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    1. Philip Klein‏Verified account @philipaklein 2 Nov 2020

      Philip Klein Retweeted Jonathan Chait

      I see such takes as evidence that ideological voters should always root for the candidate in the primary who you think would be least bad, not the one who you think would be easiest to beat -- bc any major party nom has decent shot of becoming prez.https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1323302410324946944 …

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      Jonathan ChaitVerified account @jonathanchait
      Exact same. (Meanwhile, the anti-anti-Trumpers continue to this day to site my quickly-retracted take to justify their own continued support for Trump.) https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1323299191259627520 …
      4 replies 6 retweets 38 likes
      Jonathan Chait‏Verified account @jonathanchait 2 Nov 2020
      Replying to @philipaklein

      I thought Trump would be less bad if elected! But that was when I had barely started paying attention to him, and I quickly realized I was wrong.

      8:43 AM - 2 Nov 2020
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        1. Read 'The Quiet American' Please‏ @bwreed 2 Nov 2020
          Replying to @jonathanchait @philipaklein

          I mean, the total lack of basic impulse control that was evident by then showed that letting him become president would be a terrible idea.

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        2. Philip Klein‏Verified account @philipaklein 2 Nov 2020
          Replying to @jonathanchait

          There were certainly liberals who were rooting for him bc they thought he'd be so easy to beat in a general.

          3 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
        3. Jonathan Chait‏Verified account @jonathanchait 2 Nov 2020
          Replying to @philipaklein

          I hear you. But the premise many liberals also had is that right-wing authoritarianism is not entirely or even mainly a personal phenomenon, but a broader trend of which Trump is merely a flamboyant example.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. BeKind‏ @BeKind70216893 2 Nov 2020
          Replying to @jonathanchait @philipaklein

          In early 2016 I told my husband that Trump didn't want to be President, he wanted to be Emperor. Little did I know the GOP would allow him to do just that.

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        1. Holden‏ @Holden114 2 Nov 2020
          Replying to @jonathanchait @philipaklein

          Nonsense. You thought he'd be the easiest candidate for Hillary to face and that's why the press gave him so much boosting and free airtime.

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        1. Keith Seher‏ @keith_seher 2 Nov 2020
          Replying to @jonathanchait @philipaklein

          I grew up in Atlantic City- if it had ever occurred to me from about age 9 up that this would have been possible, it would have been one of my chief fears. Fortunately my imagination never got there.

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        1. FRiTZ‏ @fritztheyodeler 2 Nov 2020
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          There you go, "thinking" again. So not only less bad he is, but he's Orange Man Bad, right? This proves that you're nowhere near your potential, not even close. There are obvious Freudian issues that you must overcome first.

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