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Obama '12 CM, WH DCOS. CEO, TMG. Chair, Democracy Defenders PAC. BOD: https://t.co/R50t13Skaw, LanzaTech, VectraAI, Fortera, US Soccer Fdn. Leeds minority owner #MOT!
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As someone who has run and won a presidential election, this is a masterclass on how to make a closing argument. Just wow.
Vice President Harris: The patriots at Normandy, Selma, Seneca Falls, and Stonewall… They did not sacrifice only to see us cede our freedoms and submit to the will of another petty tyrant. The United States is the greatest idea humanity ever devised. In 7 days, let us turn the
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Let's be clear--the special counsel isn't a dummy and we should be very careful not to take the bait after Comey pulled this in 2016. Hur, a lifelong Republican and creature of DC, didn't have a case against Biden, but he knew exactly how his swipes could hurt Biden politically.
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Let’s be clear: RFK Jr is not a Democrat. His group gives $ to the GOP. He’s an anti science, anti vax, pro conspiracy whack job running to get more eyes on his discredited theories. His supporters? Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, & fringe Reddit boards. The guy’s a liar & a kook.
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This Kelly story on Trump wanting to be Hitler is as close to an October surprise as you can get. Trump's own former top aide issuing a dire warning. Never seen anything like it.
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Any coverage of Trump's trip to the border today that doesn't include his admissions (plural) that he killed the strongest border security bill in our lifetime is malpractice.
Trump brags that he sabotaged the bipartisan deal to secure the border: I killed it
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Nicole Wallace: "You could fill all those seats with the people who were alive yesterday and are dead today" from COVID-19.
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After Biden mopped the floor with Paul Ryan in 2012 VP debate, I looked at him and said “you will never have a better performance than tonight.” I was wrong. Tonight is better.
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Argue the substance all you want, but why 22 days before a crucial election where we MUST win house and senate to save America, why did @SenWarren have to do her announcement now? Why can’t Dems ever stay focused???.
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Wow. Just watching swing voters that was, to be scientific, a home fing run.
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We've got to stop treating a single line in a gratuitously long, heavily editorialized special counsel's report--in which no crime was found btw--by a partisan Republican investigator like it's a bigger liability than Trump's 91 criminal charges and being found liable for rape.
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Democrats need to remember what I learned back in 2011: Voters decide elections, not polls. I Was Obama’s 2012 Campaign Manager. There’s No Need to Panic Over Biden.
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Over last 24 hrs, we've found out:. -Trump has a secret Chinese bank account. -Trump admin. effectively orphaned 545 kids. -Trump stormed out of 60 Mins intrvw like a baby. -Giuliani is on tape touching himself in a f***ing Borat movie.
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Director Comey: "We cannot do our work well or fairly if we just start talking about it while we're doing it.".Us:
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Trump continues to confuse asylum seekers with people in "insane asylums". Just absolutely bizarre rambling. Clearly mentally diminished and panicking.
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"Trump Has Confused Obama And Biden At Least 7 Times In Recent Months—Amid Other Notable Gaffes"
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What if - and just hear me out for a second - the Democratic brand *and* Joe Biden have policies people actually like? And the way people voted last night is a reflection of both those things?.
“The Democratic brand isn’t in trouble, Joe Biden is in trouble” - @DavidChalian, just now.
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Donald Trump continues his amazing, years-long streak of helping Republicans lose across the country. More to come in November 🇺🇸.
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At what point are we going to talk about how truly crazy/pathetic/bizarre it is that grown men are acting like this?.
Trump VP contender JD Vance says he went to Trump’s criminal trial because Trump was “lonely” and needed a “friendly face”
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Absolutely vile stuff, but it's par for the course with Trump and his team. He's the guy who stood in that same Section 60 and told a father of a fallen Marine, "I don't get it. What was in it for them?".
NPR: Trump campaign staff "verbally abused and pushed" an Arlington National Cemetery official who tried to prevent them from filming and photographing at the burial site
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Tonight should put to rest any questions about whether Biden is up for a second term. He absolutely is. We just saw it with our own eyes. Which is why all these Republican bigmouths are backtracking on that Sleepy Joe b.s.-- "he was too awake". Get a grip.
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This is who she is. She is not a moderate. She is not a "reasonable Republican". Nikki Haley is a hard-right social conservative and the media and donors who should know better need to stop treating her like she isn't in the exact same camp as Trump, MTG, and Clarence Thomas.
NEW: Nikki Haley tells me that frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization “are babies,” siding with a recent AL decision that raised concerns among doctors and patients worried about the future of the procedure. w/ @Rhoades31 @NBCNews .
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Republicans just spent four hours broadcasting wall-to-wall, live TV coverage of Trump’s many criminal indictments and reminding everyone Biden was cleared. Brilliant as usual.
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Just an absolute all-timer of a week for Biden.
BREAKING: Senate Democrats passed an election-year economic bill package focused on climate, taxes and health care with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris.
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When I was the WH Deputy COS I would have walked into #MICHAELFLYNN office & said "resign or be fired by 5 pm".
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Incredible convention. Biden endorsed Harris a month ago yesterday. Putting this whole thing together for a new candidate in under a month--a herculean effort perfectly executed.
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NYT chases headlines while ignoring what’s happening. Trump consistently underperforms & Biden overperforms in primaries. In NH, Trump 7 pts worse poll v result. In SC -8 points & MI -10 points. Best predictor of elections = how voters vote. And they’re voting for Dems & Biden.
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Let’s see. New Quinny poll Biden +4 over Trump. Cash on Hand: .JB/DNC $130 million .DT/RNC $38.7. Lowest unemployment since WW II. Rs endorsing crazy AL embryo ruling, attacking IVF?! #NotBedwetting.
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This is exactly the Joe Biden I know. He’s supremely empathetic, compassionate, and unflinching in moments like these— exactly what you want in a leader.
President Biden will meet virtually today with families of American hostages believed being held by Hamas militants. The president told 60 Minutes, “This is not human behavior. It's pure barbarism. And we're going to do everything in our power to get them home.”
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Surely this poll showing Biden beating Trump by 7 in an important state will get as much attention as some other recent polls, right?.
Trump has a nearly 20-point lead over Haley in NH, according to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe/USA TODAY poll. Biden leads Trump by 7 in a general election rematch there.
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@abughazalehkat You’re totally right. I apologize for being inarticulate during the tv interview. What I was trying to convey is that the energy of women voters and their political power is what saved the night for Democrats across the country.
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Just so we all have this straight-- Katie Miller had COVID in May, missed three weeks of work bc of it, and is married to Stephen Miller who just tested positive for COVID today.
The decision to enhance safety measures at the VP debate was met with mockery from Pence's team. "If Sen. Harris wants to use a fortress around herself, have at it," said spokeswoman Katie Miller, who herself tested positive for coronavirus in May.
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Cruz and Jordan tweeting 2 fucking hours after the assault on the Capitol began is just unbelievable. There's as much blood on their hands as there is on Trump's. And Hawley's.
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And he's right.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden angrily criticizes special counsel for questioning his recollection of son's death, wasn't his 'damn business.'.
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How Biden didn't lunge across the lectern is a testament to his character and grace, because that was one of the most disgraceful debate moments I've ever witnessed.
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A lot of political reporters are covering Trump like 5 yr olds playing soccer. Lots of swarming to the ball and not remembering the many other times Trump's said something he doesn’t actually mean in order to muddy the waters. Come on. We've seen this play out for 9 yrs now.
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"The greatest privilege on earth--the privilege and pride of being an American." Pitch perfect speech. Fight, vote, win. LFG!.
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Trump bragging about the size of his January 6th crowd! Saying his January 6th insurrection speech had more people than MLK Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech". More Trump in front of a mic please.
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After spending 14 months of my life helping passing Obamacare, I TOLD YOU THIS SHIT WAS HARD!.
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Re-upping⬇️.
What if - and just hear me out for a second - the Democratic brand *and* Joe Biden have policies people actually like? And the way people voted last night is a reflection of both those things?.
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Biden: Crisscrossing the country sharing his vision for the future while still doing his day job of POTUS. Trump: *Zero* upcoming campaign events on his website, lounging around his golf club w/ authoritarian leaders and billionaires, and saying crazy stuff on Truth Social.
NEW from me and @KristenhCNN - . Biden has been campaigning around the country the last two weeks, in addition to his presidential duties. Trump has held one rally in a battleground state, and has been focusing on hitting up big donors & playing golf.
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Watching dial tests. Wow. She is off to an amazing start as she accepts the nomination on behalf of the people.
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Yeah this whole “Nikki Haley is moderate” thing that we keep hearing has gotta stop. It’s just so clearly false.
Haley defends Iowa’s extreme 6-week abortion ban while bashing Roe v. Wade: I’m unapologetic when it comes to being pro-life
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What a week for the Biden Admin! Lots to celebrate. Since Tuesday—. -Warnock wins by nearly 3 points.-Brittney Griner home for Christmas.-Marriage equality bill on its way to Biden’s desk.
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Biden’s win & today's historic runoffs show what can happen when you put in the years of work on the ground, building a ground game, & chasing the politics of a state. Thx to GA Dems, @BlackVotersMtr,@fairfightaction, the @wnba players who spoke up, and all who made this happen.
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The Hur testimony should be treated exactly like what it is: political partisan hackery.
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Every single Republican voted against this btw⬇️.
Judy is a retired nurse who's relied on Enbrel to manage her psoriatic arthritis for nearly 20 years. Last year, she paid $9,000 out-of-pocket for it. And in 2026, thanks to Medicare price negotiation, she'll pay less than half of what she used to pay to fill a prescription.
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Ladies and gentleman, Michelle Obama. Wow. Just wow. That was a masterclass.
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Cc: all major news organizations who I'm sure will cover this as breathlessly as they did the polls that had Trump up⬇️.
NEW: Joe Biden Leads Donald Trump in Eight Polls.
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This is so counter-productive. The Supreme Court is about to outlaw abortion. We could lose both houses. So we are going to focus our time running against each other? Now we’re primarying commited progressives because. why? If we lose house it’s because of dumb shit like this.
NEWS: @AOC is backing Alessandra Biaggi in her bid to primary DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney.
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We have the leader of our country who addressed the nation, has a plan and is passing that plan. Her name is Nancy Pelosi.
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Biden's job tonight is to show the stakes, drive the contrast with Trump, explain his vision, and highlight his record--and he's nailing it right now 🇺🇸.
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There's no way this was an accident.
NEW YORK (AP) — A video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network Monday included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November. @AP
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Harris is holding festival-sized rallies while Vance follows her around all day & is lucky if he gets curious passersby to stop & wonder what he's doing in a strip mall parking lot. Where's Trump? He's hiding, posting racist crap on Truth Social. Only has 1 event this week btw.
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The only thing you can be sure of after today’s NBC poll is that people will short-circuit again. Polls a year out are about as good at predicting election results as a magic 8 ball would be. They just don’t show the full picture.
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“Biden leading Trump by 2 in new NYT/Siena poll” should be the headline. Yes, it's still early for polls being predictive, but Biden has been up or tied in 7 polls this month and you wouldn't know that given the insane double standard the press has with covering Biden/polls.
So, somehow, the @nytimes not only did not lead with Biden up being by 2 points (47%-45%) with likely voters in its write-up of its new poll, the article in the Times never even mentions it. Seriously, WTF guys? It's clearly newsy, and could have easily been the lead.
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I don’t know how many more ways I can say that polls this early are famously wrong. But wall to wall coverage on bad polls for Biden w/ no attention to good ones…it becomes apparent that some are just shoehorning a narrative and stirring the pot.
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Biden is winning. We need to act like it Dems. We will defeat Donald Trump and replace him with a real leader and the first woman VP. This is historic.
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FYI. Current polling has Dems picking up 10-15 seats in the House.
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Dear Dem bedwetters, the @NYT poll everyone is forwarding around shows BIDEN BEATS TRUMP! uhm isn’t that what matters?.
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Reminder: While Biden is in France commemorating the 80th anniversary of D Day with WWII vets, Trump said Hitler "had some very good ideas", refused to visit a cemetery filled w/ American Marines who died fighting in Europe, calling them "losers" and "suckers". .
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He has been indicted on four felony counts for trying to literally become a dictator by overthrowing the 2020 election. There is no joke here.
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So he’s saying that there are “chosen ones” to sexually assault.
Trump brings up another woman who has accused him of sexual assault, describes the incident in detail, and says "she would not have been the chosen one.". (Watch the expressions on his lawyers' faces)
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Biden's own DOJ getting their James Comey moment in the sun - clearing the President of any wrongdoing but taking cheap shots and muddying the waters while doing it. Biden sat for two days of interviews and was fully transparent. The way it should be.
The false equivalency between Biden and Trump will no doubt begin again. Worth emphasizing that Special Counsel Hur (a prior Republican appointee) said what Trump is accused of to be far far worse.
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Biden ending w/ his bread & butter: his optimism about the future of the U.S.A. and his belief that there's nothing beyond the capacity of the American people. Great, great speech. Crushed it. Great night for POTUS.
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This is a devastating story and an effective reminder of who’s responsible for it.
NEW AD: Donald Trump just took credit for extreme abortion bans across the country. This is what Donald Trump did.
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Biden and Democrats deliver. Reminder: not a single Republican voted for this bill. “The company pivoted after President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law earlier this month…”.
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JD's comments about women aren't just one-offs--he's been sayin this stuff frequently & publicly for years. Everything he says sounds like it's taken from a manifesto of someone who's about to try to commit a really bad crime. Creepy & bizarre guy.
NEW: In 2021 Vance sent out fundraising emails that called Democrats “childless sociopaths” and in a podcast in 2020 said childless Americans, especially in leadership, are “more sociopathic” and make the country “less mentally stable.”
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Kentucky’s uninsured rate fell from 20% to 7.5% after Gov @Steve__Beshear implemented Obamacare. Largest drop in US.
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Remember in school when you’d read about Hitler & Mussolini and all the targeted, shockingly violent language they used before rising to power?. Trump’s NH speech was from the same authoritarian propaganda playbook. And everyone should be talking about it.
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Still blown away by President Biden's speech last night. He's steady, compassionate, and still has that fire. A man who truly loves his country more than himself. Life has thrown a lot at him, but he still leads with heart. Couldn't ask for more.
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The Republican Party spews the Kremlin's anti-American propaganda anywhere and everywhere. Dangerous and bizarre. Just a wholly unfit and unserious party.
GOP Sen. Tuberville says America and its allies are responsible for the war in Ukraine, not Putin
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He just told these terrorists who left pipe bombs at the Capitol, "we love you and you're very special." He's encouraging these people. Lock his fucking account. He's a national security threat.
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I hope we’re done with the “Trump is moderating on abortion” discourse now.
Donald Trump just now in Iowa:. "Last year I was able to do something no one thought was possible. we ended Roe v Wade.". "I got the job done. I got it done. And it's thanks to the three great Supreme Court Justices. that I appointed."
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Trump's rarely paid a price for any of his racism, sexism, creepiness, or crimes but today's ignorance won't go unnoticed by millions of voters who aren't looking to go backwards. An absolutely pathetic appearance.
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What the fuck is this???. Trump has said there should be punishment for women who get abortions, nominated three justices who were decisive in overturning Roe v. Wade, and publicly celebrated when those judges ended a woman’s right to choose. Garbage.
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Political reporter math: giving equal weight when reporting on the traction of the soles of Biden’s shoes as you do when Trump calls for political assassinations.
The press has succumbed to what I call “the banality of crazy,” in which they breathlessly report on every minor Biden gaffe, but barely cover Trump calling to execute generals or shoplifters. This numbing effect helps Trump—and warps American politics:
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You signed a get well soon card.
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One of the most successful presidents of my lifetime, @JoeBiden will also go down in history as one of the most selfless. He put democracy and this country over all else, and has served it with honor and dignity.
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Was this before or after he said he wouldn't mind people shooting the press?.
Trump says it “should be illegal” to release polls that look bad for him
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The best way to predict how people will vote is to look at how they voted. Last night Biden beat polls by 20% in SC, and got 96% of the vote.
New NBC News poll (1/26-30). General Election.Donald Trump 47% (+1 since Nov.).Joe Biden 42% (-2 since Nov.). —. Biden Job Performance.Approve 37%.Disapprove 60%.
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2020: If you haven’t already, you’ve gotta watch this clip of @SenatorBennet frying Ted Cruz to within an inch of his life on the Senate floor today. Need to include Sen. Bennet in #2020Election convo after moments like this.
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Trump says he raised $66M in March. Putting aside Biden raising ~40% of that in *just 1 day* in March, I have big Qs about Trump's numbers. Avg. donation? # of donors? $ spent on legal fees? Why won't they say any of this??.
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Excellent story/resume--highest enlisted soldier to serve in Congress, h.s. football coach, advisor to school's first gay-straight alliance, teacher, member of congress from a Trump district, hell of an attack dog, great governor. the list goes on. Now, let's go win this thing!.
It is the honor of a lifetime to join @kamalaharris in this campaign. I’m all in. Vice President Harris is showing us the politics of what’s possible. It reminds me a bit of the first day of school. So, let’s get this done, folks! Join us.
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Re: NYT poll this am--Best predictor of how voters feel is how they vote. Trump is failing to expand beyond hardcore MAGA base. Last wk in IN, Haley won 22% of GOP vote and did particularly well in the Indy suburbs--continuing a trend we've seen in key states like PA, WI, & AZ.
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Pay attention to this. There may be no more important piece of data you see before Tuesday ⬇️.
Stat of the Day: 77%. I don't think enough is written about how high Democratic enthusiasm is this election compared to previous elections. @KamalaHarris has created enthusiasm with Dems as high as @BarackObama did ini 2008. They know what is at stake. @KamalaHQ
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Trump lied about having the documents, refused to give them back, had staff hide boxes before the FBI showed, and destroyed evidence.
Rep. Lofgren: President Biden allowed your team to review all of the notebooks you found. That's in stark contrast to Trump's who obstructed and diverted all the investigations. After being given multiple chances to return classified documents, Trump did the opposite
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You can keep talking about polls 14 months out, but this is what I’ve been looking at all year ⬇️⬇️.
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Exceptional ad.
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Trump promised to repeal Roe v. Wade and he did. He's telling us again exactly what he'd do if he's president again. Any suggestion that Trump is "moderating" on women's rights is unserious and dangerous.
Q: Did you get any sense of hesitation on Trump's part when you asked him if he supports ‘monitoring’ women’s pregnancies?. TIME Reporter: I didn't get any hesitation from Trump at all. He’s decided he will let women be prosecuted for having abortions. When I asked about states
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Doing a press advisory for your weird opponents press/ramble-conference is awesome trolling. #RentFree
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Republicans talk, but Joe Biden and Democrats deliver.
W/ Biden and Trump both courting auto workers in MI today, a quick refresher on auto industry jobs created/month under recent presidents. *Clinton: 1,800.*Bush: -5,800 .*Obama: 2,800.*Trump (pre-Covid): 600.*Trump (total): -200.*Biden: 4,000
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Hmm. I don't recall President #Obama ever threatening to sue me. .
President Trump erupts at campaign manager as reelection stress overflows
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