Walter Shapiro
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Covering my 12th presidential campaign for @newrepublic. Columnist @rollcall. Teach at Yale. Bluesky: @mrwaltershapiro.bsky.social Threads: MrWalterShapiro1.
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Joined August 2010
The burning question that is on the lips of all Americans: "Where else can I find Walter Shapiro on social media?" Answer: (Bluesky): @mrwaltershapiro@bsky.social (Post News): (Mastodon): @WalterShapiro@journa.host
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From here on in about the Trump shooting, I will only offer very cold takes after they have been confirmed and confirmed again by mainstream news organizations.
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RT @MarkLeibovich: "Bestseller lists will be chock-a-block with Biden White House memoirs. Insiders who presided over the biggest Dem defea…
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Democrats are going bonkers. It is fire at everything in sight. And I say this as someone who thinks Biden should release his delegates.
Regardless of your view of President Biden as the nominee, gotta say I see zero value in attacking George Clooney. The situation is about many things but Clooney isn’t one of them. People get to respectfully say what they think - I’m for that. It’s part of this.
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Kudos to @MarkLeibovich: "President Joe Biden, 81, is acting like one of history’s most negligent and pigheaded leaders at a crucial moment, and right now, we are all pedestrians."
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Another brutally honest assessment in the subject line of a DNC fund-raising email: "You deserve an explanation." Boy, do I ever.
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Death wish. Just like the Democrats with Biden.
the real question is why he's jogging in this awful weather
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I love the detail I learned in reading it that no senator ever came from Britain, a place she puckishly likens to Rome's version of Afghanistan.
Loving the unputdownable Emperor of #Rome by @wmarybeard & not long into it she refers to the enchanting villa #Hadrian,Tivoli.I had the privilege of visiting in 2019, away from the crowds & I’m even wearing the same t-shirt I wore when I met the legend in #Bradford on Sunday 😊
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Militantly disagree. With respect.
If Democrats lose this fall - and they may well - it won't be because Biden is old. it's because the party spent the last months of the campaign fighting and blaming each other while the GOP rallied around a convicted felon and sex abuser.
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Bennet is my hero of the week.
On CNN, @SenatorBennet confirms to @kaitlancollins that he said in a private Senate meeting today that he believes that former President Trump is going to beat President Biden. Senator Bennet tells Kaitlan that he feels he has a moral obligation to speak out and he believes President Biden’s staff have a moral obligation as well. “It’s true that I said that and I did say that behind closed doors. I figured I should come here and say it publicly. This race is on a trajectory that is worrisome. This is the first time in more than 20 years that a Republican President is up during this part of the campaign. Donald Trump is on track to win this election and with him take the Senate and the House.” “The White House in the time since that disastrous debate has done nothing to demonsrate that they have a plan to win this election.” “I have no pleasure being here at all. I believe those of us who are in this elected office have a moral obligation to the people that we represent…we have a moral obligation to them to do everything we can to make sure their future is as bright as it can be. And if we just sit on our hands and if we say we’re going to disregard what is plainly in front of us and we end up electing Donald Trump as President of the United States that is going to be a huge tragedy of epic proportions and it’s something I can’t live with.” Bennet says he thinks it’s hard for Biden to acknowledge that, after his long and illustrious career, he’s going up against someone like Trump whom he can’t beat. Bennet also adds that the people who work for Biden have a moral obligation to acknowledge the reality of the situation that Biden is in.
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RT @JillDLawrence: Sharp insight from @mrwaltershapiro: Biden needs an intervention not from lawmakers but from "excessively loyal" WH advi…
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@Galapagosman37 @rollcall I am not at the White House. But I have been very worried since the WSJ ran a a path-breaking article on Biden's infirmity in May. And panicked since the debate.
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@tacomuerte_tsu @Betsy_Cazden @rollcall The difference between Obama 2012 and Biden 2024 was light years. Obama gave off the impression that he didn't care. Biden gave off the impression he couldn't cope.
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@Betsy_Cazden @rollcall There is no precedent for a debate like Biden had the other week. We are in uncharted territory. And the risk of inaction is making a Trump restoration more likely.
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