Any genuinely principled Republican should be asking why such a person retains overwhelming support from the base. Romney in particular should ask why 75 percent of those who voted for him in 2012 approve of Trump now, 44% strongly 2/ https://morningconsult.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/181248_crosstabs_SHUTDOWN_RVs_v1_AP.pdf …
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And the base doesn't like Trump despite the bad things he does; in large part it likes him because of those things. His racism and implicit threats of violence speak to the party's soul; if you don't admit that, you're not facing up to reality 3/
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The point is that the essence of Trumpism was central to the GOP long before Trump. Someone like Max Boot gets it. Romney is far from a stupid man. If he doesn't get it, it's because he doesn't want to 4/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/10/08/the-dark-side-of-american-conservatism-has-taken-over/?utm_term=.3bbff4ff7314 …pic.twitter.com/7IbneAIhSs
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Thank you. This picture needs to go up every time someone acts like Mitt has moral authority.
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Yah, Mr. Morals could have voted no on Kavanaugh......
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…had he been a sitting Senator but he wasn’t elected until November
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Like an - um - expensive suit.
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Big deal, even Trump's acting chief of staff says Trump is a horrible person, who doesn't?
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A large majority of Republican voters.
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