FRONTLINE | Romney's Loss, a Trump Tweetstorm, and a Telling Trademark | Divided States of America
January 18, 2017
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as posted by the channelOn election night in 2012, Donald Trump – and many in the Republican party – were shocked when Barack Obama beat Mitt Romney.
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What happened next was an early example of how Trump --
who had endorsed Romney and helped lead the “birther” movement questioning the president’s citizenship -- would deal with rivals on the road to the White House: He took to Twitter.
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