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    1. Matt Mackowiak‏ @MattMackowiak 18 Aug 2016
      Replying to @MattMackowiak

      6/ But for some conservatives, we liked seeing Obama being forced to answer Qs & provide documentation. Why not release birth certificate?

      14 replies 93 retweets 119 likes
    2. Matt Mackowiak‏ @MattMackowiak 18 Aug 2016
      Replying to @MattMackowiak

      7/ The reality is Trump is clearly a racist. And this was the first sign. Obama being born in Kenya would have required a massive coverup.

      29 replies 175 retweets 286 likes
    3. Matt Mackowiak‏ @MattMackowiak 18 Aug 2016
      Replying to @MattMackowiak

      8/ It was never plausible. But the media networks covered it breathlessly. Republicans had a chance to do the right thing and many passed.

      13 replies 101 retweets 222 likes
    4. Matt Mackowiak‏ @MattMackowiak 18 Aug 2016
      Replying to @MattMackowiak

      9/ Many Republicans didn't want to offend their base, which despised Obama for taking the country far left. But the base was wrong.

      20 replies 81 retweets 154 likes
    5. Matt Mackowiak‏ @MattMackowiak 18 Aug 2016
      Replying to @MattMackowiak

      10/ Questioning President Obama's citizenship was a racial attack. Does anyone doubt Tim Scott or Mia Love was born in the US? Of course not

      24 replies 137 retweets 267 likes
    6. Matt Mackowiak‏ @MattMackowiak 18 Aug 2016
      Replying to @MattMackowiak

      11/ The birther episode showed us all we needed to know about Trump at that time. He should have been excommunicated. But he wasn't.

      17 replies 163 retweets 283 likes
    7. Matt Mackowiak‏ @MattMackowiak 18 Aug 2016
      Replying to @MattMackowiak

      12/ He started headlining GOP events, appearing on Fox and Friends weekly, talking to reporters, traveling the country. He benefited.

      3 replies 58 retweets 114 likes
    8. Matt Mackowiak‏ @MattMackowiak 18 Aug 2016
      Replying to @MattMackowiak

      13/ The conservative movement should have purged him then. He's never been a conservative. He's a carnival barker. He's not a patriot.

      24 replies 138 retweets 336 likes
    9. Matt Mackowiak‏ @MattMackowiak 18 Aug 2016
      Replying to @MattMackowiak

      14/ The birther episode concluded w/ the White House Correspondent's Dinner, which Trump attended. Trump was being celebrated in attendance.

      3 replies 68 retweets 84 likes
    10. Matt Mackowiak‏ @MattMackowiak 18 Aug 2016
      Replying to @MattMackowiak

      15/ Instead of isolating Trump, Obama made him an everyday Republican, and sharply and mercilessly insulted him. Trump was seething.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Aug 2016
      Replying to @MattMackowiak

      How did Obama make Trump an everyday Republican? It was Romney & conservative movement that accepted Trump into their fold.

      10:44 AM - 18 Aug 2016
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        1. JL‏ @TheOriginalJL 18 Aug 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MattMackowiak

          Exactly. Nothing Trump has done is outside of mainstream of the party.

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        1. billiecat‏ @billiecat 18 Aug 2016
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          Don't try to stop him. He's on a roll.

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        1. Hi-hat Truth‏ @hi_hat_truth 18 Aug 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MattMackowiak

          there is likely nothing Repubs won't angle to try and pin on PBO. nothing. it is an art-form.

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        2. Vinnie Tesla might even prove useful‏ @VinnieTesla 18 Aug 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I think @MattMackowiak's point is that the GOP could have isolated Trump by then. That failure allowed O to use him as synecdoche.

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        3. Terroir Twilight‏ @JSilvey70 18 Aug 2016
          Replying to @VinnieTesla @HeerJeet @MattMackowiak

          Could have, but had no desire to. Lbh, cnsrv mvt has been willing to back anyone who will disrespect O

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        1. Mac Mason‏ @macmason09 18 Aug 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MattMackowiak

          he boxed him into that fold when it turned into our team vs your team.

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        1. Stephen Robinson‏ @SER1897 19 Aug 2016
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          GOP's problem is insisting its conservative ideology is pure. Racial/xenophobic fear of "other" always been there.

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        1. Stephen Robinson‏ @SER1897 19 Aug 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MattMackowiak

          Goes back to Limbaugh, who GOP embraced.

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        1. Stephen Robinson‏ @SER1897 19 Aug 2016
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          It's not like Romney had 30% of black vote & Trump has derailed that progress.

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        1. Stephen Robinson‏ @SER1897 19 Aug 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MattMackowiak

          GOP has been bleeding minority support (now incl. gays) for decades.

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