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Scott C. Johnston Profile picture
Scott C. Johnston
@SJohnston60
Novelist (Campusland, The Sandersons Fail Manhattan), fighter of acronyms (CRT/ESG/DEI), Navy dad, disgruntled ex-Yalie/Econ adjunct, NYPost and WSJ op-eds.
Jan 22 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Mea Culpa - what I got wrong about Trump

🧵 Donald Trump has run for the GOP nomination three times. I opposed him three times.

Oh, I voted for him in the general, because, c'mon.

But I went as far as writing a piece for the Daily Caller in August of 2022 on why he shouldn't be the GOP nominee in 2024.

How wrong I was.

In the spirit of being intellectually honest, I'm going to revisit that piece and examine why I was wrong.

Here were my points, followed by my self-administered upbraiding: