Conor Friedersdorf

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

I too would love a world where all politicians eschew all demagoguery and illiberalism. When has that ever been the case? This *don't normalize x* distraction failed utterly with torture when I tried it and with Trump when Democrats tried it. I see no evidence of its value. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 18, 2022

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I like my colleague @davidfrum and value his analysis but even if he were a stranger I'd be struck, yet again, by the weirdness of this critique's premise. DeSantis is *sitting governor of Florida.* You may think it's a bad thing that pols like him are normal, but they just are — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum is one of the country’s most prominent “Never Trump” conservatives. For better or worse, what he says ca… https://t.co/A2wu2mJgZ5

Posted Aug. 18, 2022

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@JeffreyASachs I don't think Biden's framing had anything to do with it. Many Americans understood for themselves that Trump is an extreme outlier of a bizarre lunatic. Democrats can't "frame" their way to a world where all Republicans are considered equivalent. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 18, 2022