It's really pitiful seeing people like Politico's Tim Alberta, who was Paul Ryan & John Boehner's personal scribe for decades suddenly start getting compunction now that they don't need GOP access.
Admit to how you helped pave the way for Trumpism, @TimAlberta. We're waiting.
Admit to how you helped pave the way for Trumpism, @TimAlberta. We're waiting.
https://twitter.com/mattsheffield/status/1347586769877798913
Tim started his career at National Review where he shamelessly flacked for the Republican congressional leadership.
He then became an affirmative action hire by Politico who needed better access to Republicans.
Real journalists in DC have no respect for his shallow nonsense.
He then became an affirmative action hire by Politico who needed better access to Republicans.
Real journalists in DC have no respect for his shallow nonsense.
He has spent his entire career rewriting press releases from Paul Ryan and never covering the radicalism of the pre-Trump GOP.
It finally came back on him in 2020 when the DNC finally called him out as the GOP propagandist that he is nbcnews.com/news/all/polit…
It finally came back on him in 2020 when the DNC finally called him out as the GOP propagandist that he is nbcnews.com/news/all/polit…
But because Politico had partly paid for the debate, Tim the shill was allowed to be included among much better qualified PBS reporters as a 2020 Democratic debate moderator.
As usual, his performance was mediocre c-span.org/video/?467296-…
As usual, his performance was mediocre c-span.org/video/?467296-…
But don't take my word for it, here's a GOP consultant absolutely gushing at how great Tim did at portraying Democratic candidates as "laughable" cnn.com/2019/12/19/opi…
Tim is one of many Republicans who enabled GOP racism, religious bigotry, and extremism who now try to deceive the public into thinking that Trumpism isn't the end result of their Faustian bargain with fascists.
And like all of them, Tim runs away when confronted by his record.
And like all of them, Tim runs away when confronted by his record.
The vast, vast majority of people at Politico aren't Republican propagandists like Tim. Here's a great example of one of them discussing the racist dog whistles of Paul Ryan: politico.com/magazine/story…
Compare that article with this one Tim wrote about John Boehner's "muscular, leathery legs" and great wisdom politico.com/magazine/story…
To my knowledge, Tim hasn't written even one article about the vast power and influence of Christian supremacism within the GOP. And it literally was his job to cover Republicans for Politico.
People who research the radical right, who foresaw Jan 6, see him as a joke.
People who research the radical right, who foresaw Jan 6, see him as a joke.
If you can find such a piece from Tim, please tweet or DM me. I want to be wrong about this. But I'll bet that I'm not.
According to Google, Tim has never once examined Paul Ryan's decades of love of the right wing fascist Ayn Rand.
Her writings about poverty being the product of laziness, as real journalists have reported, are the foundation of his worldview google.com/search?ei=jLP4…
Her writings about poverty being the product of laziness, as real journalists have reported, are the foundation of his worldview google.com/search?ei=jLP4…
I could add scores of examples of Tim shilling for the GOP. But rather than bore you with that, I'll link this detailed essay from @jonathanchait on how Paul Ryan masked his ruthless radicalism behind a goofy grin and how people like Tim enabled him nymag.com/intelligencer/…
In conclusion, while Tim is a particularly odious, he's just one of many GOPers who lie about how they personally helped create Trump.
Don't trust any "former Republican" who won't admit what they did to bring us to the precipice. I deeply regret my role. They must as well.
Don't trust any "former Republican" who won't admit what they did to bring us to the precipice. I deeply regret my role. They must as well.
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