Eugene Daniels
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POLITICO Chief Playbook Correspondent & WH Correspondent. WHCA President. MSNBC Senior Political Analyst. Walking Beyoncé Encyclopedia.
Washington, DC
Joined October 2011
THREAD: Over the last 3 days, I have cried myself to a fitful sleep. I’m a reporter which means I can’t say everything I want but I will say this: Imagine being in elementary school & your teachers telling your mom how scared they were of you when you walked in class. As a child.
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Something that will mean ALOT to Black people across the country: Former First Lady Michelle Obama wearing braids at the unveiling of her official White House portrait.
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I still have police ask me what I’m doing in MY neighborhood. I am not insulated or protected. I am tired. I am scared. All the time. Growing up, I thought if I made people laugh and went to college and smiled, I would be safe. That’s not even close to true.
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🧵🧵So today is my 11th day since testing positive for COVID-19. And let me tell you -- it was HELL. I am fully vaccinated and it knocked me on my ass. I had chills, a scary high fever, night sweats, trouble breathing, extreme exhaustion, and the terrible cough.
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Imagine watching men that look like you die knowing it can happen to you. For 31 years, being a big black man has put a target on me. I am college educated, I live in DC, I work at one of the biggest news orgs in the US & I am still followed in stores.
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Imagine being asked by law enforcement “is this car stolen?” multiple times by different cops. Imagine being asked “what drugs do you have in the car” as soon as you hand over your driver’s license. Imagine women clutching their purses when you walk in the elevator for years.
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VP Kamala Harris on Gov. DeSantis "invite" to Florida to: "I'm here in Florida and I will tell you there is no roundtable, no lecture, no invitation we will accept to debate an undeniable fact: there were no redeeming qualities of slavery."
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Gov. Tim Walz asks VP Kamala Harris if they can take a selfie in front of a homemade sign that says "Kamala and the Coach."
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VP Kamala Harris says "of course" she'd want visit Hawaii but "we want to do whatever's in the best interest of the folks on the ground. We don't want to distract from resources that need to go into the victims of this tragedy & not worry abt focusing on us because we're there."
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A video taken as Vice President Kamala Harris walks into the stadium to applause at the inauguration of Honduras’ new president 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾.
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SPOTTED on the new Biden presidential campaign website’s 404 page: Dark Brandon.
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>>@AndrewYang says if any Democratic candidate wants his endorsement, they need to come out in favor of UBI.
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Lol at Delta using “B.1.617.2” instead of Delta variant.
BREAKING: Delta Air Lines says unvaccinated employees must pay $200 per month surcharge for health insurance.
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And sitting in there alone going through this is a terrible experience. And it’s much much worse for those in the hospital, who didn’t get the vaccine. Get the vaccine, tell your loved ones and neighbors and enemies and everyone else to get a vaccine.
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President Biden says of VP Kamala Harris: "A lot of this has to do with this lady right here, the vice president. It's not all me. She deserves an enormous amount of the credit."
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VP Kamala Harris: "Everyone who has called for a ceasefire . Who yearns for peace, I see you. I hear you. Let's get the deal done."
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George Washington also made all American troops get a smallpox vaccine in the first state funded immunization campaign . .
Madison Cawthorn says that the British would not have surrendered at Yorktown if George Washington was wearing a mask.
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MTG demands Biden investigate Fauci, which won’t happen, and wants an answer by June 31st . a date that doesn’t exist.
Today, I sent this letter to Joe Biden to demand an immediate investigation into Anthony Fauci’s lies and his potential involvement in the cover up of the origins of the China virus. The American people deserve answers on the Wuhan lab & Fauci deserves to be held accountable!
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(Those last two are still lingering). The first few days were terribly scary and I could hardly sleep because of coughing and the pain in my body caused by the coughing. I’m telling y’all from first hand experience, you DO NOT WANT THIS.
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While talking about his son with autism in #CNNTownHall, @AndrewYang says autism is "the new normal . If you intervene with the right resources at the right stage of development, you can make a world of difference."
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And the one thing I do know is that it would have been so much worse without the vaccine. One of the toughest mental aspects is the loneliness. Luckily, my fiance did not contract it but that also meant I had to quarantine in our bedroom without him.
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Liz Cheney on the House floor: "This is not about policy. This is not about partisanship. This is about our duty as Americans. Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar. I will not participate in that."
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Per the pool report: President Trump's motorcade just made it back to the White House despite him telling his supporters he was going to walk to the Capitol with them.
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An adorable kid just walked up to @CoryBooker with a note he wants President Bident to sign. The kid says it reads "I bet your parents are proud of you, Joe."
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VP Kamala Harris took a few questions on the tarmac just now: . On a sit-down interview: "I've talked to my team. I want us to get an interview scheduled before the end of the month.". On debate with Trump: "Well, I'm glad that he's finally agreed to a debate on September 10.".
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Headed with VP Kamala Harris and Second Gentlman Doug Emhoff on their trip to the continent of Africa. She’ll be hitting Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania.
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To those who have an issue with my hair or my nails or my turtlenecks or my voice or my blackness or my gayness go ahead and save your breath, DMs, tweets and emails because …
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Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff are greeted by Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo and First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo at the presidential palace. "It's a beautiful evening," she told him as they walked by press.
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Updated numbers from ActBlue: $50 million for the new VP Kamala Harris presidential campaign. They say it makes Sunday the biggest ActBlue day since 2020 and rivaling the Democratic fundraising platform's best days ever.
ActBlue announces that VP Kamala Harris' new presidential campaign raised more than $27.5 million in the first five hours.
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Out of all the candidates on stage at the Mckinley-Shaheen dinner; @AndrewYang came out to the most applause from the other campaign sections. They just like the guy, no matter who they came to support.
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The First Couple is serving food to military families on Naval Station Norfolk for Friendsgiving. President Biden is serving up mashed potatoes and First Lady Jill Biden is handing out sweet potato casserole.
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I'm sorry. They couldn't find ONE picture of KANYE WEST?.
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From WH official: “The Vice President tested negative for COVID-19 today. Her close contact was more than five days ago.”.
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VP Kamala Harris poking fun at Gov. Tim Walz's spice tolerance, says they should just get him something with "Black pepper.". He laughs and quips, "Mustard!"
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The campaign tells me they raised this in just 10 days.
We did it! Thank you #Yanggang - we raised $2 million for the bus tour! All within hours of the original goal. I’m jumping up and down just like my likeness. 😀🎉 Can’t wait to call the donor who put us over the top. This gang cannot be stopped!
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NEW w/ @hollyotterbein: VP Kamala Harris is expected to announce her running mate by Tuesday, when she will hold her first rally with her pick in Philly. The two will then hit western Wisconsin, Detroit, Raleigh, Savannah, Phoenix and Las Vegas.
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.@PressSec pulls out the graphs! This one shows how much the debt increased under the Trump administration compared to the Biden admin so far.
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Show me a picture where you were completely happy and nothing else mattered but that moment.
Show me a picture where you were completely happy and nothing else mattered but that moment.
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Staffers tell me there are 1200+ at the @AndrewYang rally in Des Moines, including overflow.
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President Joe Biden sitting in the front pew at St. John Baptist Church in Columbia this AM. He'll giving remarks later on during service. Sidenote: this choir is GETTING DOWN.
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VP Kamala Harris: “I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination. I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party—and unite our nation—to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda."
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The Harris campaign announces Labor Day Travel: . - VP Kamala Harris solo in Detroit.- Harris AND President Biden in Pittsburgh.- Governor Walz and First Lady Gwen Walz in Milwaukee.- SG Doug Emhoff in Newport News, VA.
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I spent time on @AndrewYang's IA bus tour last wk & one thing is clear, he wants to be taken seriously. But his measurement of being a serious candidate has nothing to do with listening to consultants or poll testing everything he says. #YangGang .
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This is the second time this morning that President Trump has tweeted about President Obama’s Netflix deal. The first release? A documentary about China buying a closed factory in Ohio.
. for the privilege of being your President - and doing the best job that has been done in many decades. I am far beyond somebody paying for a hotel room for the evening, or filling up a gas tank at an airport I do not own. These Radical Left Democrats are CRAZY! Obama Netflix?.
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A Harris campaign official tells me VP Kamala Harris' rally (ft. Beyoncé) in Houston has 30,000 attendees.
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Video of VP Kamala Harris: “We have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open. Sometimes they won’t, and then you need to kick that fucking door down.” . The crowd laughs and cheers.
At AAPI event, VP Kamala Harris (according to pool report): “We have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open. Sometimes they won't, and then you need to kick that fucking door down.”.
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NEW: On Biden campaign staff call, Jen O’Malley Dillon & Julie C. Rodriguez told them to be full steam ahead behind VP Kamala Harris & that the entire organization is built to beat former President Trump with Harris now at the helm.
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New from me: I spoke with @AndrewYang about #BoycottMSNBC and his demand for an apology before he goes back on the network. #YangGang.
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Update: I’m told that In the last 24 hours, @AndrewYang’s new venture has raise $2.9 million. $2 million of that is planned to go to people as part of UBI project.
🚨🚨 New from me: @AndrewYang is jumping back in the political world with a new political nonprofit called "Humanity Forward.". I spent the afternoon with him yesterday as he and his team put the finishing touches on the org.
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Here's the first @AndrewYang TV ad; it was put together by firm Devine Mulvey Longabaugh (Bernie alum). The campaign says it's spending more than $1 MILLION in Iowa with this one. #YangGang
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VP Kamala Harris and her running mate Gov. Tim Walz pop up at a field office in Phoenix before her rally in a couple of hours. The volunteers are making signs. "We're obsessed with coconuts" one of the younger volunteers just told Harris.
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INBOX: Actor @steveyeun joins the #YangGang & endorses @AndrewYang. “After meeting and speaking with Andrew Yang several times, I didn’t see a traditional politician. I saw a real human being who is authentic and genuinely cares deeply about everyday people and our country.”
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Thinking of the young queer football players who live in a world where they get to see this. I can't even imagine how much easier being myself while playing college football would have been if I would have known something like this was possible.
Las Vegas Raiders DE Carl Nassib comes out as gay. He also announced a $100K donation to the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ youth.
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The source is literally a Republican member of the House of Representatives.
I have found it wise to realize the source of these stories is the liberal media with an agenda.
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Trump on DeSantis: “If he did run, I will tell you things about him that won’t be very flattering. I know more about him than anybody other than perhaps his wife, who is really running his campaign.”
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VP Kamala Harris in her first remarks after landing in Ghana: . "What an honor to be in Ghana and Africa. We are looking forward to this trip as a statement of the relationship and friendship between the people of the United States and those that live on the continent of Africa."
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These people have fought police, broken windows, forced an evacuation of the Vice President of the United States, breached the US Capitol and y'all still calling them protestors?.
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Evelyn Yang has re-joined @AndrewYang on the campaign trail and will be at his remaining two events tonight.
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NEW: As Congress fights Covid-19 relief, @AndrewYang & @HumanityForward are lobbying more than 60 lawmakers to give Americans stimulus checks. Last week, the first bipartisan standalone cash relief bill hit the House floor as a result of his push.
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Kirk Franklin brings VP Kamala Harris to dance to Smile at the WH Juneteenth Concert
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EXCLUSIVE: @AndrewYang is going up with 2 new ads in Iowa & NH Friday. The campaign tells me it’s a 7 FIGURE buy. This is in addition to the 7 figure ad that aired in IA last week. #YangGang. First ad is below and features the whole Yang family and focuses on #MedicareforAll
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And today in the "Chronicles of Barack & Michelle Aren't Coming Back."
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And with that, now-Senator LaPhonza Butler is sworn into the upper chamber by VP Kamala Harris.
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President Biden, praising his former boss, says Obama is “one of the most consequential presidents in our history”, calls Former First Lady Michelle Obama “one of the most consequential First Ladies.”. Leans in and whispers, “Michelle, he couldn’t have done it without you.”
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This was so surprising and so so kind 🥰🥰🥰.
.@EugeneDaniels2 will be the next President of the White House Correspondents' Association becoming the first Black openly queer president. Cheers from #TheWeekend crew.
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For those asking, Vice President Kamala Harris is wearing a dress by Monique Lhuillier.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff are greeted by Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo and First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo at the presidential palace. "It's a beautiful evening," she told him as they walked by press.
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As the crowd starts yelling “lock him up,” VP Kamala Harris stops it: “the courts are going to handle that. We’re going to beat him in November.”
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>> @AndrewYang on gun control in #CNNTownHall. - invest in mental infrastructure .- evergreen national gun buy back (voluntary) .- offer upgrade to every gun that recognizes palm print of owner.
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Personal news: Who would've thought that nosy, loud, gay, Black boy would one day get to cover the White House, (VP Harris, Emhoff and Dr. Biden) & author Playbook! . So excited for to be teaming up with @RyanLizza @rachaelmbade & @tarapalmeri! . Send me ALL your political tea!.
🚨 We are thrilled to announce that @rachaelmbade, @EugeneDaniels2, @RyanLizza & @tarapalmeri will take the reins of POLITICO Playbook starting Jan. 19! 🚨. Check out their exclusive interview with @VanityFair's @joepompeo below.
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Can confirm that being gay is indeed a full time job.
Newsmax host complains that "being gay, I mean, it's almost like a full-time job" for Pete Buttigieg
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Inbox: VP Kamala Harris will hold her first official campaign event as presidential candidate tomorrow in Milwaukee.
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Vice President Kamala Harris is the first VP or POTUS to visit an abortion clinic. Says she is there because of how many people are "silently suffering" after Roe was overturned.
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Jen Psaki is asked if “Peter Doocy is a stupid son of a bitch or does he just play one on tv:”. “He works for a network that provides people with questions that, nothing personal to any individual including Peter Doocy, but might make anyone sound like a stupid son of a bitch.”
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Are Republicans intentionally mispronouncing VP Kamala Harris' name?. I asked NH Gov. Chris Sununu during our POLITICO live event at the RNC today.
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We can’t thank all of you more for all of the well wishes and support! . It has been heartening and lovely and has been a cherry on top of this wonderful week. 🥰🥰🥰.
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🚨🚨 New from me: @AndrewYang is jumping back in the political world with a new political nonprofit called "Humanity Forward.". I spent the afternoon with him yesterday as he and his team put the finishing touches on the org.
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The secret is out! So so excited about my new role: more officially join the @Morning_Joe family as a Senior Contributor and MSNBC Political Analyst! . And huge congrats to @JoeNBC, @morningmika, @WillieGeist and the whole team for the new hour and the 15th anniversary!.
JUST ANNOUNCED: @EugeneDaniels2, Politico White House Correspondent, Playbook co-Author & @MSNBC political contributor, joins @Morning_Joe as a senior contributor. Welcome Eugene!
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Two Republicans who are caucusing today as Democrats just told me they came in to caucus for @PeteButtigieg but @AndrewYang changed their mind by just walking in and saying hi. “This is all about emotions for us Iowans. How can you not get excited when the guy is here?”.
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Idk what they are paying her but it is not enough.
When a deer got loose inside a Wisconsin Walmart, one brave employee pinned it with her bare hands until coworkers could rush to open a back door. According to reports, the deer was then released outside safely.
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Biden campaign official: "The Biden campaign is pausing all outbound communications and working to pull down our television ads as quickly as possible.".
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President Trump is set to take off in about a half hour to his Oklahoma rally despite a spike in Covid-19 cases, with 352 new cases in the state on Friday alone — the second-largest one-day jump during the crisis. My story 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾.
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Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff in NE DC at a communal garden today. He picked some kale, turned to the press and said "We did it Joe."
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For those wondering why Black voters love Biden, this is the perfect encapsulation of it I've ever seen. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾.
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Big day for Eugene today y'all. If you know, you know.
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Just absolutely bonkers numbers coming in from the newly formed VP Kamala Harris campaign -- $81 million in first 24 hours
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Spotted in the crowd at @AndrewYang event in Claremont, NH: Actor Paul Giamatti who is doing some "political tourism." . Saw Buttigieg yesterday.
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Biden in Tulsa: "We can't just choose to learn what we want to know and not what we should know. We should know the good, the bad, everything. That's what great nations do. They come to terms with their dark sides.".
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A WH official says @VP Kamala Harris is headed to Walter Reed this morning for a "routine doctor’s appointment.".
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