After the election, there will be a false narrative that this was a turning point for Trump losing. It was not. Trump was clearly losing.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Philip Rucker
This will be the other false narrative—that an adult politician was "stunned" or "surprised" Trump talks like this.https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/784804121396346881 …
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Trump was absolutely losing. GOP politicians knew this. Nobody is "stunned"—only dismayed that the tape came out now. Cascade: rats, ship.
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People missing the point. More red-state Repubs dumping Trump *because* they can afford to. Trump still has base: harder for endangered GOP.pic.twitter.com/HddCe3SFR8
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Taniel
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@taniel. The preponderance of red state/safe seat flight is *because* Trump still has solid GOP base.https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/784812429792403457 …zeynep tufekci added,
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Of course, Trump support is a problem for some swing-state GOP candidates (NH). But hardest for: reddish (but not deep red) GOP. Trump base.
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Academic research on the Tea Party had long pointed this out. Beltway operative spin was wrong. (See Williamson, Skocpol, Coggins (2011)).pic.twitter.com/OA9bwz1yyB
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted ABC News
Is this the book cover for half the [forthcoming] books on this election or nah?https://twitter.com/ABC/status/784841638589919232 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Tom Scocca
Yeah, Pence-on-the-ticket has nothing to do with "winning" this—or any election. Q is least damage to R Sen/House.https://twitter.com/tomscocca/status/784848315162779652 …
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This is amazing. Timeline of which Republicans balked and walked (or did not) when Trumped said what.http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/29/us/politics/at-least-110-republican-leaders-wont-vote-for-donald-trump-heres-when-they-reached-their-breaking-point.html …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Josh Kraushaar
Of course they do. That's why so many waited until it was clear he was losing—obvious before the tape—to jump ship.https://twitter.com/hotlinejosh/status/784817832949407744 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
2016, Our NSFW election. https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/785107235013877760 …
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I'm supposed to write about tonight's debate... It's going to be weird.pic.twitter.com/5twthuIJaC
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