I gather that after a Democratic wave broke unified GOP control of government, with huge adverse implications for Trump, the Sunday talk shows mainly featured ... conservatives 1/
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But this is par for the course. Famously, here are the Time covers after the 1994 and 2006 elections 2/pic.twitter.com/LLhqmbXkr9
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And for what it's worth: 2006 was far more consequential for America than 1994. The Gingrich Congress wanted to destroy social program, privatizing Medicare among other things; but the welfare state did not go away 3/
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The Pelosi Congress, on the other hand, gave us the Affordable Care Act, the biggest expansion of the welfare state since the 1960s. So why do so many in the media find it hard to accept that center-left voices matter? 4/
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And does anyone think we'll now see a lot of interviews with D-voting women? No, it will be even more profiles of Trump guys in diners fin/
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It's a journalistic trope that I can't stand any more.
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