Did CNBC’s John Harwood actually moderate a Republican debate once? We seem to remember it, but it couldn’t be possible. Who would let that happen?
Anyway, we’ll cut right to Vox’s Ezra Klein and his super-hot take from Tuesday that’ll have you questioning everything you thought you knew about our two-party system:
To those who want to believe the Republican and Democratic parties are equivalent institutions, subject to equivalent dynamics: The Republican Party nominated Donald Trump for the presidency, and united behind him. The Democratic Party did not.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) October 23, 2018
That blew our minds too, but there’s more:
You can believe Trump is great or terrible, but a political party that diverges from historical tradition and chooses someone like him for the presidency is different than one that does not.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) October 23, 2018
Ezra of course is right but point more vivid w/contemporaneous comparison
Democratic Party produced President Barack Obama
Republican Party produced President Donald Trump
drawn your own conclusions https://t.co/sY59duplsI
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 24, 2018
Now that Harwood has responded, we’re just waiting for Neil deGrasse Tyson to weigh in, ’cause this is some galaxy-brain stuff here.
— ? Jim Creature ? (@jtLOL) October 23, 2018
Get a load of this nuclear take! https://t.co/CKrTALUmZn
— ?fedPlissken? (@nuPlissken) October 23, 2018
A tweet wrapped in an enigma.. https://t.co/Bun35CQGnk
— Idiocracy (@drseusphd) October 23, 2018
So profound… https://t.co/q9pdPpBiZw
— JamesKirkLives (@JamesKirkLives) October 23, 2018
Recommended
thank you ezra. i did not put this into consideration https://t.co/SDB6eykq2u
— pj (@poopjeans) October 23, 2018
Top tier "analysis" https://t.co/Y18CjGEM8v
— American Roman (@trajan_decius) October 23, 2018
makes you think https://t.co/giXB2rdkht
— Booe! Gabriel Simonson ? (@SaysSimonson) October 23, 2018
Laziest tweet of the day. https://t.co/OaQCVpzu5F
— Brendan Dunn (@brendanmdunn) October 23, 2018
Bookmarking this for when the Democrats nominate Oprah or Avenatti. https://t.co/bEF8nqUeOh
— Brian Jencunas (@BrianPJencunas) October 23, 2018
You tried to put Bill Clinton back in the White House.https://t.co/kdUgZN5lmB
— BT (@back_ttys) October 23, 2018
… not to mention the woman who blamed his affair with an intern on a vast right-wing conspiracy.
Instead they nominated someone so ethically compromised, fake, wooden, and unaccomplished (sorry, titles aren't accomplishments), she lost to Donald Trump.
Then again, if you want to believe there's nothing wrong with your party, it's in my interest to let you. https://t.co/hE7AC46RaZ
— Beto O'Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) October 23, 2018
Instead, the Democratic Party chose to nominate a deeply flawed candidate as the result of a backroom deal in order to appease party elders to guarantee a united front for an election 8 years prior https://t.co/LMNZhDEjFG
— Mike (@vmcny) October 23, 2018
The Democratic Party nominates Hillary Clinton and LOST to Donald Trump. https://t.co/I30EdI9Qsk
— Ryan B. Leslie (@RyanBLeslie) October 23, 2018
Yes, the Democratic Party instead nominated a paragon of virtue whose behavior and ethics are, and always has been, beyond reproach. Her name was…
*squints*
…Hillary Clinton.
Seriously, @ezraklein, are you trying to troll your own account? https://t.co/Hv4HiLdem2
— Mike Breslin (@mikebreslin815) October 23, 2018
The Democrats nominated and united behind Hillary Clinton and her only real competitor was an avowed socialist. Take a seat. https://t.co/NEtGqHO5yr
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) October 23, 2018
It's not the GOP's fault the Dems rammed Hillary down the throats of their progressive base, who clearly would have preferred anyone else. https://t.co/6sYTEEFJdb
— Farbrook (@dutchindian) October 23, 2018
This is true. One party cleared the field for its preferred candidate, rigged the primary to ensure said candidate prevailed, & abused its control of federal law enforcement to subvert opposition.
The other party had a field of 17 candidates run the gauntlet, one of whom won. https://t.co/aC3MiCbEsX
— Dodd (@Amuk3) October 23, 2018
Republican Party had actual democratic primaries & didn't block Trump from being nominee, unlike Dem Party, which rigged nomination for Hillary, who lost to Trump. Democratic nomination process by Dems would've avoided that outcome: #BernieWouldHaveWon https://t.co/szjhx4hoaX
— "Jane Doe" (@ojoscriollos) October 23, 2018
The Republican party as an institution didn't want to see Trump nominated. They weren't left with many options when people, like, voted for him. https://t.co/SEwVhYnkZ3
— Mido (@midoanth90) October 23, 2018
how many judges have been confirmed ezra https://t.co/NioPwslJMm
— ?op-ed guy who committed war crimes in Bosnia? (@HoudinisBoxers) October 23, 2018
Remember folks: you have to be a certified inside-the-beltway wonk to come up with these kind of insights. https://t.co/zhF7luVRpr
— Howl 10000 (@Hal_RTFLC) October 23, 2018
Like Harwood said, “draw your own conclusions.”
Related:
JOURNALISM! John Harwood knows what Trump’s ‘jobs not mobs’ slogan is REALLY about (just guess) https://t.co/phqVMFNXb2
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 19, 2018
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