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Brendan Nyhan

@BrendanNyhan

10 Nov

https://twitter.com/jimgolby/status/1325993265301164034?s=20

As always with questions of Trump and democracy, we're bogging down in a false binary.

"Coup" language is too simplistic to describe violating the norm of accepting the results of an election you have lost. Democratic erosion can result without a "coup."

https://twitter.com/jimgolby/status/1325993265301164034?s=20

We've back in the same loop:

1. Trump violates key democratic norms
2. People get worried
3. Some go too far and say dictator, coup, etc.
4. Other people point to #3 and say everything is fine b/c he's not a dictator, it's not a coup, etc.

In reality, democracy is not binary!

Democracy exists on a continuum; it is not binary. Democratic erosion can take place even if we ultimately have a peaceful transfer of power. It doesn't require dictators or coups. This more subtle form of erosion is now more common - and a greater threat to our system of govt.

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Brendan Nyhan

@BrendanNyhan

7 Nov

https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1325132671140327427

I would read a 10,000 word article just on how this location was selected for Rudy's press conference.

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https://twitter.com/SlexAxton/status/1325141204418191361?s=20

Is this really what happened? Our timeline is dumb, but is it THAT dumb?

https://twitter.com/SlexAxton/status/1325141204418191361?s=20

A future historical landmark for the final days of Trump tour

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Brendan Nyhan

@BrendanNyhan

4 Nov

https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1323971038649159680

Agree. How Fox plays Trump's claims is critically important to how the GOP base perceives the race.

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https://twitter.com/dbryanjones/status/1323972399461793794?s=20

To their credit

https://twitter.com/dbryanjones/status/1323972399461793794?s=20

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Brendan Nyhan

@BrendanNyhan

4 Nov

https://twitter.com/BetfairExchange/status/1323811690631303170

Betting market flips* betfair.com/exchange/plus/…

*can swing wildly and have lots of dumb $ but still...

https://twitter.com/BetfairExchange/status/1323811690631303170

Betfair has swung to 70+% Trump betfair.com/exchange/plus/…

https://twitter.com/thomasjwood/status/1323845463641128961?s=20

and swings back wildly as Fox calls AZ for Biden

https://twitter.com/thomasjwood/status/1323845463641128961?s=20

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Brendan Nyhan

@BrendanNyhan

23 Oct

Trump is incapable of explaining his abstruse scandal allegations in a way that makes sense outside the Fox News Cinematic Universe.

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https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1319612292183588864?s=20

One key difference between now and 2016 is that the mainstream media isn't doing elaborate exposition of key plot points from the Fox News cinematic universe. As a result, Trump's attacks are unintelligible to people who don't speak Breitbart.