9. To put it another way, Russia story isn't distraction from legitimate criticism of Trump but organically tied to it.
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10. You don't like Trump's xenophobia? Well global alt-right alliance Trump/Bannon want is built on xenophobia.
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11. You don't like Trump's kleptocratic tendencies. Well, his ties to Russian oligarchs is relevant.
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12. You don't like Trump's autocratic tendencies? Well, his praise of Putin is connected to that.
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13. So: the Russian story isn't a diversion from serious anti-Trump politics but organically tied to it. More herehttps://newrepublic.com/article/141272/trump-russia-story-not-diversion …
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14. On political side of things, I think
@joshtpm is right: the Russia story as it stands not enough to defeat Trumphttps://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/841466340280061952 …Jeet Heer added,
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15. Ultimately, Trump much more likely to be undone by his betrayals to his base on health care & social security.
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16. I think the way to think about this is that anti-Trump forces should be laying siege to Trump: attacking from all sides.
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17. Politically, the Russia story mainly useful because it'll shake loose a few elite Republicans (McCain, Graham, etc.).
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this was the premise of the Clinton campaign. I think perhaps it needs some rethinking, 18 months later.
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Clinton made wooing moderate GOP main message. That was a mistake. But it would still be minor message.
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the people who need to be convinced it's a minor message are the ones obsessed with it, not the ones dismissing it
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