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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 13 Jul 2020

      Tom Nichols Retweeted Liz Mair

      Counterpoint to this thread from @LizMair: I get the argument, and understand. If you wipe out the GOP, and all that's left is Tom Cotton, then you have Tom Cotton's GOP. But I don't see an alternative, since the GOP has been institutionally captured. /1https://twitter.com/LizMair/status/1282811123985784833 …

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      Liz MairVerified account @LizMair
      Replying to @mattklewis
      One of my worries here really is if the GOP that’s left over is a rump GOP of Trumpists in safe districts and states like Tom Cotton, the chances go up that he can run for President and get the nomination. That’s not good for America IMO.
      31 replies 138 retweets 924 likes
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    2. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 13 Jul 2020

      If there were a massive intra-party schism and debate in the GOP, I'd be where Liz is: Get with the sensible center-right, and turn your fire on the extremists and the Trumpy opportunists. Strengthen the center, defeat the fringe. But that option is long gone, imo. /2

      8 replies 31 retweets 429 likes
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    3. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 13 Jul 2020

      With the noble exception of Romney, all non-Trumpist options are gone. And even if some of those Trump fellow-travelers aren't that extreme, they've shown that they're cowards who will cave to the *next* Trump (or Cotton). This is like "playing the doves" in Iran or something. /3

      9 replies 69 retweets 667 likes
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    4. Liz Mair‏Verified account @LizMair 13 Jul 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom

      I don’t think that’s quite true. I think without some bad seeds, the pressure for Collins and others to acquit Trump would have been less present and the political incentives would have been totally different. I don’t think Collins is a Trumper.

      6 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
    5. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 13 Jul 2020
      Replying to @LizMair

      But she *is* a coward, and she won't be a firewall against any future authoritarians, either. There's no non-tainted wing of the party left to support. The institutional capture by the crazies is complete, so it's time to impose an electoral price for it. Over and over.

      4 replies 11 retweets 74 likes
    6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 13 Jul 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @LizMair

      So, you think a Democrat will stand up more against a future Democratic president than Collins will?

      6 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
    7. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 13 Jul 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @LizMair

      I don't think a future Democratic senator from Maine will be facing a Democratic president betraying the country to foreign powers and shredding the Constitution on a daily basis, so I reject the premise of your question.

      2 replies 9 retweets 72 likes
    8. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 13 Jul 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @LizMair

      You're just gonna go full D talking points now to categorically exclude all threats to the nation so long as they are not specifically Trump, eh? This is how Team Blue corrupts, and corrupts completely.

      3 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
    9. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 13 Jul 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @LizMair

      I have said that Trump is compromised by the Russians, that he is a threat to rule of law, that he consistently shits all over the Constitution at will, for years. You're just worried now that it looks like Trump will take the GOP down with him. Which I also said would happen.

      3 replies 5 retweets 38 likes
    10. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 13 Jul 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @baseballcrank @LizMair

      You call them "D talking points." I call them "the Trump record."

      2 replies 4 retweets 36 likes
      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 13 Jul 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @LizMair

      "D talking points" is the idea that systematic assaults on our Constitution are totally fine so long as they are done for different motives & ends than Trump's. You want to ensure that no Democrat ever faces any checks whatsoever.

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        1. SPR‏ @Intrpdtravlr 13 Jul 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom @LizMair

          Dude, it’s two years until 2022, not “ever, whatsoever”.

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        2. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 13 Jul 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @LizMair

          I'm sorry, is your assumption 1. That Biden will be the same menace that Trump is, and 2. that the Senate must be in the hands of the opposition or there are no checks? Did I miss the part where you argued for electing Dems in 2016 and 2018 to be a check on *this* president?

          3 replies 5 retweets 41 likes
        3. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 13 Jul 2020
          Replying to @RadioFreeTom @baseballcrank @LizMair

          This is really lazy argumentation, Dan. "Hey, assume that Joe Biden is *also* a sociopathic anti-constitutional authoritarian who's compromised by a foreign power. You think Chuck Schumer's gonna stop him?!" I'll take my chances, thanks.

          2 replies 6 retweets 47 likes
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