I haven't decided who I'm voting for in 2020 & won't until after the primaries, but it won't be any of the 24 Democrats. Calls like this are a 1-way street. Liberal/progressive pundits are never asked to do the same. Democratic candidates are never asked to offer us anything.https://twitter.com/julianzelizer/status/1140222278547980288 …
-
-
Contrary to the popular narrative, Trump has often not followed through on his worst instincts thanks to his staff & allies (eg, Don McGahn). That has happened because of residual conservative values: Republicans still want rule-of-law judges, for example.
Show this thread -
By contrast, an empowered progressive successor would face calls from his or her own side's intellectual class to do the opposite: bulldoze the existing norms & institutions conservatives value. Where Trump has swum against the tide, a Democrat will have the tide at his/her back.
Show this thread -
There are no good answers for conservatives right now. This Administration deserves re-election. This president does not. His opponent will be bad, & may well be bluntly hostile to the American system's continuance. Some have cast their lot with Trump, some never will. I'll wait.
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
As bad as Adam Schiff is, it was important for him to acknowledge Iran had attacked those Japanese ships.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
- Show replies
-
-
-
Several problems here. Trumps lack of “command” is tied is manifest unfitness for office—his mental instability, his encompassing ignorance, his cruelty, his corruption. All of those are tied to norm violation—not that they are redolent of fascism, but that they inure the polity
-
to his grotesqueness. But: *none * of this will enable progressive politics, but just standard HOP politics which Trunp, in his distracted laziness, just subcontracted to crony capitalists and libertarian crackpots. You all can’t figure out why Americans want health care—that’s
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
How so? He has had loyalty but was attacked by the Democrat and treasonous FBI/CIA/STATE officials.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
You don't think 8 years of Obama has already tested that theory?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.