There’s an infamous tweet from October 2016 that still recirculates from time to time. It was posted by sports business analyst Darren Rovell in a moment of reflection about the antics of that year’s presidential campaign.

Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.

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