middle class majority country.

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        1. blended purple‏ @blendedpurple 23 Jan 2016
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          @HeerJeet I'm very familiar with the Philippines, and you hear similar stuff there from Dutarte, Marcos Jr, Binay. But with assassinations.

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        1. Faire Comments‏ @FaireComments 24 Jan 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          @HeerJeet Trump is selling inclusion. Like Mean Girl/playground bully: if you join his clique, you're cool. Classic appeal of demagogues.

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