(1) A quick thread about my pinned tweet of June 1, 2021.

And some updates to my profile bio. A huge proportion of 2016 and 2020 Trump voters admired Margaret Thatcher & her economic, social, & national security policies.

They're ignoring that now.

(2) Trump & the GOP were in a good position electorally in January 2020. But he & they threw it all away, for nothing.

Sure, they blame the pandemic. Some of us don't tend to buy excuses. We prefer logic & evidence.

Anyone living in the UK between the 1960s & the 90s gets it.
(3) Don't call it "The Troubles." It was an ethno-nationalist separatist IRA insurgency campaign that murdered more than 3,500 people and injured more than 50,000.

If 1/6 isn't properly addressed, you will see something similar in the USA.
(4) So I have Thatcherized my profile page, to get across my point of view on a medium that doesn't provide enough characters to explain a nuanced political opinion.

IMO, Thatcher was right... about everything. Especially economic policy.
(5) The gentleman on my profile banner is Officer Eugene Goodman, quietly serving all Americans by helping to protect a Congressional hearing room in the days after 1/6.

He made a snap decision to lure rioters away from the Senate chamber, potentially risking his own life.
(6) If anyone wants to ask me good faith questions about 1/6, you're welcome to do so. #AMA

Bad faith questions are blocked, or used as teaching examples.

Because I'm part of the reality-based community. The people who fight for a rules-based country and world.🇺🇸

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