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Thomas Zimmer
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
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What the “Biden Too Old” Discourse Is Really About Let’s evaluate the arguments of those who describe Biden as manifestly unfit – and how they preemptively assign blame for Trump’s possible return to “the Liberals” they despise. Short thread, based on my new piece below: 🧵1/
What the “Biden Too Old” Discourse Is Really About
Let’s evaluate the arguments of those who describe Biden as manifestly unfit – and how they preemptively assign blame for Trump’s possible return to “the Liberals” they despise
The “Biden too old” discourse is in overdrive again. One reason why it’s so exhausting is that critics always bemoan the existence of an omertà among mainstream media, Democrats, and Liberal elites even when the “too old” trope was is fully dominating the discussion. 2/
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Thomas Zimmer
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
14k followers437 following3.8k posts