Matt Lewis
@mattklewis
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Political columnist, commentator, author, and speaker. See my interviews & analysis at https://t.co/bzM1Lsxi3x
West Virginia, USA
Joined October 2008
Progressives don't understand that policies like DEI created a backlash that gave us Trump. Again.
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It’s getting ugly. Kevin McCarthy says Matt Gaetz told him he doesn’t care if Hakeem Jeffries becomes speaker.
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In just two months—from Oct. 7 to Dec. 7—John Fetterman has taken more gutsy stands than many senators do in a career. Simultaneously, he has gone from being someone who was plausibly considered “unfit” for the U.S. Senate, to arguably our most indispensable senator.
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She’s having fun. That’s the thing. And you can’t fake that.
Biden’s response to Trump’s attacks on him was to ignore most, mock some, say can you believe this guy, and occasionally say he’d like to fight Trump. Harris’s response is “say it to my face.” .
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“We need to run a more disciplined campaign against Kamala Harris. “Okay, where do we start?”. “Let’s do an interview with Elon Musk.”.
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If you were a Never Trump conservative who was hoping to rationalize a vote for the Dem ticket (a short-term alliance), it just got harder.
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I tried to find the 30 (or so) seconds that best illustrates Katie Britt's overacting / emotional rollercoaster last night. She goes from happy to sad to OUTRAGED (Let me know if there was a better example.)
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I’m not sure who figured out that there was a latent, bottled-up hunger for a happy warrior — or that this “joy” strategy, rather than finger-wagging moral outrage, was the best way to fight a would-be authoritarian. But it was a profound discovery.
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The Republican candidates the Trump era has produced—Herschel Walker (a pretend cop), Kari Lake (a pretend populist), and now Santos (a pretend everything)—are indicative of a party that only pretends it wants to govern.
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Make no mistake: Trump could lose the presidency if Nikki Haley-style Republicans stay home. In fact, there is reason to believe this phenomenon already cost him the 2020 election—at least, in one key state. During a surreptitiously recorded conversation in 2021, MAGA Sen. Ron.
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Donald Trump’s Legacy Is Convincing Idiots That They Should Run for Office
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“I'm really worried about a return of Donald Trump this time, because this time, the Velociraptors have figured out how to work the doorknobs." - @DavidFrum on why Trump's second term would be even.worse.
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Bret Baier asked tough but fair questions. And Kamala Harris hit them out of the park. Both can be proud tonight.
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Let’s stop for a second and appreciate the gravity of this moment. The Jan. 6 Capitol riot occurred 3 yrs ago, and the first chance the Republican Party had to rebuke this atrocity in a presidential election resulted in their endorsing it, via nominating the man responsible for.
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If Madison Cawthorn loses, it’ll be, in large part, because Thom Tillis endorsed —and financially backed—his opponent. In other words, Tillis stepped up and demonstrated LEADERSHIP. If we’re gonna take back the Republican Party it’s going to take more leaders like that.
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Imagine being part of a political movement that admires/reveres Andrew Tate (and Donald Trump) — and mocks Gus Walz. Is this *really* who you want to be?.
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Actually, there is LOTS of room in the GOP for Putin apologists. (In reality, there is very little room for those of us who oppose Putin.).
There is no room in the Republican Party for apologists for Putin. RIP Alexey Navalny.
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Prediction: If Kamala beats Trump, replacing Biden with Harris becomes the new “They stole the election!” excuse.
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Who would have thought that a candidate who dubbed her “Birdbrain,” and questioned the whereabouts of her military deployed husband, would run such a campaign?.
Haley: I want this campaign to win. But the campaign is not going to win talking about crowd sizes. It's not going to win talking about what race Kamala Harris is. It's not going to win talking about whether she is dumb. You can’t win on those things
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"Note that in every one of the deadliest school shootings, the shooter exhibited behavior before the shooting that could have triggered a well-drafted red flag law."
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Having a son who loves you this much is a testament to Walz being a good dad. If you're a father who engenders this much love, you're probably doing it right.
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Forget the glitch, I was struck by how insidery and VERY online DeSantis’s launch was. He used terms like “the narrative,” “Bitcoin,” “ESGs” “debanking,” and “elite cabals.” It felt more like a right-wing podcast than a mainstream campaign launch.
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So far, the notion that Walz would be there to “bail Harris out” doesn’t seem to be accurate.
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Opposing viewpoint: This is exactly what we deserve.
The American people deserve better than Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard. The act of governance is serious business. These are not serious people.
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People keep talking about Trump’s ‘it’s gonna be wild’ tweet. But this one—from Jan 5–always struck me as a thinly-veiled threat.
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May 30 - Trump convicted .June 27 - Biden’s bad debate.July 1 - SCOTUS grants Trump broad immunity .July 13 - Assassination attempt on Trump.July 15 - FL judge dismisses classified docs case.July 15 - Trump picks JD Vance.July 21 - Biden announces he’s dropping re-election bid.
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She has been on all sides of every issue. You really can't trust Nancy Mace.
Nancy Mace said Donald Trump “put all of our lives at risk” on January 6. Three years later, she’s groveling to him every chance she gets. At the end of the day, Mace will do whatever it takes to win as much attention and power as possible. #SC01 shouldn’t trust her again.
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So Republicans spend 50 yrs working thru the system (albeit, employing some hardball politics) to finally overturn Roe. And the Dems response is. to change the rules? . “You’ll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think." - Mitch McConnell.
NEWS: President Biden in Madrid calls for changing the filibuster in order to codify Roe v Wade.
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The public is getting to see why an astonishing number of Republicans who signed up to Make America Great have decided that the best way to do that is to put America First and make sure he’s not the GOP nominee in 2024.
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I didn’t create this meme. Someone sent it to me. But it does sum up the contrast pretty well
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Let this be a warning for us all: Be extra careful the next time you pay a porn star hush money, run for president, and falsify business records to cover it up/so it doesn't hurt your election.
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It would be quaint to say that lying is wrong. But what Trump and Vance did here transcends mere prevarication. A more specific charge would be a violation of the ninth commandment to not bear false witness against a neighbor.
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George Will says today’s adult men should grow up and quit wearing denim! I pushed back on that—and evoked this EPIC response😱. subscribe here and watch the full video when it drops tomorrow!
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If you were having a conversation with someone who was careening from joy to sadness to anger like this, your instinct would be: “I need to get the hell out of here. I’m going to slowly back out of this room.”.
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I have a nuanced take on the Durham report that is sure to please nobody:. 1. Russia tried to meddle & wanted Trump to win. 2. Trump & his team acted suspicious & did sketchy stuff. 3. The intel community was way over its skis—& the MSM was all too eager to believe the worst.
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Say what you will, But Christie has courage and toughness. 👏👏👏.
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Steve, the column is still up. And I don’t think it’ll be going anywhere. I guess your predictions are about as good as your campaign managing and Veep vetting.
5/ Dripping. OK predictions: . 1. The @thedailybeast’s General Counsel will have a What the Fuck conversation with people by sundown Monday. 2. This story will be taken down by @thedailybeast because of the massive factual errancy within it. That sloppiness, arrogance and.
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It’s worth noting that Trump was the first president to talk about locking up his opponent—and the first to have his team argue that a president could target his political rival and be immune.
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I still can’t believe this happened. When Jamie Weinstein said that Trump “tried to maintain power” after losing the 2020 election, Rep. Dan Crenshaw shot back with this excuse: “I’m not sure how hard he tried.” He then went on to add that Trump only tried by using “words and
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Imagine if someone beat your spouse with a hammer, and then famous politicians and pundits made jokes and innuendos about it.
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Being ‘weird’ has long-term electoral consequences for the GOP that could last for years. One of those consequences included giving Dems a pretty deep bench. …Josh Shapiro beat *Doug Mastriano*. …Mark Kelly beat *Blake Masters*.
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The NYT now admits they “relied too heavily on claims by Hamas.” Sit with that statement for a minute.
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I'm proud of my former colleague, @kaitlancollins. Seven years ago, she was watching my son at my book party. Tonight, she's moderating a CNN town hall w/ Donald Trump. That's pretty impressive, if you ask me!
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If Dems lose big tonight, as it appears they might, it will be time to ask some serious questions, including: How is it possible that they lost to a political party as weird and conspiratorial as today’s version of the GOP?.
OPINION | Progressive readers may have difficulty understanding this, but for much of the country, far-left ideas and activists are more troubling than the crazy candidates and conspiracies on the right.
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Abortion "is such a personal and private issue. I chose life. But I'm not every woman." - Kari Lake (who is now, by definition, PRO-CHOICE. BTW, Trump is now, too. See his video statement. (Congrats, conservative movement!)
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Reminder: Trump destroyed an entire generation of conservative rising stars.
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Will the last Reagan conservative please turn out the lights?
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One suspects that ex-Axios reporter Jonathan Swan would have lit MTG up as he did with Trump—asking devastating follow-ups, armed with receipts. Instead, the interview just sort of moved on without much meaningful combat.
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. @monacharen explains how Trump’s rise had a cascading effect, causing some conservatives to suddenly question all their assumptions.
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If Kamala Harris goes on to win the election, then the so-called Democratic “bed wetters” will deserve much of the credit/blame for that outcome. Just a reminder that healthy institutions need to make room for dissenting voices, and that sometimes whistleblowers and.
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You cannot be a conservative who thinks for himself and survive in today’s GOP.
NEW: Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher, chairman of the Select Committee on China, will not seek reelection this November. He tells me he will leave Congress but plans to continue work on defense policy: via @journalsentinel.
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Republicans oppose abortion, except in the case that it threatens the political life of the father.
Please, Democrats, don’t just hope that this realization will occur to millions of people automatically. Smash that target, it won’t hit itself.
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Why did Hillary's use of "deplorables" get so much more attention than Trump's "vermin" slur??.
In 2016, too much media coverage helped Trump. In 2024, is he benefiting from too *little* media scrutiny?
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You can’t blame Dems for the blow that right-wing bomb throwers landed on Kevin McCarthy. But! What you can say is that they failed to do the right thing on behalf of the American people.
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If you were a Reagan conservative, it's almost like the parties are switching sides.
Who would have guessed going into this year's RNC and DNC that aesthetically the Dems would have presented as more @WonderBreadUSA, church-and-family-loving, mom-and-apple pie & the GOP was like a JV version of the Gathering of Juggalos?
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Nikki Haley appointed Tim Scott to the U.S. Senate. How ambitious/disloyal do you have to be to throw her under the bus?.
South Carolina senator Tim Scott is expected to endorse Donald Trump tonight in New Hampshire, a source familiar tells CNN. The two have been in talks since Scott dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, multiple sources told CNN.@KristenhCNN.
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I have criticized Dems (like Stacy Abrams) for not accepting election results. What they did *contributed* to eroding norms. And (let’s be honest) they started it. However, what they did was also *peanuts* compared to what Trump did. He was qualitatively and quantitatively worse.
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The following things happened in just 46 days:. May 30 - Trump convicted .June 27 - Biden’s terrible debate.July 1 - SCOTUS grants Trump broad immunity .July 13 - Assassination attempt on Trump.July 15 - Florida judge dismisses classified docs case.July 15 - Trump picks JD Vance.
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Nobody younger than, say 40, would believe how big this show was for a brief moment.
On this very day 37 year’s ago on 22 September 1986 ‘Alf’ the cat loving alien 😉 first aired on TV.
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This is from Bernie Moreno's victory speech. If he campaigns like this for the next eight months, Sherrod Brown's in trouble.
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Harris seems poised to pick a running mate who a) can help deliver a swing state, b) balances the ticket/appeals to a different large constituency, and c) helps moderate her brand. Compare that decision to Trump's veep pick.
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My new book 'Filthy Rich Politicians: The Swamp Creatures, Latte Liberals, and Ruling-Class Elites Cashing in on America' (July 18) is a deep dive into a system where the rich get elected & the elected get rich. I'd be honored if you would pre-order it!
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Well… you see … (okay, I got nothing)👇.
Republicans were furious about Hillary Clinton’s emails and personal server. Why aren’t they screaming from the rooftops outraged about the Secret Service texts exchanged on Jan 6 being purged?!.
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I spent the weekend going on CSPAN, playing tennis with my sons, going to church with my family, and going out to lunch and dinner with my wife. Steve Schmidt apparently spent his weekend trying to dig up ‘oppo’ dirt on me. (I think I had the better weekend.).
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Sen. James Lankford has now learned that negotiating an immigration bill—no matter how conservative or restrictionist—is a thankless “lose-lose” proposition for a Republican. Even if it’s a great bill, critics will manufacture a poison pill to kill it—and destroy your reputation.
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If Jim Jordan becomes Speaker, it means two interesting things. 1. Republicans would rather have an election denier who opposes Ukraine funding as their leader than ask for help from Dems. 2. Dems would rather have Speaker Jordan than vote “present” for Kevin McCarthy.
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With time running out, Nikki Haley needs to be surging, not floundering. Haley needs every non-Trump Republican (and in New Hampshire, independents) to galvanize behind her. She needs Chris Christie to see this happening and decide to drop out. Pandering to MAGA voters, while.
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‘He’s fading fast. He’s a proven loser.’ - Paul Ryan talking about Donald Trump to @jaketapper on cnn.
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I’m taking the position that carbs and calories don’t exist on Election Day.
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This would seem like a good time (and a good issue) for Nikki to, you know, go after Trump . .
DANA BASH: How do you feel about your party's frontrunner being found liable for sexual abuse?. NIKKI HALEY: First of all, I haven't paid attention to his cases. All I know is he's innocent until proven guilty. You have investigations on Trump and Biden.
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. @davidfrum has some advice for Trump supporters: “Go for a walk and order the salmon.” FULL VIDEO:
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If the goal is to truly eradicate Trumpism, the most obvious method is for Trump to win the Republican nomination, and then (this part is important) he must be decisively defeated.
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So far (by my count), Warnock, Fetterman, and Hobbs have all refused to say there should be ANY limits on abortion. This is just as strange (and more macabre) than much of the insanity on the right. If Dems want to be the sane/normal/mainstream party, this ain't the way to do it.
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We now have THREE stories of young people being shot for basically doing nothing (ringing a doorbell, turning around in a driveway, approaching the wrong car). Too many Americans are armed to the teeth, trigger happy, and (as this 👇suggests) freaked out/scared about everything.
‘Fear and paranoia.’ Grandson of man who shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl says Andrew Lester bought into conspiracies, disinformation
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Back around 2021, George Will argued that Trump would flame out because the American public are fickle & Trump would become predictable & boring. Until 3 weeks ago, that prediction looked silly. Today — with Kamala Harris ginning up excitement — it’s starting to feel prophetic.
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Imagine a scenario where GOP nominee Mitt Romney says he will veto a national abortion ban—& pledges to overturn Florida’s six-week abortion limit. … What does Fox News say? What do conservatives say?? What is the fallout???.
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This is political malpractice. Nikki doesn't deserve to win NH with an answer like this.
DANA BASH: How do you feel about your party's frontrunner being found liable for sexual abuse?. NIKKI HALEY: First of all, I haven't paid attention to his cases. All I know is he's innocent until proven guilty. You have investigations on Trump and Biden.
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Six weeks ago, she looked like the future. Today, she looks like the saddest dead-ender.
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It’s time we ask the obvious question: Will there be pressure now for Republicans to replace Trump on the ballot?.
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1. do outrageous and indefensible things.2. play victim and whine that people notice.3: repeat.
Vance: They decided to compare us to literal Nazis for gathering at Madison Square Garden and celebrating the United States of America. They’re the same people who have no plans. All they have is hatred of their fellow citizens
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Kevin McCarthy’s Only Weapon Is His Willingness to Be Humiliated
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“We’re not going back!. “… now, please welcome, Bill and Hillary Clinton!”
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I actually think Trump is much more worried/mad about Kamala’s large crowd sizes than he is about the poll numbers.
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Want to hedge your bets against both the radical right and the radical left? Kamala is the safer bet. A Harris presidency would likely be checked by a GOP Senate. Donald Trump, in contrast, would likely enjoy unfettered, unified Republican control.
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Knocking on the wrong door or pulling into a driveway should not, in and of itself, be reason to assume someone is Charles Manson. It seems like a lot of people are super afraid and super paranoid, of late.
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If Nikki Haley or Ron DeSantis were the GOP nominee, I have ZERO doubt the Washington Post would have endorsed their Democratic opponent. The lesson? Intimidation works!.
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Nikki Haley’s Slavery Gaffe Shows How Scared She Is of MAGA Republicans
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“Dredges up” … something Vevek wrote waaaaaay back in 2021….
Mike Pence dredges up Vivek Ramaswamy's past January 6 statements: 'A stain on American history'
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