You had me until the last sentence, which is laughable.https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1163559613880553473 …
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Trump read the GOP base better than the GOP. When most of the right defended the Tea Party vs charges of racism, Trump perceived accurately that the critics were right, Tea Party was ripe to exploit for political gain w/blatant racial politics. Birtherism was proof of concept.
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Complete BS. Tea Party wanted fiscal responsibility. We were pissed at Bush bailing out the banks and then Obama going all in with the stealfromus package.
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I remember that mostly in 2016, and that only reinforces the absurdity of your claim. Republicans only cared about this because they feared Trump bleeding GOP voters away from any presumptive nominee.
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Which was a hangover from Perot, who was also an independent but if anything a more consistent figure of the Right than Trump. As to 2012 fears, the contemporary press reports I cited upthread mentioned them. You don't have to remember, just don't do argument-from-incredulity.
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