Share this page!

David Frum Profile picture
Twitter logo
13 Feb, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Impeaching Trump is very popular. Defending Trump is very unpopular. pollingreport.com/trump_ad.htm
60-40, Americans blame Trump for inciting violence.
66-30, Americans think Trump behaved irresponsibly post-election
59-28, Americans think Trump was a bad president
Republican electeds wanted the Trump trial over fast because the trial was dangerous FOR THEM. It tied them to an unpopular ex-president who had committed what a big majority regarded as impeachable crimes. Extending the trial is even more dangerous FOR THEM.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with David Frum

David Frum Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @davidfrum

David Frum Profile picture
15 Feb
To recapitulate something I said on @MorningJoe

Before predicting continued Trump dominance of GOP, consider

- How will GOP electeds feel after Trump launches his revenge tour ?

- After he insists that 2022 be a referendum not on Biden but on the greatness of Trump?

1/x
@MorningJoe - After more months of Trump redirecting individual donations from GOP purposes to his own pockets?

- After Trumpist primary challenges cost GOP winnable seats?

- If Trump cult of personality Senate races fail in NC and Florida?

2/x
@MorningJoe - After prosecutors & Congress get hold of Trump's tax and business records ?

- After the legal proceedings that then ensue?

3/x
Read 5 tweets
David Frum Profile picture
9 Feb
The Trump brief for the trial that begins today is mostly shoddy work, but it raises one argument worth attention, summarized below in bold
The brief's text: "The Constitution only grants the Senate the additional power to remove a person's right to run for office as *part* of the process of removal from office. When a person ceases to hold office, he immediately becomes a private citizen, impervious to removal ...."
Unlike the rest of the Trump brief, this argument is not idiotic. I'll be thinking about it during the debate today.
Read 11 tweets
David Frum Profile picture
7 Feb
The Super Bowl helps me to understand US politics. I reflect on how little I know or care about it - and then try to fix in mind that this is exactly the way the median voter thinks and feels about elections.
"The Bucks versus the Chefs you say?"
My late father - who did like football - used to tell a story of being in NYC over Super Bowl weekend. He had a brainwave: one of his favorite restaurants had a tourist section in the front - where he usually got seated - and a celebrity section in the back. He realized ...
Read 4 tweets
David Frum Profile picture
6 Feb
Prediction
Fulfillment nytimes.com/2021/02/06/us/… Image
The American economy is likely to expand a lot in 2021-22. People from low-wage countries around the world will want to seek work here. If the Biden administration continues to send the message, "Just show up" ... it's going to have an unending border crisis on its hands
Read 7 tweets
David Frum Profile picture
5 Feb
This is why it's no light matter for a candidate for Congress to endorse murdering the Speaker of the House. Once elected, that candidate could easily be in a position to make good her threat.
Quoting from "Field of Blood" by Joanne B. Freeman:

"In 1837, when a representative insulted the Speaker [of the Arkansas State Assembly], the Speaker stepped down from his platform, bowie knife in hand, and killed him. Expelled and tried for murder, he was acquitted ... 1/x
... and re-elected, only to pull a knife on *another* colleague during debate, although this time the sound of colleagues cocking pistols stopped him cold." p 5 2/x
Read 7 tweets
David Frum Profile picture
24 Jan
Yoga employs more Americans than coal. But compare and contrast 1/2
and 2/2
I think many of us carry in our minds an image of the US economy that looks like this
Read 13 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @davidfrum has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @davidfrum!

Read all threads by @davidfrum