Progressives attack Sinema on Twitter as she mourns the loss of staffer: “Not tonight, Satan.”

[AtorBoltox]

This kind of civility policing is representative of a fundamentally un-serious way of thinking about politics 

[Badger]

It's not just Trump; all elected officials should be legally banned or at least prohibited by some ethics code from pressing buttons on the bird app.

Uh... you think Sinema is the one in the wrong here???

Of course she isn't. The fact that a US Senator is spending her time saying things like "delete your account" and "not tonight, Satan" to coldhearted randos on Twitter Dot Com is beneath her dignity anyway.

Trump’s use of social media was transformational, and will be the most lasting aspect of his legacy

Yes, that is certainly one interpretation.

A hackneyed interpretation that seems to conflate his four-year non-stop narcissistic punching down ego rants that utterly demeaned the office of the presidency, as if they were the Lincoln-Douglas debates or FDR's Fireside Chats. But yes, an interpretation nonetheless.

Del Tachi isn't wrong. I get you dislike Trump, but regardless of what you like or dislike about him, fact is that Trump's use of Twitter was definitely transformative regardless of his morals as a person or policies as a politician.
Social media is highly important for communication in this era; Obama and Trump together helped shape how politicians see and use this medium.

If Trump's use of Twitter was so "transformative" why is Biden so successful with a FAR different method and frequency of using it? If it was so "transformative", every one of his predecessors would ape his use of Twitter (which of course goes IMMENSELY beyond merely having and using an account), as would every other politician. However, Trump's "unique" Twitter rant as policy statement method appears not to survive his presidency. And thank God.

"Unique", particularly in the worst way possible, is hardly "transformative".

[Del Tachi]

It's not just Trump; all elected officials should be legally banned or at least prohibited by some ethics code from pressing buttons on the bird app.

Uh... you think Sinema is the one in the wrong here???

Of course she isn't. The fact that a US Senator is spending her time saying things like "delete your account" and "not tonight, Satan" to coldhearted randos on Twitter Dot Com is beneath her dignity anyway.

Trump’s use of social media was transformational, and will be the most lasting aspect of his legacy

Yes, that is certainly one interpretation.

A hackneyed interpretation that seems to conflate his four-year non-stop narcissistic punching down ego rants that utterly demeaned the office of the presidency, as if they were the Lincoln-Douglas debates or FDR's Fireside Chats. But yes, an interpretation nonetheless.

Del Tachi isn't wrong. I get you dislike Trump, but regardless of what you like or dislike about him, fact is that Trump's use of Twitter was definitely transformative regardless of his morals as a person or policies as a politician.
Social media is highly important for communication in this era; Obama and Trump together helped shape how politicians see and use this medium.

If Trump's use of Twitter was so "transformative" why is Biden so successful with a FAR different method and frequency of using it? If it was so "transformative", every one of his predecessors would ape his use of Twitter (which of course goes IMMENSELY beyond merely having and using an account), as would every other politician. However, Trump's "unique" Twitter rant as policy statement method appears not to survive his presidency. And thank God.

"Unique", particularly in the worst way possible, is hardly "transformative".

The thing is, the way Trump uses social media is no longer unique.  This whole thread is about how Krysten Sinema punches down and gets edgy on Twitter - something AOC, Liz Warren, and many other members of Congress now regularly do.  This all an outgrowth of how Donald Trump used the platform during his presidency

  

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

I think it's telling that I've never seen a defense of Sinema's behavior other than the most generic terms possible (oh she has to be a Maverick(tm), this is just the price we pay for the unique genius of Kyrsten Sinema) or, more often, look at how mean everyone is being to her.

Infact, this reminds me of nothing so much as Susan Collins taking an indefensible stance and then whining about how Democrats are mean to her.