.@NormOrnstein, who literally wrote the book on GOP polarization, “didn't think it would get this far,” he says, blasting "the complete moral cowardice, the abject failure of the overwhelming majority of Republican elected officials… This is a cult, Mehdi."
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How did the GOP get so radical? Newt Gingrich “is a pivot point here… Newt deliberately moved toward a tribalism in our politics,” says @NormOrnstein. “That, along with the development of talk radio and the tribal social media, has made it so much worse.”

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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @NormOrnstein
Newt is the embodiment of evil. I’m surprised he doesn’t burst into flames when he and Callista walk into the Vatican.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @doxiedachsie @NormOrnstein
Liz Trotta, who was a well-regarded reporter for so long, had to go on Fox and apologize when she stepped over the line with a partisan diatribe. She said Fox wanted her to be "controversial" but she apparently went too far.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @NormOrnstein
"It's just horrible"💔 The GOP are horrible, horrible people.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @NormOrnstein
Talk radio is one of the biggest culprits. People listening to it and thinking the hosts opinions were fact.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @NormOrnstein
This. Gingrich was the apotheosis of the Southern Strategy. And his tactics of demonization have been universally adopted by the Republican Party.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @NormOrnstein
Newt - Fairness Doctrine + Rush Limbaugh + Republican denigrating government = Aggrieved, paranoid and suspicious low information voters
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The death of the Fairness Doctrine.
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