Seth Abramson

Seth Abramson @SethAbramson

Many thanks to the thousands and thousands of you who read my “War and Peace”-length live-tweet of Trump’s presidential campaign announcement speech last night (see my pinned tweet if you missed it). I really appreciate it, especially as you had so many other fine opt- ...uh..... — PolitiTweet.org

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We’ll see how long they stick with this line. When the Republican Party *base* says “no” to the “no” of National Review, what will NR do then? Exhibit courage and principle? Has it ever done that before? https://t.co/n1uIQZ3CgQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump already has more money than any candidate in history—and may be willing to actually spend some of his own money now that he is trying to avoid indictment. I find myself completely unmoved by the notion that certain key GOP donors *currently* will not back him. Not big news. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SethAbramson: Now *this* is how you write an accurate, candid headline. Other media outlets should take note. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LaurieStras: Read, but read sitting down. You will not like it, but you should read it. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Dabble58: Long thread but a careful analysis and it means you don’t have to hear that dreadful voice. — PolitiTweet.org

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Now *this* is how you write an accurate, candid headline. Other media outlets should take note. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @coltrane_k: As someone who lacked the patience to listen to Trump’s lies, rambling and hate even remotely sober, I am grateful to @Seth… — PolitiTweet.org

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*chef’s kiss* — PolitiTweet.org

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*chef’s kiss* https://t.co/deq4w2TRnA — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @coltrane_k: As someone who lacked the patience to listen to Trump’s lies, rambling and hate even remotely sober, I am grateful to @Seth… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SethAbramson: (📢) LIVE THREAD: I’m live-tweeting Donald Trump’s announcement of his 2024 presidential campaign tonight at Mar-a-Lago. I… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SethAbramson: CONCLUSION/ Thank you for going on this creepy, sad, bewildering 150-minute journey with me. If, as you followed along ov… — PolitiTweet.org

Seth Abramson @SethAbramson

RT @SethAbramson: (📢) LIVE THREAD: I’m live-tweeting Donald Trump’s announcement of his 2024 presidential campaign tonight at Mar-a-Lago. I… — PolitiTweet.org

Seth Abramson @SethAbramson

CONCLUSION/ Thank you for going on this creepy, sad, bewildering 150-minute journey with me. If, as you followed along over the last few hours, you felt moved to use the Venmo tip jar in my bio—thanks! If the button isn't there, you can use PayPal instead: https://t.co/WvAPIqGmIs https://t.co/abjSNwNehC — PolitiTweet.org

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138/ But as I have been arguing for months now from my perspective as a Trump biographer, for the *moment* the chief threat posed by the 2024 Trump campaign is to the GOP. The threat to America will come later. For *now*, woe betide any Republican who tries to oppose this man. — PolitiTweet.org

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137/ I do not think anyone will remember this speech or this night; I do not think anyone is supposed to. I think this (to use this phrase in a non-QAnon way) is the calm before the storm. I think this speech only *hinted* at how ugly the 2024 Trump presidential campaign will be. — PolitiTweet.org

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136/ In other words, he phoned it in because he *could*. He already knows he has his captive MAGA cult; he already knows that any GOP elite who opposes him will eventually fall into line; he already knows he needs no ideas or agenda. *Yet* he’s sure he can win. That’s chilling. — PolitiTweet.org

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135/ ...and while he told his usual lies and "Sir" stories in a dead-eyed, toned-down, almost somnambulant way, there was nothing defeatist in his tone. I think this man believes he’ll be the nominee, and probably is so bored at how easy it’ll be that he’s *relishing* any fight. — PolitiTweet.org

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134/ I didn’t feel that this speech was lifeless because Trump doesn’t believe he can win in 2024. Rather, I sensed the opposite: he was phoning it in because he doesn’t actually believe he can be beaten. While he did not encourage violence tonight or attack anyone but Biden... — PolitiTweet.org

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133/ But having said all this, I need to add something else I think is equally important: — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SethAbramson: 2/ This live thread is free. If, as you follow along over the next 2+ hours, you feel moved to use the Venmo tip jar in m… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SethAbramson: (📢) LIVE THREAD: I’m live-tweeting Donald Trump’s announcement of his 2024 presidential campaign tonight at Mar-a-Lago. I… — PolitiTweet.org

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132/ And the room was *dead*—a total disaster. Let me put it this way: often, when people cheered, you could hear *individual voices*. Do you understand what I'm saying? — PolitiTweet.org

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131/ So much of this was ripped *directly* from his daily stump speech. Even the "unscripted" bits were ones we have heard over and over and over and over before from this man. — PolitiTweet.org

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130/ This was like the presidential-campaign-announcement version of a "contractual obligation LP." Throughout, you felt as though Trump was announcing his campaign because he *had* to—because something was dogging him (presumably an indictment) he had to avoid, and *right now*. — PolitiTweet.org

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129/ *No* Trump speech is good. *Ever*. And I say this as someone who has watched scores of them and has *even* seen some in person (really!). But this—this was *bad*. It was bad even by Trump’s historically low standards. It was absolutely, totally, almost unutterably lifeless. — PolitiTweet.org

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128/ He has just finished. And I have to say something here: — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SethAbramson: 2/ This live thread is free. If, as you follow along over the next 2+ hours, you feel moved to use the Venmo tip jar in m… — PolitiTweet.org