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The wait is over and the first excerpts from Any Given Tuesday are up. Please give a read:
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@justintrudeau
drops umbrella (& the mic): “As we sit here in the rain, thinking how uncomfortable we must be these minutes as our suits get wet, and our hair gets wet...it’s all the more fitting that we remember on that day in Dieppe the rain wasn’t rain, it was bullets.”
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“When
@PeteButtigieg
swore to do whatever he could to ensure the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, that ‘whatever’ turned out to include ‘speak softly and carry a sling blade.’”
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Just watched
@joebiden
’s interview- he took the tough q’s, addressed issue directly & respectfully. If the GOP wants to make this an issue, they’ll have to reckon with the fact that their President hasn’t answered any tough qs about the scores of assault allegations against him.
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@PeteButtigieg
’s decision to get out of the race was his and his alone.
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday results: "One of the things I was kind of not surprised by was the power of the establishment to force Amy Klobuchar, who had worked so hard, Pete Buttigieg who had really worked extremely hard as well out of the race."
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@PeteButtigieg
heard that
@realDonaldTrump
mentioned him tonight: “Lately, he’s been trying to get my attention. Poor guy. President of the United States, trying to get the attention of a 30-something year old mayor from Indiana, that tells you something. Poor fella.”
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@PeteButtigieg
: "If we can get clean water to a base in Afghanistan, we should be able to get clean water to Flint, Michigan."
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“
@PeteButtigieg
& Nancy Pelosi have both mastered the art of puncturing Trump...’I don’t have a problem standing up to somebody who was working on Season 7 of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ when I was packing my bags for Afghanistan.’”
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Man of the people, totally normal person
@RobertKennedyJr
after being asked about flying on JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S plane:
"So and I run into everybody in New York. I mean, I knew Harvey Weinstein, I knew Roger Ailes, I knew -- O.J. Simpson came to my house. Bill Cosby came to my…
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Huge applause when
@PeteButtigieg
touts freedom message: “You aren’t free if your reproductive choices are being made by male politicians.”
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@bungarsargon
is spot on in her critique of the media’s response to
#VAGov
results. There should be a lot more reflection on cable news and a lot less hot air
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@amyklobuchar
came into this race, easily, with the smallest celebrity and name recognition of any Senator.
She was also a top-two debater and the only person who kept me up with anxiety the night before a debate.
She didn’t win, but goddamn she has talent and she has grit.
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@petebuttigieg
is hands-down the best communicator in the Democratic Party part 1 million
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Doug did the right thing! No man or woman wants to be on camera with their hair sticking straight up!
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@PeteButtigieg
: "America is under attack from homegrown white nationalist terrorism…We are the only country in the world with more guns than people... White nationalism [is] inspiring people to commit murder, & it’s being condoned at the highest levels of the American gov’t."
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And some news:
@PeteButtigieg
’s website is currently getting the most traffic we have recorded on any day of this campaign
#phase4
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dEmOcRaTs ShOuLdNt Do fOx
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If you are still suffering from Pete Derangement Syndrome months after he beat your preferred candidate in the primaries and after months of him being one of the most visible surrogates for Biden- the problem is you, not him.
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@PeteButtigieg
fitting in seamlessly with the 3 train crown en route to Harlem
#peteforamerica
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Symone. Sanders.
Y’all see Symone Sanders come off the line like a pro bowl linebacker. Geesh.
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A truly boring President—and administration—sounds deliciously decadent right now.
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Things that
@PeteButtigieg
never said for $1,000, Alex.
Easy to spread lies like this on Twitter, harder to do it on air tonight when
@PeteButtigieg
is on stage. But then again, Chris Wallace is actually a journalist...
Every 2020 Dem shd be pressed on whether they agree with
@PeteButtigieg
on removing Thomas Jefferson’s name from streets, schools, etc.
#antihistoryparty
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Proud to have worked for a candidate and campaign that knew when to hold em and when to fold em. No one likes to see the ugly pre-mortems filled with finger pointing and internal campaign drama.
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Not all heroes wear hot rollers
Tipping my hat tonight to THE pro’s pro, the ultimate political badass, master strategist, and the closest thing to a real life pirate I’ve ever encountered.
Here’s to you,
@Lis_Smith
(“bestie”) — you changed the game forever, and history will remember it.
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@PeteButtigieg
on court packing: “It’s no more a departure from norms than what the Republicans did to get the judiciary to the place it is today….Bold, ambitious ideas need a hearing right now."
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There is an election in 2022, where if we don’t focus, we can have Governors Doug Mastriano, Kari Lake, & Tudor Dixon. All election deniers; all opposed to any right to abortion.
This 24 talk is out of control, completely counterproductive, and absolutely missing what’s at stake
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I never thought I’d be a Sanders (2016) - Biden (2020) voter, but here we are.
@Lis_Smith
I'm was a little brokenhearted not to be able to vote for Pete today but also optimistic bc he's gonna land in Joe's cabinet, and we'll be a better nation for it.
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RIP traditional conventions.
This one has been quicker and more dynamic than any convention in my lifetime. The days of rote speeches to adoring insider crowds and bored TV audiences are over!
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Three years ago today, I was hired by the then-“unknown” mayor of South Bend, Indiana to handle comms for his longshot race for DNC chair.
Today,
@PeteButtigieg
is a top tier contender in the presidential race.
Life can be good. 😉
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What’s your best unintentional appearance in a photo of someone else?
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@PeteButtigieg
: “When you’re a 37 year old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, you don’t run for President because the establishment invited you to.”
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Some news: since delivering his announcement speech, our grassroots supporters have invested more than $1m in
@PeteButtigieg
’s campaign.
C’mon- let’s keep it going for
#PeteForAmerica
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“
@JoeBiden
has also tapped a 15-person advisory board, which includes a one-time 2020 Democratic presidential rival, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor
@PeteButtigieg
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It frustrates me when I hear people say that
@JoeBiden
doesn't send a thrill up their leg. He's a man of tremendous integrity & someone who's in public service for the right reasons. If we value qualities like that more, we'd be less likely to get a game show host as our POTUS.
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In case anyone out there is still asking whether
@PeteButtigieg
going on
@FoxNews
w/Chris Wallace for a town hall was a good idea:
Asked & Answered. We will continue to talk to every voter—no matter where they live or consume their news.
See you on the trail!
#FoxNewsTownhall
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In addition to being a polyglot,
@PeteButtigieg
also knows his way around an instrument or seven...
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This is an “unhelpful” take
WHO thinks alcohol is an 'unhelpful coping strategy' for coronavirus cabin fever
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So much of this—>
“We praise Buttigieg today for reminding us of something all too often lacking in today’s politics.
@PeteButtigieg
was a good, decent man.”
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The way that
@petebuttigieg
has redefined the role of Transportation Secretary is extraordinary. Always a reminder in life that any role is what you make of it—>
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More than 1,000 attendees in a town of 8,000. WOW.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg holds a rally at a high school gymnasium in Decorah, Iowa — the first stop on a three-day bus tour.
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There will be a lot of “takes” on tonight’s election in NY-03 and *what it means.* November is a long way away, so shelve those hot takes. Instead learn some lessons from what Tom Suozzi & Dems did here.
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@PeteButtigieg
won that night.
He won Iowa.
He was laughed off when he announced his candidacy. He was sneered at when he rightly declared victory.
We fought tooth and nail for this win and I look forward to hearing more from our haters and doubters.
NEW: It's final.
@PeteButtigieg
has won the Iowa Caucus following the recount of a limited number of precincts
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Yea guys I totally have the time to be running a sock puppet account from Nigeria. Find better conspiracies! 😘
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Feel good about our media choices right about now—>
Wow. Clips of
@PeteButtigieg
on Fox News got over 22 million views on twitter alone in the past 24 hours.
#PeteOnFox
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@PeteButtigieg
lays out criminal justice reform agenda:
- abolish death penalty
- reform sentencing law
- legalize marijuana and expunge convictions
- policing reform
#PeteForAmerica
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Three presidential candidates asked to name the president of Mexico- only
@PeteButtigieg
does. Those sorts of facts are fairly important for our next commander in chief to be in command of
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This is a heartbreaker on many different levels and a reminder that women are often held to *completely* different standards from men.
I look forward to hearing her reflections on this & hope that the pressure applied to her is one day applied equally to men of equal stature.
It is with a broken heart that today I announce my resignation from Congress. This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community, and our country.
See my official statement below.
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Wow wow wow. Look closely at this photo I just took of
@PeteButtigieg
from the stage. NO visual tricks or photoshop.
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Um.
This was Mayor Pete the candidate...in May 2019 during his nationally televised Fox News town hall.
🤦🏻♀️
Mayor Pete the surrogate should go back in time and switch places with Mayor Pete the candidate
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“I understand why women need a doctor involved in their health care decisions, but I don’t understand why male politicians need to be.” -
@PeteButtigieg
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@PeteButtigieg
took on attacks from:
@KamalaHarris
@TulsiGabbard
@amyklobuchar
And won every exchange hands down.
There is no candidate in this race more centered and focused on the American people than Pete is.
Pete tonight: the first candidate to successfully clap back at Tulsi after one of her kamikaze attacks. Everyone else whiffed.
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Campiest, creepiest SOTU response in history?
a snippet from Katie Britt's overly dramatic rebuttal. i will say that she is the best Alabama senator.
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dEmOcRaTs ShOuLdNt Go On fOx 😢
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Old enough to remember certain Democrats whining about
@PeteButtigieg
sitting down for interviews and town halls with Chris Wallace. My how the worm turns!
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Trust me- we have a BIG week coming up. All I gotta say is
#StayTuned
—>
Monday on TODAY:
@PeteButtigieg
will join us in Studio 1A for his first live interview since ending his campaign and endorsing Joe Biden.
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Not only that, but we have also had our single best hour of fundraising since we launched
And some news:
@PeteButtigieg
’s website is currently getting the most traffic we have recorded on any day of this campaign
#phase4
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This is why going everywhere is important.
Dr. Fauci debunks
@IngrahamAngle
to her face and educates her viewers along the way.
Dr. Fauci has to explain to Laura Ingraham why Coronavirus is not like HIV
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Please ask me what my very talented comms team is doing. They worked their asses off for
@petebuttigieg
and are ready to fight even harder for our future
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Well, this is a novel form of prep:
@PeteButtigieg
tickling the ivories pre-
@scrippscollege
event tonight—>
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Good news,
#teampete
!
@petebuttigieg
will have a prime slot on Thursday night of the Democratic convention —>
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Interesting exit poll from
@MSNBC
: just 10 percent of N.H. voters get their news from twitter
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Not a single candidate in this race was able to make even the slightest dent in
@JoeBiden
’a support from the black community. In state after state his numbers are astounding
Exit poll from Mississippi has Biden winning 84% of the black vote, Sanders winning 13%.
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Also if the media lets this devolve into some bullshit debate about University of Delaware records- shame on them. It’s incumbent upon them to act with some responsibility here.
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What type of person records their convos with their “best friend?” It’s all so unseemly. Even the supposed heroes in this tale are contemptible villains worthy of zero praise. Turn the page for everyone’s sanity.
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NEWS: looks like
@PeteButtigieg
is having quite the 24 hours around last night’s debate.
Between website traffic and small dollar contributions, this is one of the biggest days of this campaign.
LFG,
#TeamPete
- lets make it THE biggest day!
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From Pete’s may 2019 Fox News town hall. Yes, he was always *that* good
Pete is getting Biden votes from Fox viewers, full stop.
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This is my third time with
@PeteButtigieg
at
@TheView
and I have *never* seen a crowd this fired up for him
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@redsteeze
Boy do i have bad news for you. His answer before that one was: “Was the plane? No it was not. It wasn’t like a big plane. Like, I’ve been on a Donald Trump’s plane. It was like a 737. It's not like a little G6 or something like that.”
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.
@petebuttigieg
headed out in the rain to address overflow before his big speech
#peteforAmerica
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Moments of humanity and affection are allowed in politics. And they are rare.
To the folks tweeting this out like it was “weird” or “bad”- I truly hope your next holiday weekend was better than this one.
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Ending a campaign is painful- like losing a loved one or going through a breakup. I’m proud every day of how
@petebuttigieg
and how our staff comported themselves in such an emotional moment.
#teampete
4va!
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Honestly how did I work for
@petebuttigieg
for 3 plus years and never learn how to do this goddamn dance
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To everyone who used one quote to jump all over
@PeteButtigieg
, I look forward to your corrections.
We worked to go through the recordings of comments, and in the process, the
@latimes
found that their transcript of his comments was in error
My story about
@PeteButtigieg
ends with him referring to the “failures of the Obama era.” That’s an inaccurate quote — the result of transcribing a noisy recording at a loud rally. His exact words were “failures of the old normal”
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Also to our very passionate
#TeamPete
supporters- please do not attack journos and reporters on twitter! It is not helpful to
@PeteButtigieg
and at odds with the campaign we are trying to build
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Tonight has thus far been the biggest fundraising debate night for
@PeteButtigieg
since his breakthrough October debate.
#teampete
- come through
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Mic drop
Buttigieg on Trump-Limbaugh talking about family values. “The one thing about my marriage is it has never involved me having to send hush money to a porn star for cheating on my spouse.”
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We did it
#teampete
!
This last quarter,
@PeteButtigieg
raised more than $24.7M, bringing his total raised to $76M in 2019- a feat that was unthinkable just one year ago.
Other stats:
- > 2M contributions from over 733,000 individuals
- Average contribution size: $38
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NYC has been a refuge for Jews fleeing persecution and death for decades and more.
How on earth does the mayor of NYC single them out for persecution in the middle of a pandemic?
Words do not exist to describe the criminal incompetence at City Hall.
My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed. I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period.
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Two things
@PeteButtigieg
has never said: to abstain from meat or plastic straws. Try that game with someone else 🙄
Pete Buttigieg: Don't eat meat or use plastic straws!
Also Pete Buttigieg:
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One candidate in the middle of this shouting fest makes us feel optimistic, gives direct answers, makes our blood pressure go down and cares about the Dems who fought and clawed their way to winning back the House on behalf of the American people. His name is
@PeteButtigieg
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.
@petebuttigieg
continues to be the most skilled TV performer among Dems
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Well this held up well...
Pete Buttigieg speaks directly to Republican members of congress: "The thing you will be remembered for is whether in this moment with this president you found the courage to stand up to him or you continue to put party over country"
#DemDebate
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Here’s a number to chew on:
@petebuttigieg
raised just over $7M last quarter and has $6.4M on hand.
That is a remarkably low burn rate and indicative of how we are running a 21st century campaign doing more with less.
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