Republicans are now accusing party officials of withholding internal data about Trump *from Republican candidates,* out of fear they'll distance from him.
That's from a new @propublica
report. I reported some more on this.
My new piece:
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I talked to former DCCC head Dan Sena what this means. He was brutal, describing it as "malpractice" that has to be "intentional."
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Trump is using data that Mexican officials gave him to sate his rage, to paint a misleading picture of the border.
The key, though, is that he's using it to supplant data from *his own government*:
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What we're seeing here is a form of deep, seething contempt for voters, and even for governing and for democracy:
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