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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 19 Jul 2018
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      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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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 19 Jul 2018
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      Difference is: those right-wing theories generally percolated on the margins, and were tolerated by GOP central command. (Trump himself exploited this dynamic.) Whereas Trump/Russia originates in the most mainstream precincts of elite society: media, think tanks, top politicians

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Jul 2018
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      Dude: the current Republican president is a birther. You don't get any more elite than that.

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    4. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 19 Jul 2018
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      Michael Tracey Retweeted Michael Tracey

      At the time, Trump wasn't a prominent GOP elite, and was regarded as a rather fringe figure. That's why I noted that he exploited that dynamic, to solidify his political standing in an atypical wayhttps://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1019935880134385669 …

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      Difference is: those right-wing theories generally percolated on the margins, and were tolerated by GOP central command. (Trump himself exploited this dynamic.) Whereas Trump/Russia originates in the most mainstream precincts of elite society: media, think tanks, top politicians
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    5. John Lawrence‏ @JLawrenceKzoo 19 Jul 2018
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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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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 19 Jul 2018
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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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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Jul 2018
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          The GOP establishment kept a distance from Trump because they thought he would lose. Once he started winning,they joined.

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        3. John Lawrence‏ @JLawrenceKzoo 19 Jul 2018
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          At that point they had to join, at least on some level, or risk completely losing control of the future direction of the party. The main point is this was a process that played out day-to-day. It was messy and far from any establishment "by-the-books" on how to win a Presidency

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        1. Ghoststein‏ @Goatstein 19 Jul 2018
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          birtherism was "fringe" among the republican opinionmaking class, but not among actual republican voters.

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