Putting the ’Bully’ In Bully Pulpit: President Trump’s Congressional Purge Through Twitter

• In Event: Public Opinion and Presidential Narratives

Brief Overview

This paper explores how President Trump discussed Republican members of Congress during his tenure in office (2017-2021) on Twitter/X and the consequences of receiving negative attention from their copartisan president on social media.

Author

• Joshua B Koss, Eastern Michigan University