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Author of “The Case for Nationalism”: Editor of National Review. Speaking opps: lowry.speaking @gmail .com

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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
4 years
Not being able to tweet a link to the New York Post story is absolutely insane
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
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I can’t say I’m an expert on the Handmaid’s Tale. Does the plot involve a woman graduating from law school, getting high-powered clerkships, becoming a highly regarded law professor and jurist, then possibly ascending to the highest court in the land?
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@RichLowry
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Congratulations to all involved. Trump made a great pick. McConnell played it shrewdly, as usual. Senate Republicans didn’t blink at the outset when pressure was most intense. And Barrett demonstrated to everyone that she is eminently qualified. Well done.
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The Washington Post
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Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, cementing a 6-3 conservative majority with Trump’s third justice
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
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I don’t get how people who didn’t balk at Obama’s refusal to give Ukraine lethal aid can as *as a policy mattter* object to a brief delay in military aid by Trump as a horrendous blow to Ukraine’s defense
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
4 years
Even if you are partisan Democrat, even if you are alarmed by developments in Fla, Tx, and Az, even if you oppose re-opening, there is *zero* case to be made for Andrew Cuomo as the great conquering hero of covid
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Bravo @jaketapper and @drsanjaygupta for BLASTING @NYGovCuomo for his terrible #COVID response
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
5 years
NR’s editorial: “Not for the first time, or we expect, the last, Bill Barr’s critics are demonstrating their lack of judgment and seriousness, not his.”
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@RichLowry
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A superb speech, tough but appropriately so, gave our forefathers their due, invoked the wonders of American culture, and accurately stated the stakes of the culture war—Trump’s best since Warsaw
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His point about how alleged misinformation was suppressed and, with time, emerged as the truth (or at least as entirely reasonable) is utterly unanswerable and should create a profound sense of modesty among the cancellers, if they are capable of regret or reflection
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
6 years
If you want to celebrate a North Korean who was a spectator at a major event, here he is...
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
3 years
Biden kept his promise to the Taliban to get out of Afghanistan by August 31; he broke his promise to Americans to get them all out before he left.
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
5 years
Credit where it’s due—Pelosi is fully within her rights not to invite the president for the State of the Union address, and actually had the guts to do it
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
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This case, like everything related to the Russia investigation, got weaker and weaker the more we learned about it. What a fiasco, and one that the media and half the political spectrum were insanely invested in for years
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Rich Lowry
4 years
It appears that ACB got great training for this hearing during all her years in the classroom, patiently explaining to students who didn’t know much how the law actually works
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Rich Lowry
3 years
Well, that easily was the most outlandish press conference ever held by a team of lawyers representing the President of the United States
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
3 years
Republicans have likely lost control of the Senate, but will have the consolation prize of being able to marinate for hours tomorrow in delusional schemes to indulge the conspiracy theories of the man who did more than his share to lose these races
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
5 years
I know he won’t do this, because obviously the political narrative is important to him and people around him, but Mueller should say, “I wrote a 400-page report. That’s my testimony. Do with it what you will.”
@brianstelter
Brian Stelter
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Robert Mueller testimony update via @jeremyherb : Nadler says "it won't be next week. But we're negotiating with him, we're talking to him and the Justice Department."
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Rich Lowry
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Just a few weeks ago, 75 or so protestors at the Michigan capitol were going to get everyone killed; now hundreds of often tightly packed protestors gather in cities around the country and no one even mentions social distancing anymore
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
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Tremendous work by @FreeBeacon While the rest of the media was credulous and lazy about this case, it dug in with real reporting Police Investigating Death of Arizona Man From Chloroquine Phosphate
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
2 years
The Rittenhouse case shows the people who are obsessed with fighting misinformation are the most misinformed; the people who call everyone else racist can’t see beyond race themselves; and the people who lecture about norms are entirely willing to disregard the facts and law
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
4 years
Shameless
@bigleaguepol
Big League Politics
4 years
Rioters cheer as this homeless man’s belongings are set on fire in Austin. This is heart wrenching.
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Rich Lowry
4 years
After years of obsession with the Russians, the Democrats somehow managed to hack their own election
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
4 years
For the first time in the campaign, Biden vulnerabilities on economy, energy, and China being fully and clearly exposed
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
5 years
Excited to share that my new book, “The Case for Nationalism: How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free” will be out November 5. It’s available for pre-order now
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
3 years
If you are behind enemy lines and it’s too dangerous to get to the point of evacuation, you are stranded.
@TPostMillennial
The Post Millennial
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Psaki says "no Americans are stranded" in Afghanistan
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Rich Lowry
4 years
Wow—must be the strongest, most compelling pro-life speech ever given at a major party convention. Extraordinary
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Rich Lowry
3 years
Liberals who didn’t listen to Rush, and just read the Media Matters accounts, never understood how *funny* he was. What set him off from his many imitators was how wildly entertaining he was, and the absolutely unbreakable bond he formed with his listeners.
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
4 years
The threat represented by the coronavirus varies depending on which side is engaged in mass gatherings
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NPR
4 years
President Trump will hit the campaign trail this month — despite the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which continues to impact the lives and livelihoods of households across the country. "The rallies will be tremendous," a campaign manager said.
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Rich Lowry
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True, and it’s confounding that they ever thought totally glossing over it was a good idea
@RameshPonnuru
Ramesh Ponnuru
4 years
The Democrats have erred by being slow and hesitant to condemn violence and disorder and they know it.
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Rich Lowry
4 years
Hey, look—another largely peaceful protest
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Julio Rosas
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Chicago Police attacked with bottles and fireworks by people who are at a Christopher Columbus statue.
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
5 years
The last 2 years represent one of the biggest media fails of our lifetimes
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
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The Nazis being rehabilitated as non-racists on woke grounds is something I definitely didn’t see coming
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
4 years
That the Left has taken up court-packing so readily shows how it never really took the court seriously as a court—instead it has thought of it primarily as a quasi-legislative body useful to the extent it enshrines its policy goals
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Rich Lowry
5 years
What a truly beautiful and deeply moving act of memory
@RepSpeier
Jackie Speier
5 years
Visited the grave of my friend’s father and witnessed a remarkable ceremony. The letters on the white crosses almost disappear in the brightness of the stone, so a soldier fills the indentations with sand from Omaha Beach to bring the name forward. It sent shivers down my spine.
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Rich Lowry
3 years
Saying that the Trump policies didn’t slow down the flow at the border is either astonishingly ill-informed or an outright lie
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
4 years
An incredibly moving testimonial from Ann Doran. Arguably, the most powerful talk of either of the conventions. Would that everyone would take her words to heart. God bless her and RIP David Dorn
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
4 years
The most insulting racist stereotypes are OK so long as they are traveling under the banner of progressivism
@realchrisrufo
Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
4 years
Next, the government defines "white culture" as one that focuses on the corrupt and racist values of "individuality," "meritocracy," "linearity," "progress," "objectivity," and "the written word."
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
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We haven’t reached peak insanity, but setting an appointment to tear down an Abraham Lincoln statue known as the Emancipation Memorial in the name of racial equity has to be getting close
@dcexaminer
Washington Examiner
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"Thursday at 7pm, we're tearing this motherf–ker down." Protestors set a date and time to attempt to tear down the Emancipation Memorial in DC depicting President Abraham Lincoln standing over a freed slave.
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Rich Lowry
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There’s a taboo against saying this kind of thing in much of the press, but Trump’s Middle East strategy was brilliantly conceived and Jared Kushner deserves enormous credit
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Rich Lowry
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The idea that the press shouldn’t be covering these briefings is completely insane. Today’s, for example, is particularly informative and valuable
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Rich Lowry
6 years
The contrast couldn’t be starker between Collins on the floor, making a reasoned case for her position, and the roaming mobs hoping to browbeat and intimidate people they disagree with
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Astonishingly dishonest that so many journalists have tried to make this into an anti-science statement when it was the exact opposite
@CBSNews
CBS News
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McEnany: "The president has said unmistakably that he wants schools to open...When he says open, he means open and full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. The science should not stand in the way of this."
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Rich Lowry
6 years
Elizabeth Warren hasn’t dealt with a problem, she has highlighted it and opened up other avenues for attack. For Trump, 1/1024th will be priceless material
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Rich Lowry
4 years
It’s kind of amazing that Bernie has been a major presence in our national politics for the last 4 years and no one mentioned until tonight that he has three houses
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Rich Lowry
4 years
I agree with everyone who says the debate is hard to grade on any traditional scale, but the key takeaway is that Trump set out to make Biden crack and it didn’t happen
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Is the new standard really that a president of the United States can’t defend against attacks on U.S. personnel by a terror regime because the regime might accidentally shoot down an airliner taking off from one of its own airports?
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The pattern is set—covid outbreaks in Blue states were Trump’s fault; covid outbreaks in Red states are Republican governors’ fault
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It appears that the iconic image of the separations policy didn’t involve a separation—all too typical of how a hysterical, advocacy-driven media covers immigration
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Rich Lowry
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“Will you shut up, man”—first time that’s been uttered in a presidential debate
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Whoopi Goldberg apologizes—nothing to see here, we all make mistakes Ilya Shapiro apologizes—he must be suspended and investigated
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Rich Lowry
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Packing the court would be a greater blow to norms, legitimacy, and our system of government than *anything* Trump has said or done
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Rich Lowry
5 years
For everyone out there dismissive of the idea that Trump might be legitimately upset about the Mueller investigation, how would you feel if a sweeping investigation was undertaken against you on the false premise that you were guilty of treason?
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Rich Lowry
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CNN anchor at the moment worried that Trump is putting a "finger on the scale" re Iran protests. Uh, we're supposed to be neutral between a theocratic anti-American terror state and anti-regime demonstrators?
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Rich Lowry
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Watch this video and ask yourself who’s acting like brownshirts
@wlctv_ca
wlctv.ca
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Assault, battery & attempted robberty commited by antifa/blm on @OANN 's reporter @JackPosobiec in DC earlier this evening. Clip courtesy of @BreitbartNews edited by moi .. God Bless
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Rich Lowry
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Adam Schiff must be the first prosecutor to show up at a trial and say, “Gosh, there are a bunch of things I don’t know about this case but would be interested in finding out”
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
4 years
You can still tweet the NR write-up of the story Hunter Biden Offered $10 Million Annually by Chinese Energy Firm for ‘Introductions Alone,’ Email Shows
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This is scene that is not worthy of the United States of America
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
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New covid social-distancing rules DON’T: stand too close to someone else at the supermarket, go to the beach, go to the gym, attend church DO: gather in enormous crowds and burn police cars
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Rich Lowry
2 years
Of course Democrats will focus their ire on Manchin, but the basic problem is that Biden wanted to pass a FDR/LBJ-type agenda without a FDR/LBJ-type mandate, and without the same congressional majorities or political skills. He’s been undone by his own hubris and poor judgment.
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
3 years
“Obviously I can’t cover it because he is my brother” would have been a pretty good rule from the beginning
@brianstelter
Brian Stelter
3 years
>> @ChrisCuomo at the top of @CuomoPrimeTime tonight: "Obviously I am aware of what is going on with my brother. And obviously I cannot cover it because he is my brother. Now, of course CNN has to cover it. They have covered it extensively and they will continue to do so."
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Rich Lowry
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It’s amazing how people who believe that over-heated political rhetoric causes mass murder compare their opponents to Nazis without hesitation.
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Rich Lowry
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A fine speech that vastly exceeded the ridiculously low expectations created by the media
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Rich Lowry
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Right on cue, the balance of media opinion has become markedly pro-WHO
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Susan Collins may be a moderate but she’s a Republican and capturing how almost all Republicans in the country feel about the disgraceful treatment of Brett
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Rich Lowry
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It’s sad to know that Dominion has bought off both Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, and just when the plot was about to be unraveled
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Jenna Ellis
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
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There’s nothing the man won’t stand on
@BetoORourke
Beto O'Rourke
5 years
A great day to be outside. Thank you, Las Vegas.
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Rich Lowry
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Georgia secretary of state on NBC now saying that he doubts outstanding votes will be enough to flip any results
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Rich Lowry
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Democrats embarked on an effort doomed to failure from the start, and now shocked and outraged that it failed
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Rich Lowry
4 years
Science at its best
@DailyCaller
Daily Caller
4 years
CNN guest Dr. Rob Davidson says that social distancing isn't as big of a concern at the March on Washington as it was last night at President Trump's speech because "this is a public health crisis they are marching against. Systemic racism has taken so many lives in this country"
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Rich Lowry
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Hey, @BernieSanders look what the “crooks” are doing now—developing a new, incredibly rapid coronavirus test
@AbbottNews
Abbott
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BREAKING: We’re launching a test that can detect COVID-19 in as little as 5 minutes—bringing rapid testing to the frontlines.
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Rich Lowry
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All it took for the GOP to surge ahead on the issues was about 9 months of Joe Biden
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Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON*
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Not great, Bob!
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Rich Lowry
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Just be honest—you’re not fighting “Trumpism,” you’re fighting to give Democrats as much power as possible to enact their agenda
@ProjectLincoln
The Lincoln Project
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We’re staying in the fight: to defeat Trumpism we must also defeat David Perdue. Let’s elect Jon Ossoff.
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Rich Lowry
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@Sen_JoeManchin
Senator Joe Manchin
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Let me be clear: I will not vote to pack the courts & I will not vote to end the filibuster. The U.S. Senate is the most deliberative body in the world. It was made so that we work together in a bipartisan way. If you get rid of the filibuster, there's no reason to have a Senate.
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Rich Lowry
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Member of a Trump team just called to say that they think that Trump is winning about 70 percent of the Cuban vote in FLA, up from 54 percent in 2016, and that he’s posted huge gains in heavily Venezuelan and Colombian areas/neighborhoods. In short, it’s not just Cubans
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Rich Lowry
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McAuliffe shows once again that the worst gaffes in politics always involve saying something you more or less believe
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Rich Lowry
5 years
Deleted my initial tweet on Lincoln Memorial incident. Even the video I watched last night that suggested some ambiguity didn’t fully capture what really happened. This was not what it was portrayed as *at all*
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Rich Lowry
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Never has a FBI director been so vociferously defended by a party that believes he threw a national election by going outside DOJ rules
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Rich Lowry
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As a friend points out, the same people who have said for years that it’s intolerable for Trump to doubt U.S. intelligence now say we must doubt what U.S intelligence is saying re the attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Rich Lowry
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Unless everyone is lying, including a long-time friend of hers, Ford has, in the best case for her, mis-remembered everyone we know who was supposedly at the party—when the only thing to back up her allegation is her memory
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Rich Lowry
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Has anyone ever done so much to kneecap a great city in so short a time as Bill de Blasio?
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Rich Lowry
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It’s funny but I don’t remember the media in being such a lather about Barack Obama’s equally foolish decision to pull a residual force out of Iraq
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@RichLowry
Rich Lowry
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I was one of the many young people who’ve worked as a research assistant for Charles Krauthammer over the yrs. He’s even more awe-inspiring close up—a profoundly humane man, courageous and kind, witty and thoughtful, principled and wise. A truly great soul. This is heartbreaking
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Rich Lowry
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Amy Coney Barrett has been terrific—composed, knowledgeable, sure-footed, clear, and patient. She has made no mistakes, easily swatted away dubious arguments and avoided traps, while maintaining her even, friendly demeanor throughout. She knows what she’s doing.
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That Republicans have had four chances to defeat Rafael Warnock the last two years and failed every single time is a stinging indictment of the Trump-era GOP
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Resignations over policy or principle are extremely rare in Washington. Mattis was actually willing to put his powerful and prestigious position on the line for his convictions
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Rich Lowry
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It’s not a sign of self-confidence when you refuse to let the witness respond or speak
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Rich Lowry
3 years
CNN coverage sounds like there’s mandate that anchors and commentators say “insurrection,” “terrorists,” or “crime scene” every 3 minutes or less
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Rich Lowry
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538 polling average had Trump up in Ohio by .8 percent. He’s up right now in Ohio by *8* percent
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Rich Lowry
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We should be most grateful to the doctors, nurses, and hospital staff at the front lines of this thing. But also to the grocery staff and the delivery guys who are still working, without complaint and despite everything, while the rest of us stay at home. Thank you, thank you!!
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Rich Lowry
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You can’t be the candidate of norms and refuse to say whether or not you are going to undertake a truly radical attempt to destroy the legitimacy of one of our key governing institutions
@jeneps
Jennifer Epstein
4 years
Biden is again asked why voters don’t deserve to know his views on court packing. He responds: “The only court packing going on right now is going on with Republicans packing the court right now ... I’m going to stay focused on it so we don’t take our eyes off the ball here."
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Amazing, not only did she not answer the court packing question, she didn’t even address it. Think about it: Biden and Harris *refuse to say* whether they will seek to destroy the legitimacy of a key institution of the U.S. government—and they are supposedly the ticket of norms
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Rich Lowry
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All it took for presidents and governors no longer to be responsible for the spread of covid was for Biden to get elected and the epicenter of the pandemic to head back to the Northeast
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Rich Lowry
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Re Trump congressional stonewalling, it’s important to remember that the WH already fully cooperated with a de facto impeachment inquiry—it was called the Mueller investigation.
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Rich Lowry
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Congrats to @MZHemingway @ChuckRossDC @KimStrassel and @ByronYork for all their valuable work on this story
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Rich Lowry
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Truly remarkable that at this convention the speeches by the “ordinary people” have, by and large, been more memorable and effective than the speeches of the politicians
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Rich Lowry
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The 3 biggest losers from the Mueller report in order—the media,the media, the media. It was obsessed & hysterical for 2 years, constantly suggesting the smoking-gun Russia revelation was just over the horizon, sometimes supporting its wished-for conclusion w/ erroneous reporting
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Rich Lowry
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So they’re basically setting up BLM checkpoints now
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Ian Miles Cheong
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Roads in Washington DC are being blocked by Black Lives Matter activists and the drivers are having their lives threatened.
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Rich Lowry
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When it’s convenient, we’re told Planned Parenthood is just about health care, not abortion. But of course the president of Planned Parenthood was on TV this AM vowing to fight tooth and nail for unrestricted abortion—because Planned Parenthood is all about abortion
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Rich Lowry
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Fact check— @MarianoRivera is a wonderful person and it shines though in everything he does
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Donald J. Trump
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Amazing
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