Turnabout

Trump's Troubles Inspire Epic Schadenfreude

Taking too much pleasure in watching Trump's current crash could be hazardous.
Photographer: Branden Camp/Getty Images
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Last Tuesday night, writer Jared Yates Sexton attended a Donald Trump rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, and live-Tweeted the experience. He would later write about the night for The New Republic, but that story didn’t have nearly the effect his Tweets did: Sexton, in real time, chronicled every liberal’s most terrifying fears about, and worst stereotypes of, Donald Trump supporters.