🧵 The Natalie Harp story illustrates a lot of bad things about Donald Trump's addiction to praise, no matter how disturbing it is. But it also shows something that Republicans do much better than Democrats: Help people who want to help you.
This is something I have seen firsthand having been on the right and then switched to the left, I know each from the other well.
Each side does the opposite thing.
Matthew Sheffield
npub1q8…49e3t
2026-08-21 22:57:15 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1q8ncj6m4utxz750500zal6qn5lg48xjlm49anafmd7pmv2rlztfsg49e3tSeen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-08-21 22:57:15 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "629b179e8afa87f0dd9c0c60270b521fb3431f33a91cb12ffe70523a4e58d180",
"pubkey": "01e7896b75e2cc2f51f47bc5dfe813a7d1539a5fdd4bd9f53b6f83b6287f12d3",
"created_at": 1787353035,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/117135968505197100",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.ditto.pub"
]
],
"content": "🧵 The Natalie Harp story illustrates a lot of bad things about Donald Trump's addiction to praise, no matter how disturbing it is. But it also shows something that Republicans do much better than Democrats: Help people who want to help you.\n\nThis is something I have seen firsthand having been on the right and then switched to the left, I know each from the other well.\n\nEach side does the opposite thing.",
"sig": "3f073b0eabde44916be0190d6396dfdc2e7936e4f32b25bdcec7f39f0d1dcce63193cb30bcd9a222011cae3a1037419d43c688eb2ed3eb9de5ccb78ea587b5fe"
}