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    Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 24 Oct 2016

    As Wikileaks indicates, Dems *wanted* Trump as nominee. Boosting him was a way to vanquish conservatism.http://thefederalist.com/2016/10/24/liberals-adored-trump-winning-gop-primary/ …

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      1. Neoliberalist‏ @williamg1 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis @FDRLST

        I love how the Republicans are blaming Dems for Republicans voting for Trump. Good luck selling that to the public.

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      1. Margaret Crowley‏ @CrowleyAntmarga 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis

        @HotlineJosh @FDRLST why did GOP cooperate? #scratchingmyhead

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      1. Neoliberalist‏ @williamg1 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis @FDRLST

        You know who wanted him more? Republicans. That's why Trump got most raw republican votes in history.

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      2. hongshaorou‏ @nlraths 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Fair points raised here - but remember early GOP primary was when Trump (admirably) criticized Iraq war in GOP primary debate

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      3. hongshaorou‏ @nlraths 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @nlraths @mattklewis

        Trump was also relatively ambivalent on the transgender bathroom issue and other issues like gay rights and abortion early on

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      4. hongshaorou‏ @nlraths 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @nlraths @mattklewis

        So there was some admiration for Trump among liberals early on - while Cruz was the ultimate conservative boogeyman

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      5. hongshaorou‏ @nlraths 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @nlraths @mattklewis

        Also, conventional wisdom was Trump wouldn't win - so liberals were just enjoying the short-term schadenfreude back then

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      6. hongshaorou‏ @nlraths 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @nlraths @mattklewis

        But it seems Trump has vanquished conservatism by revealing that conservative ideology isn't primary concern of GOP base though

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      1. Edgeoforever 🖖‏ @edgeoforever 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis

        what makes the 🐘🐘 look worse - playing the Ds game or get conned by a petulant child-demagogue? Cuz Ds didn't vote for Trump!

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      1. LetsGoCavs!‏ @LetsCavs 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Destroying conservatives' hammerlock on the Republican Party was the one good thing Trump did this cycle.

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      1. Peter Sperry‏ @PeterSperry 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis @FDRLST

        Yes, and many tried to make that point a year ago. But morons who voted for him in primaries must be held accountable.

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      2. J. Arthur Boo-m  👻‏Verified account @j_arthur_bloom 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis

        this is probably true, but also absolves conservatives from thinking about differences between ideology & interests of voters

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      3. J. Arthur Boo-m  👻‏Verified account @j_arthur_bloom 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @j_arthur_bloom @mattklewis

        liberals might have aided Trump, but Trumpism was coming whether they helped it along or not

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      4. J. Arthur Boo-m  👻‏Verified account @j_arthur_bloom 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @j_arthur_bloom @mattklewis

        also the framing of this arguments is implicitly elitist, that people are easily duped by 'narratives' and whatnot

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      1. Tony Pirkl‏ @tpirkl 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis @FDRLST

        And @GOP agreed to go along because RINOs have long wanted to purge conservatism from R party...

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      1. Karen Horn‏ @gemoftheocean99 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis

        They do this every time

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      1. Elisabet F. Wilson‏ @EGunnax 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis @FDRLST

        Democrats voted for him too! He won almost every Open Primary state. This whole election has been 1 big #realityshow

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      1. TDI‏ @jfarrlley 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis @FDRLST

        when do we reach point where there is article about Ds posing as Rs to primary vote for Trump? #personalresponsibility

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      1. PennsylvaniaRed‏ @PennsylvaniaRed 24 Oct 2016
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        pic.twitter.com/8jnyoPS3XQ

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      2. Politically Agnostic‏ @joeleyare 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Yep. Conned by trump AND D's. Picked trump BECAUSE of the MSM & D's, despite claims of not letting MSM pick their candidate.

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      3. Politically Agnostic‏ @joeleyare 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @joeleyare @mattklewis

        From February Boston Globe opinion: https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2016/02/05/liberal-independents-should-vote-trump/CqmCnVh5PDfss9hPdeJF5J/story.html …

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