David Shuster
@DavidShuster
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Dave/David/Shu. Husband, dad, journalist, YouTuber, U of Mich alum. https://t.co/oNMLYkpt5o Rebel HQ. Previously anchored for MSNBC + AJAM. Community organizer. ❤️tennis
Retweets are not endorsements
Joined February 2009
Just confirmed @SenTedCruz and his family flew to Cancun tonight for a few days at a resort they've visited before. Cruz seems to believe there isn't much for him to do in Texas for the millions of fellow Texans who remain without electricity/water and are literally freezing.
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Big picture: Given the counties reporting so far in WI, MI, PA, and AZ. and the counties (mostly urban areas/suburbs) lagging/still to report, Harris is in good shape to win those four swing states and finish with 281 EV. Losing GA + NC would be irrelevant. #election2024.
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Lawyer close to @dominionvoting warns that Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alex Jones need to actually produce this alleged "voter." If no such person exists and/or MTG made it up. hello defamation lawsuit!
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.@HomeDepot is full on MAGA. But don’t despair. You can find all you need @Lowes. It’s a better company inside and out. Shop there.
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Regarding Wisconsin: Everybody chill out or turn off the news for another hour. Harris is going to pick up another 100,000 in the vote spread thanks to votes not yet counted in Milwaukee. Stay calm. #Election2024.
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Pennsylvania: 15 minutes ago, Trump was ahead by 225,000. Now he's ahead by 175,000. The margin will shrink some more as Philly and suburbs report. Yes, it's white knuckle time. But stay calm. #Election2024.
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Pennsylvania: Harris down 100,000 with 54% in. However, biggest population areas (Philadelphia + suburbs) are at 40% in. Harris will run up the margins there. PA blue wall is going to hold. #election2024.
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And what do you know? Harris now winning Virginia by 70,000 votes. That will grow. See how this works? Rural areas report results faster than cities and crowded suburbs. It has always been that way. And it will be that way in AZ, WI, MI, and PA. Harris gaining ground.
Biden won Virginia in 2020 by 500,000 votes (10%). The only reason Virginia is even now is because democratic counties (Arlington, Alexandria) in northern VA and Hernico (Richmond) are sitting at 30% votes reported with the rest of the state at 60%. Harris will win VA.
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Good grief. What is wrong with you @hillaryclinton? In 2016, @BernieSanders did 39 general election events for you. By comparison, in 2008, you did 13 for @BarackObama. When are you going to stop blaming everybody else for your 2016 loss to @realDonaldTrump? #Clinton.
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Hey Jim @acosta, the job of a true journalist is not to be sad or happy by what happens in a press briefing room. It is to ask questions and report facts about what was said/not said. Your feelings, antics, + self promotion are hurting journalism, not helping it. Enough.
I walked out of the end of that briefing because I am totally saddened by what just happened. Sarah Sanders was repeatedly given a chance to say the press is not the enemy and she wouldn't do it. Shameful.
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Biggest fear is that when Philadelphia, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Phoenix finally report results. and the sling shot effect boosts Harris in each state, Trump/MAGA will claim fraud or rigged election. Because in Trump world, only votes counted by 11pm are valid. #Election2024.
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In 2020, there were 6.8 million votes cast in PA. So far, 5.9 million counted. So, another 900,000+ still to come, at least. And mostly in urban Philly/suburbs. #Election2024.
Pennsylvania: 15 minutes ago, Trump was ahead by 225,000. Now he's ahead by 175,000. The margin will shrink some more as Philly and suburbs report. Yes, it's white knuckle time. But stay calm. #Election2024.
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This is the part of the night known as the "red mirage." Smaller towns (mostly GOP) report their results ahead of urban areas (mostly dem). It creates the illusion of a GOP victory. Patience, everybody. The night is still young! #BlueWave2024 #Election2024.
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I get the temptation to accuse @BarackObama of letting Putin off the hook in 2016. But it is a FACT that Obama proposed a public statement about Russian meddling during the campaign and Mitch McConnell told him no. #Putin.
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Tonight @JoeBiden lied about his record on social security, abortion rights, bankruptcy bill, green new deal, war in Iraq, gay marriage. If lying no longer matters, so be it. But democrats need to prepare to drop their moral high ground against @realDonaldTrump. #BidenvsSanders.
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Philly says #LFG. "Voter turnout is extremely high,” said Philadelphia Democratic Party Chairman Robert Brady, the former congressman. “I’ve been doing elections for 50 years chair and I’ve been chairman for 40 years and now it’s the highest we’ve ever seen for this point.".
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I appreciate that many journalism colleagues and pundits still think Biden should drop. But watching his news conference tonight, I thought President Biden was solid, compelling, and articulate. I also think the showing tonight will help him with voters. #Biden.
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Initially wasn’t inclined to believe the Iowa dem party deliberately sabotaged #caucus numbers to sandbag @BernieSanders. But day 3, the party is still at 71% results? WTF? This is moving well past “innocent mistakes with the app” and into something deliberate + disgusting.
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Terrible news for @BernieSanders that he finished 1st tonight instead of a strong 3rd. In coming contests, where there is greater minority participation, Sanders leads among minorities. But that’s a problem. Plus, his plans have too much support. So, he is doomed. #MSM.
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Jokes aside, let’s be clear: The Iowa Democratic Party’s tabulation malfeasance helps candidates who appear to have lost badly tonight including @JoeBiden and sandbags the expected winner @BernieSanders. Sanders supporters are right to be outraged. #iowaimplosion #DNC.
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Latest national polls:.TIPP: Harris 49%-46%, +3.Ipsos: Harris 51%-48%, +3.YouGov: Harris 51%-48%, +3. PA:.TIPP: Harris 49%-45%, +4.Siena: Harris 49%-45%, +4. Crosstab.The national YouGov poll shows Black voters supporting Harris 87%-12%. Same as Biden '20. #Election2024.
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Hey Jim @Acosta, why not walk outside the arena/hall and deliver your report from where it is quiet? For years, that's what the rest of us have done when a campaign event is too loud and we care to "report the news." Your whining suggests you care only about yourself.
Tonight the Trump campaign/WH turned up the music so loud the press risers were vibrating. Nearly impossible to do live TV. I suppose the WH loves those kinds of shenanigans. But I wonder if it’s a security concern for USSS or local law enforcement. They can’t hear either.
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You @chucktodd @MSNBC need to apologize. To cite an anti-Semitic column and liken @BernieSanders supporters to Nazi “brown shirts” is beyond the pale. You’ve also diminished the significance of the Holocaust. How could you do that? What is wrong with you?.
"Digital brown shirt brigade." . That's how our Jewish candidate's supporters are being described on the MSM. The contempt shown for ordinary people is really something.
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Certain the MSM will never give due credit @BernieSanders. But let’s be clear: It was Senator Sander’s threat to put a hold on the entire bill (over the corporate $) that turned around GOP Senators who were complaining about an unemployment provision.
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Naturally, the @CNN paid political analyst who insisted the Warren claim about Sanders was "reported out" and not she said/he said was @jess_mc. CNN will never tell viewers her background. But I will. Jess McIntosh was a communications director in '16 for Hillary Clinton.
kudos to @andersoncooper in post debate analysis for noting only @BernieSanders and @ewarren were in the room for that conversation in 2018. Cooper dismantled the CNN analyst who bizarrely insisted it was a @CNN reported story and not he said/she said.
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"very important for me to know the facts before I make a statement," said man who claimed for years Obama birth certificate was fake #Trump.
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Sorry @chucktodd, I’m not going to “let this go.” The Nazis wiped out branches of my family. As I told your @MSNBC intermediaries, I don’t care that we worked together or how this looks. You cited the vile column and can’t hide behind it. Apologize.
You @chucktodd @MSNBC need to apologize. To cite an anti-Semitic column and liken @BernieSanders supporters to Nazi “brown shirts” is beyond the pale. You’ve also diminished the significance of the Holocaust. How could you do that? What is wrong with you?.
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In other words, @BernieSanders is winning? DNC and state party need time to fix, I mean, count the votes.
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Michigan: 24% vote in and Trump ahead 20,000 votes. But Wayne County (Detroit) is at 1% reporting. In 2020, Biden beat Trump there by 230,000 votes. It will serve as a sling shot for Harris. Just watch. #Michigan #election2024.
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Too many of my former colleagues @MSNBC have completely lost their minds. This isn’t complicated. In 2016 @BernieSanders beat one candidate in H.Clinton. Tonight he has beaten half a dozen including a former VP, two senators, a mayor, and a billionaire (Steyer).
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Latest New Hampshire poll (Emerson 2/1 to 2/3) shows @berniesanders widening his lead:. 32% Sanders (+3).13% Biden (-1).13% Warren (+1).12% Klobuchar (+4).12% Buttigieg (-1).
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Deeply distressed by the wave of vile claims the past 24 hours that @BernieSanders is anti-Semitic. He worked in Israel and supports Israel’s right to exist 100%. But questioning Israeli right wing policies is now unforgivable? I pray for all of us, especially my fellow Jews.
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Maybe it's just me. But something seems wrong when our federal government, in 4 different bills, can spend 5 trillion dollars. Yet Americans who are out of work are still being asked to pay their rent, mortgages, car payments, + credit cards on time, as scheduled. #COVID19.
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Oh, come on. This Des Moines Register poll has correctly picked the winner of the Iowa caucuses in the last 6 nomination cycles. Yet now with @berniesanders leading, @msnbc questions the poll's accuracy? #democrats2020.
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Time to bury the argument from @realDonaldTrump + others that the special counsel investigation is a “waste of money.” Given Manafort cash/asset forfeiture to US government of $46M in plea deal, and Mueller cost of $26M, the probe has put the US govt +20M ahead. #trumpRussia.
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The results are in from #DixvilleNotch New Hampshire, always the first precinct to vote. Biden: 5, Trump: 0. #Election2020.
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For crying out loud. This was from 2016. The host of that program, Ed Schultz, has since passed away. You @joncoopertweets should apologize and take this down.
Bernie Sanders’ wife went on Russian TV to explain why open primaries — like the SC Democratic primary on Saturday — are more “democratic” because they allow REPUBLICANS to vote for who the Democratic nominee should be. Sorry, Jane — THIS IS JUST WRONG! 😡.
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Clarification from dem operatives @HillaryClinton pneumonia: Expect emergency DNC meeting to CONSIDER replacement. #HillarysHealth.
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Michael Moore is not. running. Rashida Tlaib is also not running. So, try again. Meantime, thanks for acknowledging you are biased and inconsistent. Also, I think it’s clear to all that your “policing” on social media is far more aggressive and frequent than mine.
@DavidShuster @HillaryClinton Thank you for policing my twitter, David! I’m pretty sure twitter rules don’t require consistency in criticism. I call em as I see em. I think her comments were stupid and inappropriate and most importantly drew focus from the promotion of her doc. But. She’s. Not. Running.
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I get the MSM fear @BernieSanders. But the claim he is history is absurd. Latest IA poll (CBS) has him in 2nd, just 3% behind Biden. Latest NH poll (B. Herald) has Sanders in first. Latest SC poll (CBS) has Sanders in 2nd. Latest NV +CA polls (CBS) have him 1st.
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.@BernieSanders extended his hand and @ewarren refused to shake it. So much for Warren being the "unity candidate." Waiting for Warren staff to leak @CNN, and then CNN to report as fact, that Bernie told her women shouldn't be allowed to speak at debates. #Democrats2020.
WATCH: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders appear not to shake hands after the Democratic presidential debate.
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Actually @berniesanders followed stump speech with a panel discussion with African American leaders. But maybe this insidious omission @abbydphillip @cnn shouldn't be a surprise. She is same reporter who showed malfeasance in CNN debate re Warren claims about Sanders. #biased.
Sanders just finished his speech in Flint and as far as I can tell, it was a shorter version of his stump speech. He did not "directly address the AfAm community and make the case for why black voters should support him over Vice President Biden" as his campaign said he would.
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How good is @BernieSanders at this? Amidst arguing against fracking, he slipped in a dig at @chucktodd for 2nd time tonight. "Climate change is an existential threat. You know what that means, Chuck?" Bernie is signaling that CT is dumb. Payback for "brownshirts." Bravo.
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With all due respect @NoahCRothman, your column is absurd. Criticizing Israeli right wing policy is NOT anti-semitism. The label you've applied to @BernieSanders campaign is outrageous and diminishes the significance of actual anti-semitism. Apologize. It's important.
Campaign reporters, please ask Bernie when you get the chance about his apparent tolerance for the occasionally anti-Semitic indulgences of his surrogates and campaign staff. It’s important.
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Hey @soledadobrien, I’m having difficulty finding any tweets where you made that kind of observation two weeks ago about @HillaryClinton after she said “nobody likes Bernie Sanders.” Surely you are providing consistent criticism. or are you? #Democrats2020.
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In other words, just before closing in on 99% or 100% #IowaCaucusResults and an official declaration that @BernieSanders was the winner, @tomperez says "wait." No wonder so many people are demanding his resignation. He is either corrupt or poisonously tone deaf. #DNC.
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The day @TeenVogue shows more sophistication, journalism chops, and political understanding than @CNN.
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More proof @HillaryClinton is one of the most narcissistic and politically tone deaf figures of our times. @BernieSanders did 39 events for her in '16, 4x what she did for @BarackObama in '08. Obviously #HillaryClinton is a troubled soul. Still, this is embarrassing.
Hillary Clinton lambasts Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in a forthcoming documentary as a “career politician” who “nobody likes”
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If a sitting US Senator describes a federal criminal grand jury investigation with hundreds of witnesses and tens of thousands of documents as “at will,” that Senator is a MORON and an embarrassment to the republic. Then again, that has been Hawley’s reputation for years.
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Regarding the debate over socialism and Denmark, Forbes recently ranked countries that are "best" for business. Denmark was #1. The USA was #14. #DemocraticDebate.
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.@BernieSanders asked the man to stay through the town hall. Afterwards, Sanders and his wife spoke with the man at length in private, ditching a public meet/greet Sanders had planned with hundreds of supporters. #humanity.
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.@BernieSanders campaign crushed @JoeBiden in Iowa with relentless barrage over social security. A week of hammering @PeteButtigieg "billionaires" is degrading Mayor Pete. Sanders campaign is aggressive, tough, and would be ruthless @realDonaldTrump. #Democrats2020.
#NewHampshire Democratic Primary Polling:. Sanders: 27% (+3).Buttigieg: 19% (-3).Klobuchar: 14% (+5).Warren: 12% (-1).Biden: 12% (+2).Yang: 3% (-).Gabbard: 3% (+1).Steyer: 2% (-). Suffolk/Boston Globe / Feb 9, 2020 / n=500 / MOE 4.4% / Telephone. (% chg w Feb 8). #Democrats #USA.
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kudos to @andersoncooper in post debate analysis for noting only @BernieSanders and @ewarren were in the room for that conversation in 2018. Cooper dismantled the CNN analyst who bizarrely insisted it was a @CNN reported story and not he said/she said.
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The big story Monday night will be whoever wins the Iowa caucuses. If it's not @AndrewYang, he still has earned some air time. In a field that started with 23 candidates, this previous no-name, non politician, is on track to finish top 6 in Iowa. Remarkable. #YangGang.
Two years and now we’re here. Huge thank you to the #YangGang for making this a reality! Let’s shock the world again!👍🏼🇺🇸💪
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Sorry @CGasparino. Democratic party sources who have spoken with @BarackObama tell me your "scoop is absolute BS." And given your past, I'm certain my sources are correct and yours are made up. I'll publicly name my sources if you name yours. #Democrats2020.
SCOOP: Dem Party sources who have spoken w @BarackObama say former prez is growing increasingly anxious about @BernieSanders rise in the national polls & where the avowed socialist would take the country; he is considering a public statement addressing it more now @FoxBusiness.
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Regardless of how @AndrewYang does the next few weeks, his candidacy has added vitality, new ideas, + energy to the dem nomination race. He has lifted the field and run a great campaign. Plus, his business argument for m4a stands as one of the most compelling in 2020. #respect.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in leveling the playing field, he wanted to see poverty eradicated. Today, and every day we work to honor his legacy. #MLKDay
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.@ewarren follow through on her attempted political murder-suicide means she has put all of her cards on possibly coming back as Biden's running mate. Many @BernieSanders supporters will never support or forgive her for the sexism charge against Sanders. #DemocraticDebate.
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The final 8 and a half minutes of @RepAdamSchiff close from tonight. Gripping. Dramatic. Historic. #rightmatters.
Donald Trump must be convicted and removed from office. Because he will always choose his own personal interest over our national interest. Because in America, right matters. Truth matters. If not, no Constitution can protect us. If not, we are lost.
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Multiple intelligence sources: US govt "digital interference" (hacking) disrupted North Korea missile launch attempt. More @i24NEWS_EN.
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Hey @soledadobrien, do you really believe that @BernieSanders criticizing the media for saying his campaign was “over” Is the same as @realDonaldTrump calling the media the “enemy of the people?”.
Fun! The potential of another President who hates the media! (And I’m a big ole critic of the media). But ugh—let’s end this ugly chapter of media hatred from elected officials who don’t like their BS challenged.
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The supporters of @BernieSanders are younger, more female, and less white than any other democratic presidential candidate. In other words, much of the MSM and twitter world with their “Bernie bros” description has it wrong.
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Funny, I've asked Jeff Zucker's team @CNN three times to react publicly to widespread allegations the network engaged in journalistic malfeasance before, during, and after the debate. So far, no response. #thisiscnn #WarrenSanders.
I’ve asked @BernieSanders three times today to react to the released audio of his tense conversation with @ewarren as he moves through the Capitol. So far, no response.
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Multiple reports @OhioStateFB head coach Ryan Day is shopping himself to NFL teams. This may explain 25+ OSU players entering transfer portal, including QB McCord. Did @CoachJim4UM @UMichFootball break Day and the buckeyes? Sure looks that way. Bet. #GoBlue.
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Based on the entrance polling/data, there is now every indication @BernieSanders will win #iowacaucus2020. Only question is margin. Buttigieg and Warren battling for 2nd. #Democrats2020 #BernieWinsIowa.
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The MSM can no longer ignore @BernieSanders. All polling shows him surging in Iowa, NH, SC, + nationally. Several focus groups found he "won" Wednesday's debate. He is #1 in fundraising + has most donors. Media may be institutionally biased. but they aren't stupid.
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This "reporting" + self promotion @cnn is reprehensible. @BernieSanders has categorically denied saying this. So, you @mj_lee should name your sources publicly, retract the story, or change the lede. You do not know what was said. You weren't there + have no recording. #bias.
What we just broke on air @CNN: Bernie Sanders told Elizabeth Warren in a private meeting in December 2018 that he did not believe a woman could win, according to four sources. Full story here, including Sanders' aggressive on-the-record pushback:
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At the end, when all primary voters have had their say, if @JoeBiden is the dem presidential nominee, he will still need @BernieSanders supporters to beat @realDonaldTrump. Best way to unify party and energize progressives? Pick @ninaturner as VP candidate. #denocrats2020.
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Breaks my heart to say it. But @fshakir @BernieSanders is correct.
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Across the Hoosier state, Harris is running 3-5% ahead of Biden 2020. That's a big deal. In rural Allen county, for example, Trump won by 11 points in 2020. Tonight Trump is winning the bright red county by 4. Yowza. #BlueWaveRising #Election2024.
Maybe I should take back my tweet that Trump will win Indiana? In Hamilton county (a bell-weather) Trump won 53-47 in 2020, Harris is winning 50-48. The vote totals so far will keep the networks from calling Indiana for a while. That itself is shocking. #Election2024.
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Recent Pew survey: 73% Americans agree corporations have too much influence, 74% want tougher regulation of Wall St., 79% want higher taxes on wealthy, 85% support campaign finance reform. And much of the MSM still doesn't "get" @BernieSanders. Remarkable. #democrats2020.
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It's time for you @JoyAnnReid and @joanwalsh to apologize for smearing progressives with the slur alt-left.
Democrats who appropriated the term 'alt-left' to smear progressives should take a long, hard look at their own failings, says @DavidShuster
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Let the record reflect that 5 citizens of #DixvilleNotch NH were the first voters to be recorded on this Election Day telling @realDonaldTrump “you’re fired.” #Elections2020.
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Based on margins so far and outstanding votes still to be counted in MI and WI, Biden will win those two states overnight. Every indication he will be declared winner this hour in AZ. That will get him to 270. He won’t need OH or PA. Biden is going to win. #Election2020.
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.@BernieSanders just knocked it out of the park in his final answer. How you start and how you finish matters most in a televised debate. Sanders finished with his strongest answer of the night. synthesized his vision and explains why his revolution is surging. #democrats.
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When historians look back on 2020 dem nomination battle, they will point to this debate as the moment when @BernieSanders rocketed towards the nomination, thanks in part to a stunningly incoherent and anemic debate by @MikeBloomberg + Sanders compelling policy articulation.
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