1. Short tweet storm on how lust for political power and the moral degradation of Republican voters degrades the institutional GOP in turn.
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2. Trump ran a degrading primary and general election campaign. Despite pundit calls to denounce him, the party wouldn't.
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3. Why? Because a plurality of GOP voters wanted him as their candidate, and the institutional party wants to win.
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4. Now Greg Gianforte has assaulted a reporter and the institutional party is saying nothing.
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5. Why? Because they don't want to lose/they want to win Montana's at-large House seat, and they'd rather be quiet…
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6. … and hope early voting plus voter indifference (or even enthusiasm for his violent act) carries him across the finish line.
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7. If it works, the GOP gets degraded further—but enjoys the continued benefits of political victory.
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8. And that sets up an incentive to compromise standards the next time – as the Republican Party circles the sewer drain. ENDIT.
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PS:
@EdMorrissey tells me Paul Ryan just called it "wrong" and for Pianoforte to apologize. Hadn't see that yet. If so, good.4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
Pianoforte is damn good autocorrect.
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