While I've been critical of the prevailing Trump/Russia narrative, it should be noted that conservatives/Republicans advanced endless narratives about Obama that were probably even less grounded in reality. Kenyan anti-colonial socialistic traitor with no birth certificate, etc.
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Trump was so fringe that Romney solicited his endorsement in 2012 and he consistently led polling in GOP from moment he announced. Very very fringe.
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And Romney was widely denounced for doing that. It's weird that you would describe Trump as a wholly mainstream figure from 2011-2015 when most Republican elites wanted nothing to do with him and were often openly disdainful
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Any attempt at an objective analysis would show Trump as fringe (in relation to GOP establishment) right up to (and even beyond) his primary win. Romney courted numerous endorsements in 2012. Trump was significant, but nowhere near "top-shelf" in his importance in that regard.
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Right. If Trump was wholly mainstream all along, why did he have zero endorsements in the early phase of the GOP primary
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Mitt Romney went to New York to kiss Donald Trumps ring when he ran for office against obama. How was Trump not prominent?
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wow...I know there's a concrete statement in there somewhere...hmmm "he exploited that dynamic, to solidify his political standing in an atypical way"- ok, how about: "Used throwback-style demagoguery to appeal to a percolating nativist, xenophobic racism"...or just "Bannonism."
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And then he became the President. Doesn't get more establishment than that my dude. The GOP opened the door wide for the conspiracy nuts, and they came pouring in. GOP members of congress regularly appear on Infowars for chrissakes.
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