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202 | Jeremy W. Peters: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got What They Wanted

The Realignment

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Is Twitter Bad for Both Parties?

Twitter is bad for democrats because it elevates a specific excitement of the party beyond how much actual popular mandate that set of the party has. But why is that true on the republican side? That's interesting. I think you don't really need to look much, much further than trump, right? Because i don't know, when i would be interviewing voters, almost all of them would mention their misgivings about trump's social media. And i think it kind of contributed to the sense that he was unhinged and and unsuited to be president. Especially when, during the middle of a pandemic and in a nation wide reckoning on racial inequality,. He's tweed

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