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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. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 22

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Adam White

      But how? How do you get things done? Pretending it was easy, somehow, to cut spending or pass education or healthcare reforms without the cooperation of the White House is one thing; proposing an actual strategy to do that is another.https://twitter.com/adamjwhitedc/status/1352084033891667971 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Adam White @adamjwhitedc
      It was possible. The whole five years, it was possible. https://twitter.com/NRO/status/1352013089932247043 …
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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 22

      Every time I ask the "there were no tradeoffs" crowd how one was supposed to advance conservative policy in the Trump era without Trump, any answer I get back is "forget the part where you advance conservative policy."

      12:29 PM - 22 Jan 2021
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        2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 22

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted

          Example: Read what he says about advancing conservative policy here - not a word. (Not even the courage to say my name, let alone read the column). It's easy to take cheap potshots when you don't actually care about conservative policies or principles. https://twitter.com/shannon_last/status/1352715018098384901 …

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        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 22

          The problem of advancing right over wrong, when right requires alliance with Trump & all his malignancies, has always been a hard one. Anyone who tells you there was a simple solution with no grave tradeoffs is selling you something.

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        4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 22

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Darth Hoo

          "Opposing Trump is worth locking conservatives out of all opportunity to do good things for sixteen years straight" is *an* answer, but it is one that acknowledges that you could not do both.https://twitter.com/DarthHoo744/status/1352718614256881667 …

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          Darth Hoo @DarthHoo744
          Because, Dan, some of us understood that there were far more important things than "advancing conservative policy" while Donald Trump was president. Conservative policies are great, but not worth the Faustian cost of our constitutional republican democracy. https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1352715000712994819 …
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        5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 22

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Adam Solomon

          The problem with "bad within normal parameters" is precisely that things that are the same kind of bad as in the past are more likely to become permanent fixtures of the system.https://twitter.com/adamsolo/status/1352718200409124869 …

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          Adam Solomon @adamsolo
          Replying to @baseballcrank @DavidAFrench
          At least they’re bad within normal parameters. If the GOP can’t admit that basic fact, we’re going to be stuck with more Trumps in the future.
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        6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 22

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          You also cannot get it done with Biden. But you can build the plans & public support for the next time you get your turn. Harder to get anyone interested in "we'll do this when we get power" when you have power & aren't doing it. https://twitter.com/ShayKhatiri/status/1352722555673604096 …

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        1. The Rattler‏ @i_rattler Jan 22
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          This is not the only answer you've gotten on this issue. You're being dishonest.

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        2. Melissa Mackenzie‏ @MelissaTweets Jan 22
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Trump would have signed whatever was put in front of him when it came to Obamacare. The GOP was/is always unprepared. The onus was on them. Trump was and still is a political neophyte. The GOP didn't want to help him.

          3 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 22
          Replying to @MelissaTweets

          There were several GOP healthcare proposals in Congress. What was lacking was a strong leader to lay out a single plan, campaign on it, get everybody behind it, & sell it to the voters. Nominating Trump meant doing without that. Which ended badly.

          3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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