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Amazing.

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:

beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@propublica RNC is withholding data about Trump from down-ballot candidates, fearing they'll distance from him, @propublica reports.

I talked to former DCCC head Dan Sena what this means. He was brutal, describing it as "malpractice" that has to be "intentional."

beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@propublica Another awful example of Trump's war on information:

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*:

beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@propublica We need to come up with a new language to explain all this Trump war-on-truth stuff.

What we're seeing here is a form of deep, seething contempt for voters, and even for governing and for democracy:

beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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