New York Times columnist took to Twitter on Wednesday to refute what he thinks is an emerging sentiment in the presidential election — that Democrat Hillary Clinton should move to the right to accommodate Republican voters who are abandoning Donald Trump. Here are Krugman’s tweets in full.
OK, a brief tweetstorm:
1. An emerging meme: Republicans are starting to bail on Trump, so HRC should move right to accommodate them
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman)
2. This is awesome, and I mean that in the worst way — it means ignoring history, the reality of the Dem platform, and evidence
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman)
3. History: The modern GOP was in essence built around strategy of harnessing racial resentment to sell right-wing economic policies
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman)
4. Now racial resentment has run wild, leaving economic conservatives stranded. So Dems should respond by adopting their ideas? What?
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman)
5. Meanwhile, HRC is indeed running on a progressive platform — but it's hardly socialism. Restore financial regulation part way to 1980
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman)
6. Restore top tax rates part way to what they were under Gerald Ford — and do only some of what we need on climate. This is leftist?
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman)
7. And remember, conservative economic policy and predictions have failed utterly in practice. Clinton tax hike followed by boom
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman)
8. Bush tax cuts followed by weak recovery, then crash. Obama tax hike in 2013 followed by best job growth since 1990s.
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman)
9. And Kansas "experiment" — Brownback's term — has been a disaster. So why should we accommodate these people?
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman)
10. Bottom line: when Dr. Frankenstein finally admits that his monster must be killed, you don't give him a big reward.
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman)
