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David Frum

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I don& #39;t think it& #39;s a coincidence that this group includes no women. https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1321879510669811713">https://twitter.com/davidfrum...

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1321879510669811713

A theme of the Trump years has been *forced choice*. Eg: I favor low taxes and low tariffs. Trump forced me to choose.

Something similar happened again and again with issues of much greater moral consequence than taxes/tariffs. And by forcing choices again and again ... 1/x

... Trump forced many of us in active politics to confront new realities.

Trump put racism, misogyny, cruelty, corruption, authoritarianism on a giant billboard and forced us all to look. Could we accept? Those who said No found themselves in tandem with others who said No. 2/x

Trump pushed Never Trump Republicans into partnership with moderate Democrats - and prodded even formerly conservative minded people - to see power in ideas like Me Too and Black Lives Matter.

But that same rearrangement of politics created other new partnerships too. 3/x

And that& #39;s what we& #39;re seeing in this fusion of the pro-Trump right with factions of the far left. Both are mistrustful of US power as a force for good. Both recoil from "centrism." And both have heard quite enough from women and minorities, thank you very much. 4/x

It& #39;s early. But you can begin to discern the shape of things to come.

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