Ian Sams
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Personal account. Work: @IanSams46 . Former spox for @KamalaHarris @HillaryClinton @HHSgov @timkaine @tomperriello @SenatorCarper . Appalachian expat. Bama alum.
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Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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So Kanye and Jared Kushner's family got PPP loans. No wonder the Trump White House wanted to keep all this secret. That program may go down as one of the most corrupt and wasteful in American history.
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Tommy Tuberville, who is about the be sworn in as a U.S. Senator, thinks the three branches of government are “the House, the Senate and executive.”
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Wow. NYT reports Trump himself has a financial stake in the French company that makes the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine.
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Crazy story that just happened in SC:
A woman in a MAGA hat showed up to
@KamalaHarris
’ event in Myrtle Beach. She came over to Kamala after the event and talked with her for a minute. Swear to God, she then took off her MAGA hat and told Kamala she isn’t with Trump anymore.
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GOP OHIO GOV. MIKE DEWINE on
@FoxNews
: "We count the votes. We believe in the rule of law. I am for Trump, but if it ends up being Biden, all of us will accept that... Every vote has to be counted. We as a country accept election results. We believe in counting all the votes."
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Brilliant Biden riff in this CNN town hall:
Those who say wearing a mask infringes on freedom have it wrong. In fact, Trump's failure to act and encourage masks has eliminated your freedom -- freedom to go to ballgames, see sick family members, and live your life freely.
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Few have confounded Trump as much as commanding women. Whitmer, Pelosi, Kamala. He can’t crack them, and their ability to be unfazed by his lunacy - while delivering crisp, cutting indictments of his failings under a bright spotlight - is like kryptonite.
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The Trump administration took $300 million from the CDC mid-pandemic so they could make ads with Dennis Quaid saying Trump did a good job. Unreal.
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It’s wild how Hillary makes an offhand remark in a taped interview THR chose to release this week and gets excoriated for needlessly dividing the Democratic Party amidst a hot primary. Then *the next day* Tulsi Gabbard sues her for $50M and it’s crickets from the tut-tut crowd.
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There really isn’t anything confusing about who’s eligible for a booster.
You’re eligible if you got Pfizer and are either:
(1) 65 and up
(2) At high risk due to an underlying health condition, or
(3) In a high exposure job, like nurses, teachers or grocery workers
That’s it
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Are we seriously gonna do this?!
Biden is trying to pioneer a road literally *never* traveled: campaigning for president at a time when a pandemic has shut down everything we know campaigning to be. And your headline whacks him for some minor technical glitches?
Insane.
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This is the current scene in DC. Nothing about this should invite military or police crackdown, even if it happens after dark. Police brutality in response to outrage over police brutality will only grow the numbers of peaceful protesters in days ahead.
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NEW >>
@AdCouncil
launches PSA with former Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton and Carter urging vaccination.
“In order to get rid of this pandemic, it’s important for our fellow citizens to get vaccinated,” says Bush. “This vaccine means hope,” adds Obama.
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I am so proud to be a Democrat.
@KamalaHarris
,
@SenGillibrand
and
@PeteButtigieg
are arm-in-arm, the morning after a debate, to shine a light on the injustices happening at the Homestead private detention center. What’s happening here is wrong.
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If anyone wants to see an actual presidential address, Joe Biden will speak on coronavirus at 1pm ET tomorrow.
Expect him to base his opinions and plans on science.
Expect him to put the country above himself.
Expect him to remind us what real leadership in crisis looks like.
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UPDATE >> Because of Kamala’s protest, the sponsor that awarded Trump has been completely removed from this event and it’s been opened up to HBCU student participation. She led, and she got results. She will now participate in Mayor Benjamin’s forum at Benedict today.
NEWS >> After they gave Trump a justice award, despite decades of racist behavior championing injustice,
@KamalaHarris
will not participate in the Second Step Presidential Justice Forum in SC. Will instead hold her own CJR conversation with HBCU students and Columbia community.
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Thank you,
@DouglasEmhoff
, for following the rules intended to keep people safe and adhering to public health guidelines.
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Powerful moment from
@KamalaHarris
with
@jimmyfallon
last night: Kamala asks the audience of all college students how many of them have had to do an active shooter drill in school.
Nearly every hand went up.
We are traumatizing an entire generation by failing to act on guns.
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NEWS: In the first 30 minutes after she announced she was running for president,
@KamalaHarris
received individual online contributions from all 50 states.
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No mention of paid leave.
No mention of unemployment benefits.
No mention of nutrition assistance, or education assistance for families whose kids may be forced out of school.
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Video of Kamala from 3 years ago tonight, when Trump won the election >>
“This is some shit. I think we’ll have to do what we always do: Fight.”
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Jared Kushner, the morning after we hit 1 million cases and more deaths than in the Vietnam War:
“We’re on the other side of the medical aspect of this. The federal government rose to the challenge, and this is a great success story.”
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I’ve worked on two primary campaigns against Bernie Sanders, but comparing his campaign to Nazis or communist regimes is so beyond the pale and absurd.
People need to get it together.
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NEW VIDEO:
@KamalaHarris
joins fellow candidates
@SenGillibrand
,
@amyklobuchar
and
@ewarren
to stand with
@staceyabrams
in a unified show of support for reproductive freedom and the organizations fighting to protect it.
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🚨 NEW POLL: 62% say the RBG vacancy should be filled by the winner of the election, including half of Republicans. Just 23% disagree.
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Compare these two NYT headlines.
In one, the President of the United States gave misinformation about a pandemic, incorrectly stated his own actions, and slurred words through a speech he honestly seemed to be reading for the first time.
In another, a videochat got wonky.
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Hallie Jackson just asked Brian Morgenstern 3x if Trump tested negative in the 72-hour window prior to the first debate, as the Cleveland Clinic required.
He refused to answer.
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Wow.
Trump’s administration simulated a deadly pandemic outbreak from China throughout 2019 and found the government response “underfunded, underprepared and uncoordinated”
They did next to nothing to fix it — and went on to propose even deeper CDC cuts
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Pretty great: Dana Perino thinks she’s gonna stump
@SymoneDSanders
into a viral moment of being unable to name check a Trump lie on coronavirus. Instead, Symone rattles off so many that Perino has to interject to change the subject.
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This is over. Loeffler and Perdue are going to lose.
Democrats take the Senate majority, thanks to the new president of the Senate: Vice President Kamala Harris.
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NEW --> The gang is getting back together: the cast of The West Wing will campaign for
@HillaryClinton
in stops across Ohio this weekend.
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Just in the past 24 hours, POTUS/his admin has:
Approved a COVID antiviral pill in record time
Announced 500M free at home rapid tests
Extended student loan payment pause
Eased supply chain shipping delays
All as the 3rd quarter's economic growth number was revised upward...
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NEW CNN POLL OF DEBATE WATCHERS:
Who won?
60% Joe Biden
28% Donald Trump
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AMY CONEY BARRETT, 2017: "Roberts pushed the Affordable Care Act beyond its plausible meaning to save the statute."
If confirmed, she will vote THIS YEAR to invalidate the ACA, ripping insurance away from 25M people and ending pre-existing condition protections for millions more
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@matthewjdowd
Anger, division, whataboutism, racism, xenophobia, blame, gluttony, greed, and ignorance.
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A new epidemiology model finds that, if Trump had taken action on social distancing two weeks earlier than he did, 90% of U.S. coronavirus deaths could have been prevented.
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For all we know, Trump’s cronies have handed over the equivalent of the ENTIRE ANNUAL MEDICARE BUDGET to private companies that don’t deserve it, got it through corrupt means, or hell, even belong to Trump himself.
This obfuscation is a colossal scandal.
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Ossoff is a great reminder that debates matter. Jon laid bare Perdue's corruption to his face, then when Perdue chickened out, the empty podium said it all. An incredibly disciplined and effective messenger that moved the needle of his race with brilliant debate strategies.
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🚨 BREAKING:
@KamalaHarris
raised $12 million in the first quarter.
98% of contributions were less than $100. 99% of donors can give again. Digital raised $6M, avg online contribution was $28.
Amazing work by this team and our supporters. Built for the long haul.
#ForThePeople
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Roy Moore on Hannity, asked about whether he ever dated girls as young as 16: "I don't dispute that."
........
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NEWS: More than 20,000 in crowd at
@KamalaHarris
launch speech. Thousands more still in lines for overflow.
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@tariqnasheed
have you considered, for just one second, that maybe -- JUST MAYBE -- she is being herself?
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With *FIVE* Republican senators on record opposing the House CR, it is false to claim this has anything to do with filibuster rule or minority blocking the bill. McConnell, at best, could get 46 yeas from his own caucus, which last I checked is not even a simple majority.
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For those rushing toward a lazy narrative: Andrew Gillum was one of Hillary’s most eager and aggressive surrogates in 2016. He’s a progressive, but viewing him through a lens of which “side” he belongs to is dumb. It’s 2018. Dems are building new winning coalitions.
#FLGov
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TRUMP on 1,000 Americans dying from coronavirus each day:
“It is what it is.”
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It's pretty messed up that cable networks won't carry live a major economic speech, noticed well in advance, by the Democratic nominee.
What gives?
Viewers need to hear from one of the two people who may be president in 7 months. Stop making up reasons not to give him airtime.
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Michelle Obama just dropped one of the most casually savage lines of the night on Trump: "He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. It is what it is."
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Kinda wild: Ronna McDaniel got diagnosed with covid on Wednesday, then yesterday did a remote Fox hit where she didn’t mention it whatsoever.
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In Iowa's 10 most populous counties, just 375 of 641 precincts have been reported. Bernie is leading in 7 of these counties, so this will only get better for him as we see more results.
Add that to leads in 12 straight NH primary polls and Bernie's gotta like where he's sitting.
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NEWS: The Senate just unanimously passed
@KamalaHarris
's bill to make lynching a federal crime.
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This is $20M more than Hillary raised in March 2016, $11M more than Obama raised in March 2012, and $4M more than Obama raised in March 2008.
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The world lost a great young man last night.
@TyroneGayle
was the best of us. Boundless joy. Steely drive and determination. Empathy and compassion. There will forever be a hole in my heart and thousands of hearts (
#GayleNation
) the size of TG. We love you. Rest easy, brother.
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KAMALA has had this corrupt administration’s number from day one. Today’s “transcript” reveals Trump sought for BARR to investigate Biden, too.
FLASHBACK to Kamala pressing him on whether Trump ever directed him to investigate anyone. He didn’t answer >>
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Jenna Ellis describes herself as “an attorney for the U.S. Department of State.” She wasn’t.
“A Colorado prosecutor.” ...for about 6 months, then fired.
“Extensive experience at the appellate level.” ...only one case, representing a low-level defendant.
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The Planner and the Prosecutor on the trail ... with a cameo from one very excited Iowan!
@KamalaHarris
@ewarren
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NEWS -
@KamalaHarris
raised $1.5 MILLION online in first 24 hours. More than 38k individual donors.
Average contribution? $37.
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CBS obtained a recording of Trump telling Governors on a call today: "I haven't heard about testing in weeks. We've tested more now than any nation in the world. We've got these great tests... But I haven't heard anything about testing being a problem."
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~some personal news~
Helped launch a presidential campaign for my 30th birthday.
Immensely proud and grateful to begin this new journey as national press secretary for
@KamalaHarris
-- a badass woman and the next President of the United States.
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If Trump had tested negative before the debate, they would say so.
Clearly, he didn't. So what does that mean?
Trump knowingly went to a debate with coronavirus, shouted and spewed germs all over the room, put dozens of people at risk including Biden, and lied about all of it.
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NEWS >> After they gave Trump a justice award, despite decades of racist behavior championing injustice,
@KamalaHarris
will not participate in the Second Step Presidential Justice Forum in SC. Will instead hold her own CJR conversation with HBCU students and Columbia community.
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Woman featured in Trump camp's testimonial video promoting Trump is person the Trump Organization pays to promote Trump. Can't make it up.
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The coverup has begun.
Trump and his team have scrubbed the CDC website of previously available data on hospital and ICU capacity.
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Dr. Fauci having to step in to provide realtime cleanup for Trump.
The president seemed to suggest current restrictive social guidelines could last until July or August; Fauci clarifies, no, they are 15-day guidelines being reviewed every two weeks.
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NEW >>
@KamalaHarris
pens the
#TIME100
entry for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
“Her unfathomable sacrifice, out of a sense of civic duty, shined a spotlight on the way we treat survivors of sexual violence.”
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🚨BREAKING:
@KamalaHarris
raised $2M online in 24 hours after the
#DemDebate
from 63,277 people.
58% were first-time donors, and the average donation was just $30. We quadrupled our share of donations from the first 4 early states. Best online $ day of the campaign.
#Momentum
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The
@cspan
video of
@KamalaHarris
grilling Bill Barr has now surpassed 2 MILLION views on Twitter.
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“Harris was the first lawmaker to call on Nielsen to step down.”
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New
@washingtonpost
poll: The number of Americans who say they won’t get vaccinated has dropped by 25% since January. Reduction is even higher among the “definitely won’t” crowd.
We have more work to do, but as more people get vaccinated, comfort and acceptance are increasing.
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Very large WARREN section here at NHDP dinner just started chanting “women win” as AMY KLOBUCHAR spoke about her electoral history. Love to see that level of camaraderie and unity in the party.
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In just 37 minutes, Trump managed to again defend Ghislaine Maxwell, spit on John Lewis’ grave, attack the intel community for finding Russia is behind Afghan bounties, and respond to 1,000 U.S. covid deaths a day by saying: “It is what it is.”
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These aren't Trump rallies. From Michigan to Seattle, Maine to SF, tens of thousands organized today to tell Trump & GOP not to repeal ACA.
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Comey betrayed DOJ ethos and got a kiss on the cheek from Trump.
#SallyYates
lived it and got fired.
Trump has no respect for law & order.
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Reporters writing their stories with eyes on the modern-day assignment desk of Twitter, read this:
"The Russian propaganda machine that tried to influence the 2016 election is now promoting the presidential aspirations of a controversial Hawaii Democrat"
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🤔 After that Don Jr. retweet, the troll who promulgated vile, racist attacks on
@KamalaHarris
got tickets from the Trump administration to their tank parade:
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The guy who led a lock her up chant onstage at the RNC secretly broke Pentagon rules & mishandled classified intel.
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With Nevada gone, Trump will not have won back a single Clinton state in this election.
Biden is up by 11.4K right now in NV.
Dems are going to win these mail ballots coming in from Election Day and yesterday -- 63K. And they should win them decisively. That leaves 60K provisionals, which have been evenly split.
I see no path left for Trump here.
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Nothing like a donut surprise from
@BarackObama
and
@timkaine
!!
The wholesome content we all need:
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“I’m too busy watching what he’s doing to hear what he’s saying.”
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As a young single mom in college, Barbara Lee invited Shirley Chisholm to campus to speak. She was so inspired, she later went to work for her presidential campaign.
Today, she announced her support for
@KamalaHarris
, saying she picks up where Shirley left off. What a world.
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ZERO new covid deaths reported in L.A. County today.
54% of adults have had at least their first shot, including 80% of seniors.
Vaccines work.
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President Biden won 96% of the vote in SC, 90% in Nevada
He’s absolutely crushing it with Dem voters. Yet every week you can’t escape coverage of alleged “concerns” about him as our standard bearer
Trump lost 40% of GOP voters last night and this is how it’s framed
What gives?
Across Iowa, NH, and SC, Trump lost an average 44% **of Republicans**
No doubt it’s Trump’s GOP now.
But if a Democrat frontrunner was facing this level of voter dissent, you wouldn’t be able to escape coverage of disunity problems and concerns about the standard bearer.
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wtf is wrong with Republicans that they just can never understand or empathize with obvious problems until it happens to them
Former White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says COVID testing difficulties/delays experienced by his daughter and son are "simply inexcusable"
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Under the radar: tonight Virginia elected a governor who's for a $15 min wage, decriminalizing pot, banning assault weapons, and free community college. Big progressive win tonight.
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“Trump Urges Unity vs. Racism”
Beto (phony name to indicate Hispanic heritage) O’Rourke, who is embarrassed by my last visit to the Great State of Texas, where I trounced him, and is now even more embarrassed by polling at 1% in the Democrat Primary, should respect the victims & law enforcement - & be quiet!
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Some personal news: We got married this weekend!
As you can see, I’m pretty happy about it.
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Remember all those "here's what Biden needs to do on digital" op-eds? Well, his campaign just successfully announced a running mate via SMS, with a full new website, graphic/logo suite, merch, and more, all without a single leak or hiccup. I think they know what they're doing.
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It genuinely should shock the nation, as Buttigieg said last night, that a largely unknown 38 year-old openly gay former small-city mayor has essentially come out of nowhere to lead the 2020 Iowa caucus delegate count.
The political equivalent of a 16-seed making the Final Four.
62% reporting, per CNN
Pete 26.9
Sanders 25.1
Warren 18.3
Biden 15.6
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