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Take the stand, Donald, or admit you're a coward.
📺 Seen first in @playbookdc
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Moderate Democrats are why we have Nancy Pelosi looking over Trump's shoulder, tough House committee chairs and Democratic governors in the Blue Wall.
And they will be why Dems defeat Trump in #2020.
That's not "nowhere," @BilldeBlasio.
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Thanks to @Emma4Change @davidhogg111 @Sarahchadwickk @cameron_kasky and their friends, everyone can see that the NRA made the wrong bets.
Losing breeds panic. And for the first time in a long time, the NRA is actually losing.
thebea.st/2EdsaQc #NeverAgain
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Pres. Obama to House Democrats: bold solutions are great, but don't make promises you can't deliver.
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We have enormous respect for Gov Dean. But we disagree on this.
Democrats must say no to litmus tests, but yes to vigorous debate about whose ideas are best to beat Trump. And Sen. Sanders' ideas were crushed in the midterms - they're not the way to win.
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We absolutely will - we are proud Democrats. We all strongly supported our nominee against Trump in 2016, and we will do the same in 2020.
Can you say the same of your entire senior team?
@ThirdWayKessler
I've committed to supporting the nominee. My question to @ThirdWayKessler and the corporate wing of the party: If we nominate a progressive who supports M4A, breaking up the big banks and taking on the billionaire class, whomever that is, will you support them against Trump?
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"Socialism may resonate in bright blue districts, but it dissuades in the purple ones." And those are the exact ones Dems will need to beat Trump and hang onto their House majority. thrdwy.org/2Pdzy5l
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"If you want to win more of the black vote, recognize that there are a variety of different black voters and fight for their votes individually rather than believe that it’s a one-size-fits-all approach." Critically important column by @CharlesMBlow 👇
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If Democrats want a fighting chance in 2020, they'll stop looking into the fun house mirror that is social media, and cater to real voters by offering an urgently needed pragmatic progressive policy agenda. theatlantic.com/technology/a…
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Thanks for all the attention, Senator Sanders.
But you're wrong. Your campaign is an existential threat b/c an avowed Dem Socialist is likely to lose to Trump.
Still, if you win the nomination, we will strongly support you. B/C Trump is an existential threat to our republic.
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Moderates got Dems "nowhere?"
...Except the Speaker's Suite
...Except chairing oversight committees
...Except the Governors' offices in not one but **ALL 3** Blue Wall states.
@BilldeBlasio's "small-tent" is the path to nowhere in 2020.
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Far-left Twitter might be fired up, but if Democrats want to prevail in 2020, they'll have to remember that Twitter isn't necessarily representative of the voting electorate.
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The plot to steal the next presidential election is already underway.
First in @axios, we have a deck detailing the danger to our democracy and explain how democrats—both big and small “d”—must be prepared to stop the next coup.
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One year from today, No Labels will kick off a nominating convention for their third-party bid. That ticket will never be sworn in, but could make history for re-electing Trump.
So we’re joining groups across the spectrum to tell @NoLabelsOrg to stand down. #NoLabelsElectsTrump
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The data shows that all Democratic primary voters aren't crowded on the far left, @JohnAnzo tells @michaelscherer & @mikedebonis. "Almost half of them identify themselves as moderates or conservative."
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“Democrats don’t have to win in rural America, they just have to stop losing by so much,” says @HeidiHeitkamp. To do that, they should meet voters where they're at, and offer solutions for kitchen table concerns like health care & economic opportunity. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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“A gun owner, hunter, and a former high school football coach who grew up in rural Nebraska is not the typical resume of a Democrat on a national ticket, but that is who Minnesota Governor @Tim_Walz is.
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"The president's daily circus of corruption has failed the working class. That is a vital message we need to get to voters and we need to start now. The longer we wait, the more daunting our prospects become," write @JamesCarville & @Messina2012 thrdwy.org/2uaucy9
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"Moderate policy, pragmatic politics and diverse, center-left candidates turned out to be a winning formula."
—@JRubinBlogger on what we learned in the midterms
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Free college for all IS regressive. Blanket debt forgiveness could actually increase inequality: thirdway.org/memo/why-free-c…
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As Dems look to 2020, @USATodayOpinion ed board writes today, consider what worked for them in November. Democrats owe their new House majority to enterprising moderates such as Abigail Spanberger in VA and Colin Allred in TX. usatoday.com/story/opinion/2…
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🧐Voted against the Brady bill
🧐Support for Fidel Castro
🧐Called for abolishing the CIA, reducing the military, & returning to local militias
🧐Suggested primarying Obama
...@joelockhart's googling finds costly vulnerabilities for Sanders in a general
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We agree. All Democrats should vote for the budget resolution this week.
New Democrat Coalition Chair @RepDelBene released a statement on the upcoming budget resolution vote.
See Chair DelBene's statement below and read more here: newdemocratcoalition.house.g…
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"Donald Trump steals people's dignity like the devil steals people's souls," @MiekeEoyang tells @NicolleDWallace on @DeadlineWH, observing how poorly this WH is doing on attracting staff with any sense of dignity and integrity.
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“By huge margins (ranging from 21-points in Wisconsin to 32-points in Michigan), voters think that “Medicare for All would lead to lower-quality care and longer wait times.”
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REMINDER: @NoLabelsOrg 's own polling shows their third-party ticket would elect Trump.
A 2-way race put Biden at 42 and Trump at 43.
But in a 3-way race, their candidate only got 20% —taking more support from Biden, giving Trump a 5pt advantage.
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#DoddFrank prevents another financial crisis. @MaxineWaters warns #WrongCHOICEAct puts US economy + families at risk bit.ly/2qcOa7I
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Donald Trump is a danger to democracy. But a third-party bid from No Labels will splinter the pro-democracy coalition and put him back in the White House.
@NoLabelsOrg: Stand down. #NoLabelsElectsTrump
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"Any moderate No Labels candidate will almost certainly drain more votes from the Dem side than the Republican. According to Pew Research, 'third-party 2016 voters who turned out in 2020 voted 53%-36% for Biden over Trump.'"
Must-read from @NormOrnstein. thebulwark.com/how-the-no-la…
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"If Dems were listening to black voters, [a respondent] said, 'you’d be hearing more about economic opportunities.'"
To win in 2020, Dems need to unite a broad coalition, and across the spectrum, voters want solutions for their urgent pocketbook concerns.
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"There are jobs out there, but a lot of those jobs don't provide the opportunity for people to earn a good life where they live" @ThirdWayKessler says to @SRuhle Astonishingly, 62% of all jobs don't support a middle class lifestyle in the US.
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"54% of Dems and Dem-leaning independents wanted the party to become ‘more moderate,’ while only 41% wanted it to be more liberal." says a recent @Gallup poll.
Think the Party is moving left? The numbers could have you rethinking that assumption. thrdwy.org/2TmAE3h
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We saw in 2018 how to win in 2020: 23 million people voted in Democratic primaries to put a check on Trump.
33 out of 40 House seats Dems flipped to win the majority were backed by the moderate New Dem PAC. Voters chose who they thought had the best chance to beat Republicans.
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"We should work hard to combat climate change. We should fight to expand health coverage and reduce costs. We should find ways to make taxes more progressive. But we shouldn’t fall for Trump’s sucker punch," of painting Dems as the party of socialism.
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.@MiekeEoyang tells @KatyTurNBC why she finds it hard to believe the #NunesMemo is about FISA abuse: "A few weeks ago these same Republicans opposed any reforms to FISA, claiming that there were no abuses whatsoever of the process and the authorities that the FBI had been using."
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We polled Democratic primary voters on what they want candidates to run on: they said Dems should keep offering urgent fixes for the pocketbook issues that impact peoples’ lives. Here's the breakdown:
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"When a hostile foreign nation interferes in our elections and Trump's director of the CIA says the Russians are coming back again it seems awfully shortsighted to try to protect Donald Trump as an individual." —MiekeEoyang to @KatyTurNBC on @MSNBC
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As you scan political news on Twitter today, keep in mind that Twitter is NOT representative of the voting electorate. “In the United States, Twitter users are statistically younger, wealthier, and more politically liberal than the general population.”
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The last Democratic nominees whose views approached Bernie Sanders' won a scant 30 electoral college votes—combined—and lost the popular vote by 35M votes.
That's the definition of unelectable, Jon Cowan & @ThirdWayKessler write in @PostOpinions
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Trump’s team continues to get weirder… npr.org/2024/08/23/nx-s1-508…
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2018 offered a clear blueprint for how Dems will beat Trump: moderate & “pragmatic Dems [won] in dozens of GOP-held districts to deliver a majority in the House” & in state capitols across the country.
Great piece from @laurenegambino on #Opportunity2020👇
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The Gov's core point - about nothing being more important than beating Trump - is dead-on.
To get there, we must look at the evidence and decide whose ideas will get us there.
The midterms showed conclusively that the Sanders ideas fail that test. thirdway.org/memo/what-do-mi…
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.@antjuansea's right - Dems should be loud and proud about delivering a LOT under Joe Biden's leadership.
Wow. @antjuansea just delivered the single greatest breakdown of Democratic accomplishments under the Biden administration to date. Everyone needs to see this.
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.@NBCNews/@WSJ poll: 59% of Americans say 2019 will be a year to save because harder times are ahead.
To speak to every American and right the direction of our country, Dems HAVE to offer solutions to improve economic opportunity in every single zip code. thrdwy.org/2XGT4eo
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"No Labels is perilous to our democracy,” @SpeakerPelosi said, adding to "a growing chorus of individuals and organizations across the Democratic Party spectrum ramping up criticism of No Labels."
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No Labels is looking for a common sense, mainstream leader that values bipartisanship?
Breaking news: the country already has one.
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.@RepPeteAguilar speaking truth in his excellent nominating speech for @RepJeffries: Democratic leaders do not traffic in extremism.
Huge and important contrast from the GOP.
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I heard the President say, "I will do a big deal. I want to move on the border," @jahimes tells MSNBC.
But Donald Trump is telling House and Senate Republicans he doesn't want a border deal because he doesn't want a solution, he wants a political issue.
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Blue states are safer than Red states. thirdway.org/report/the-two-…
Blue cities spend more on police. thirdway.org/report/the-red-…
Dems are the ones working to fund border security. thirdway.org/graphic/whos-re…
The GOP will tank our economy if we default on our debt. thirdway.org/talking-points/…
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"If the [Democratic Party] wants to maintain/enlarge its majority in 2020, it needs to keep attracting independent & some Republican voters, which won’t happen if it’s identified" only as the party of the ultra far-left. #WaytoWin @MortKondracke realclearpolitics.com/articl…
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The numbers don't lie. "Nearly twice as many freshman lawmakers are part of the moderate New Democrat Coalition than the Congressional Progressive Caucus."
@JoePerticone on the freshmen @HouseNewDems reshaping Congress: businessinsider.com/democrat…
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As the debate over the #WaytoWin rages on in the Democratic Party, here's some food for thought:
In new @NBCNews/@WSJ polling,
-just 18% of Americans say they view the term socialism positively.
-50% see it negatively. thrdwy.org/2XGT4eo
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Dems can't get sucked into winning the Twitter primary. You win elections, @AnnaTovarAZ says, "by going to Main Street. Then formulate your policies & ideas based on the needs that everyday community members think about. Listen to them & take action."
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📍Everywhere Trump goes this ad is following him...in Mar-a-largo, in NYC, and at the NRA Convention.
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The Sanders wing had two perfect test cases to prove their agenda could win in swing districts. Their results?
Kara Eastman had the worst performance for a Democrat this decade in NE-02.
Dana Balter underperformed Hillary Clinton in NY-24 by 10 points.
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Democrats: Remember the Blue Wall states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania that flipped to Trump and delivered him the Oval Office? From 2005 to 2015, tiny Queens (pop 2.4 M) added more new jobs than these three states combined (total pop 28.6M). thedailybeast.com/democrats-…
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🚨 @marceelias 3pm ET TODAY
Don't miss this opportunity to have your questions answered by the powerhouse of election law.
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Far-left Dems may have gotten the limelight in 2018, but the "moderate wing is powerful too," says @perrybaconjr. 33/40 seats were flipped by @VoteNewDems-- now, Speaker Pelosi is laser "focused on making sure these members can get re-elected in 2020." fivethirtyeight.com/features…
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Sobering testimony from MI Sec of State @JocelynBenson on the unprecedented threats facing nonpartisan election workers.
Honest and hardworking local election workers must be protected from harassment and intimidation. They deserve our thanks, not threats.
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Want to beat Trump in 2020? Look to the impressive sea of Democratic women legislators at the #SOTU. The new majority includes liberal leaders but added far more newly minted congressional moderates—all of whom won tough races in red or purple districts.
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As you scroll, consider:
➡️Only 1 in 10 Dem primary voters regularly use this site
➡️Twitter Dems are less moderate than the D primary electorate by 20pts
If Dems succumb to the distorted picture they see on online, they could be miles off base come 2020.
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Jill Stein is a Russian asset:
🟥 She dined with Putin
🟥 She was funded by Russia in 2016
🟥 She spreads Russian propaganda about Ukraine.
She may run as Green, but she’s playing for the Red team. Details here: thirdway.org/memo/red-alert-…
#RedAlert
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8 of the 10 states w the highest murder rates in 2020 voted for the GOP presidential nominee in every election this century.
"Republicans seem to do a much better job of talking about stopping crime than stopping crime," @ThirdWayKessler tells @Axios.
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.@MarkWarner on @MorningJoe: There's a crisis of opportunity in this country. Democrats ought to be about spreading opportunity and its going to take a forward-leaning agenda to do that. #Opportunity2020 #OpportunityDems
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⚡️ Powerhouse of election law @marceelias joins us TUESDAY @ 3pm on how redistricting is likely to impact voting rights and politics heading into the midterms.
Don't miss his conversation with @AkunnaCook.
RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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"Democrats have one job in 2020: Beating Donald Trump. Nothing else matters." If progressives insist "on hard-left positions and ideological purity, they will own Trump’s second term." 😳usatoday.com/story/opinion/2…
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No Labels’ third-party ticket will put Donald Trump back in the White House.
The No Labels map featured in @playbookdc shows they are targeting Blue states. 2/3 of their projected EVs are states that Biden won in 2020—incl his home state Delaware.
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Help us ask members of Congress to speak out on the No Labels threat
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.@ShontelMBrown wins an impressive and decisive victory in #OH11. We were proud to play a part with a digital ad campaign. Voters chose a strong Biden ally who is delivering results for Ohio over a candidate focused on insults and division.
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House Democrats with ties to No Labels are turning on the centrist group after it attacked one of their founding members, @dlippman scoops on outrage growing over their third-party plan.
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.@MarkWarner on @MorningJoe from #Opportunity2020 in Columbus: "The Democrats ought to be the party that says we want to give everybody in this country an opportunity to earn a good life."
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No Labels has dropped the pretense, @Alex_Roarty writes today in @NOTUSreports.
Elites and donors, working in secret, will choose @NoLabelsOrg's ticket. As anti-democratic as it gets.
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"The mob takes the 5th. If you're innocent, why are you taking the 5th Amendment?"
— Donald Trump
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"The so-called 'blue wave' that brought to Congress the most diverse class of freshmen in history" wasn't powered by ultra-liberal Dems. >3/4 of candidates who flipped red-blue districts joined @NewDemCoalition, & 10 became @HouseBlueDogs. @_jessicamendoza
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As Democrats knock the rust off from 2016 and hone in their blue wall strategy, they would do well to take some notes from @GovWhitmer – she ran on a mainstream, moderate platform & scored a decisive victory in MI just last year. mlive.com/public-interest/20…
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At Third Way, we take seriously our role as a leading voice of the center left. We were proud to be early and enthusiastic supporters of President Biden when he ran in 2020, and we have been delighted by how he and the Vice President have run the country.
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👏 We👏 want👏 to👏 defeat👏 Trump.
But with a records of
0⃣-2⃣2⃣ Our Revolution
0⃣-1⃣6⃣ Justice Dems
0⃣-6⃣ Brand New Congress
...there's zero evidence Sanders' strategy can win where Dems must.
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There's a foundational shift happening among 2020 Dems. @Alex_Roarty explains: mcclatchydc.com/news/politic…
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Democrats are in a huge hole. Doubling down on demography as destiny won't help them dig out of it. wapo.st/2kNDi1i @NewBlueCampaign
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To beat Trump in 2020, the Democratic candidate must offer solutions for these 2 things:
1.Many voters don't feel economically secure
2.The majority of US counties are losing business
Here are some ideas so our communities stop getting left behind 👇
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.@JRubinBlogger puts her finger on the pathway forward for Dems in 2020. Read more here: thrdwy.org/2K7zRw1
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.@KamalaHarris is exactly the right choice for this moment. She will be a fierce and trailblazing leader, both as the nominee and as VP.
We are inspired + deeply energized to help the #BidenHarris ticket win and the Biden-Harris Admin govern.
—Jon Cowan
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Stacey Abrams showed that Democrats can—and must—craft messages and policies that resonate with voters of color and infrequent voters AND with swing voters in order to win elections across the country and retake the White House in 2020, @MKHolloman_ says thehill.com/opinion/campaign…
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Senate Republicans cannot stop the evidence and the American people will find out, @MiekeEoyang says on @allinwithchris. "So the question is, are you standing for justice and finding out the truth, or are you just in the tank for the President?
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"No wonder some prominent allies of No Labels in the past, including New York Times columnist David Brooks and Brookings Institution policy scholar William Galston, have called foul and withdrawn their support." -@JRubinBlogger on NL's third party bid.
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Take a look at the disparity between policy beliefs held by Tweeters vs the actual Democratic primary electorate...
This is why Dems can't afford to be hypnotized by the Twitter primary if they want to win in 2020.
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Once again, @NoLabelsOrg confirms their right-leaning, anti-democracy views. #Thread
In a No Labels’ call: Speaker Mike Johnson is described as 'not a Trump Republican': politi.co/3Qvuw5c via @politico
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"Suozzi deserves credit for taking on, rather than running from, “cultural issues,” a strategy some savvy Democrats, including those at Third Way, have urged," @JRubinBlogger writes.
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A "quiet revolution in the thinking of Democrats across the board" marks @EJDionne's reporting from #Opportunity2020. He notes a "new, implicit party consensus: you don't have to be a democratic socialist to believe today's capitalism needs...repair." washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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"You’re not going to win so you’re just ensuring that the house burns down."
—@reedgalen on the danger of a third-party ticket in 2024: it hurts Biden and reelects Trump.
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President Obama says enough with the purity tests.
"If all you're doing is casting stones, you're probably not going to get that far."
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"Every time [Republicans] have come forward with a defense of the President, what they have found is that that defense is later undercut by the facts," @MiekeEoyang tells @BWilliams on @11thHour.
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Four years ago, Bernie Sanders won 151,584 votes in the NH primary—his best primary state in total votes and winning percentage other than VT.
Last night he eked out just 72K votes. But MoMENtuM???
Look closely: it's moving in the wrong direction. 🧐 #thread
If Sanders is starting a revolution, he should do better than he did last time when he lost the nomination by 3.8 mill votes. If results read live on CNN by @EvanMcS are final, Bernie got 590 votes in Nashua Ward 3--that's 329 votes less than his 2016 performance (919).
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“We all share the value of health care for all Americans — quality, affordable health care for all Americans. What is the path to that? I think it’s the Affordable Care Act," Speaker Pelosi says of the path forward for Democrats. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Moderate Democrats are standing between the House gavel and a seditionist GOP. And Republicans are coming after them with their 2020 playbook of lies.
🛡️ Shield PAC is our new super PAC to ensure those false attacks don't stick. @ktumulty has the scoop.
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Jill Stein was a spoiler with $3.5 million in the bank.
Gary Johnson was a spoiler with $11.9 million in the bank.
No Labels will be a spoiler with $70 million (!!) in the bank.
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SCOOP: Jill Stein, the former Green Party candidate for president, is now helping to run Cornel West's third-party bid with the goal of getting him on the ballot as the Green party candidate in 2024. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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