Nate Silver

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

@CT_Bergstrom @mattyglesias The plain-language meaning is maybe closer to the sense in which it meant suppression rather than mitigation. But mostly it was just ambiguous. Ambiguity can be useful for getting people on board with a program but can also cause misunderstandings later (see: "Medicare for All"). — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

@BillHanage @CT_Bergstrom @mattyglesias I'd be willing to bet that if you looked back at how the phrase was used contemporaneously in March, there were quite a few (a majority? IDK) experts who meant it to mean mitigation and *many* journalists/"interpreters" who understood it that way. — PolitiTweet.org