Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Similarly, when George W Bush tried to privatize Social Security there was huge backlash, his party got crushed in 2006, and his approval ratings never recovered. How did a Democrat get elected governor of Kansas? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 8, 2021 Hibernated

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I mean it's surely not a coincidence that Trump's approval low point came during the debate over the unpopular TCJA and was followed by Republicans getting whupped in the midterms. https://t.co/KtaG6AdkMb — PolitiTweet.org

Weird that Republicans don’t have to do popular things.

Posted Oct. 8, 2021 Hibernated

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Or imagine if instead of promising to defend Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security Trump had promised to slash all three programs and complained that Paul Ryan wasn't sufficiently vigorous in his desire to reduce spending on the elderly? Would he have won? Of course not. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 8, 2021 Hibernated