Ryan Wiggins π΄ββ οΈ
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Chief of Staff for the incredible team at @projectlincoln . Unapologetically loud. Mom, wife, smartass. Ally. Exhausted moderate southerner. On π§΅same handle.
Joined November 2008
As a Floridian, after 2 hurricanes hit this state in 2 weeks, I know I for one am glad that the Republican legislature and @GovRonDeSantis focused on culture wars instead of homeowners insurance the past two legislative sessions. π§΅.
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I am a senior staffer at The Lincoln Project. Iβm also a woman and a mother to two young boys. I have seen a lot written and said about the organization I work for and I feel like it is important to say some things of my own. [THREAD].
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My heart is smiling. I live in the heart of Trump Country in Florida. I mean, Gaetz is my congressman. So imagine how emotional I got today when I saw these democracy defenders door knocking in enemy territory. They said the amount of support from NPAs has been overwhelming. π
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Today @ProjectLincoln is at the Trump reenactment of the 1934 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden, reminding people of the similarities of the events. We have sent two billboard trucks. Realizing what this event was, our vendor began getting intimidated today. π§΅.
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Painful watching @marcorubio. He knows better than all of this. He DOES understand geopolitics. If he has any presidential aspirations, he should step down and stand up. Trump just showed his cards. 1/2.
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@ProjectLincoln I am and will always be proud of our team, current and former, and every American who has joined the fight. The Lincoln Project was my dream job, and I am still incredibly proud to serve in its ranks. 17/17 ###.
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Trump pulls that shit today & wonders why there is so much excitement for Kamala. Take it from a white, gen X, suburban mom, we are SO DONE with misogynistic assholes who talk down to us & speak over us. Women are over the disrespect and toxic masculinity #WeAreNotGoingBack.
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It is a sad day in this country when the tech companies are braver than Senate Republicans. @senatemajldr, you are a coward and your legacy will be that you stood back wringing your hands as our country fell. Leaders lead. Instead, you have failed your country. #LincolnProject.
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Woman wanted for felony assault after attacking a senior woman who was sign waving for @KamalaHarris . Make her famous so law enforcement can find her. ππ»ππ»ππ».
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My grandfather landed at Normandy. He was a patriot & a hero. He was incredibly proud of his service. He was the son of a Chilian immigrant & loved this country. He would be devastated to know his granddaughter is having to fight Nazis on US soil. #WeRespectVets #LincolnVoter
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Welp, that settled it. Despite being a moderate Republican for 22 years, I'm officially done. The Republican Party has become a death cult for democracy & I will no longer allow myself to be associated with it. Tomorrow will be a new day for this country & a new start for me #NPA.
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Right now there are hundreds of brave soldiers camped out in the capitol ready to die to protect Republican Members of Congress who are too afraid of a weak, deranged narcissist to act in the best interest of our country. They are keeping their oath. Congress, its your turn.
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@ProjectLincoln The Lincoln Project is a 22-year-old film prodigy, straight out of college, who often worked late into the night to bring you the rapid response videos you have enjoyed. 6/.
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@ProjectLincoln The Lincoln Project is comprised of a small team of the hardest working, most talented young people I have ever had the pleasure of working with. The team is a group of people mostly in their 20βs to mid-30βs from different backgrounds, states, political affiliations, 4/.
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Stepping out of my @ProjectLincoln hat for a minute to step into my 7th generation, old Florida self for a second. Y'all #Helene was devastating. Not because it hit a major metropolitan area, but actually, because it didn't. π§΅.
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Whew weeee! Hold on to your hats, folks. It's crazy what happens when the money dries up. Thank you corporate America for forcing @senatemajldr 's hand.
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@ProjectLincoln The Lincoln Project is a movement. Itβs a hard-working staff, but it is also supporters who cheered for us and donated to our cause. Itβs state leadership teams who worked as volunteers, lending their talents, relationships, and experience to the mission. 13/.
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@ProjectLincoln It is a 23-year-old political strategist who slept with data sheets and advised the founders about what messages were landing with voters and where we could win the most votes. 7/.
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@ProjectLincoln The Lincoln Project isnβt our founders, current or former. Itβs your daughter, your nephew, your sibling, your friend, your former colleagueβfighting as hard as we can for the most important mission of our lives. 16/.
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@ProjectLincoln It is a press secretary who literally moved across the country immediately following the presidential election to take on the Georgia Senate races. It is a political director in his late 20βs who was a full on badass and led a team to victory using unprecedented tactics. 8/.
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@ProjectLincoln The Lincoln Project is not what you are reading about in the press. You are reading about pettiness. You are reading about vendettas. 11/.
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@ProjectLincoln and world views, many of whom moved across the country, leaving friends and family behind, to live with strangers for two months in the middle of nowhere, DURING COVID, to fight for the soul of our nation. 5/.
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@ProjectLincoln Has it all been sunshine and rainbows? Of course not. Itβs been insanely intense. Weβve had death threats. Weβve worked crazy long hours for weeks at a time for months on end. We literally lived and worked together simultaneously for two solid months 9/.
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Seeing A LOT of confusion on this platform today so I'm going to clear it up. Steve Schmidt hasn't been affiliated with @ProjectLincoln since November 2021. The Lincoln Project is 100% proudly ridin' with Biden.
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Just a friendly reminder that Trump was impeached the first time in his first term because he was trying to use Zelenski to dig up dirt on Joe Biden. Zelenski refused and Trump holds grudges. This entire thing is about revenge.
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@ProjectLincoln You are reading about selfishness and deceit on a level that is both horrifying and heartbreaking to the team of worker bees who have done and continue to do the work behind the scenes. 12/.
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I joined @ProjectLincoln because I believed in its mission. As a woman, the rhetoric out of Trump and his enablers scared and disgusted me. As a mother, I felt that it was my duty to fight for a better, safer country for my children. 2/.
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I am thankful for the Liz Cheney's of this world. Pay attention, America. What she just did? THAT is patriotism. THAT is what America First ACTUALLY looks like.
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@ProjectLincoln during one of the most tumultuous times in American history all while trying to fight against the very people causing the chaos. It was A LOT! But we always knew the importance of the mission and we were determined to succeed. 10/.
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Y'all, I was a Republican for 22 years. Mainly because I believed in the small government, stay the f*ck out of my business bit. But that's not the party anymore. And if the future looks like what I'm seeing tonight, I am SO here for it. #MindYourOwnDamnBusiness #DoSomething.
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@ProjectLincoln BELIEVE ME, I understand the frustration, anger, confusion, and disappointment on an intimate level, but if it is placed on The Lincoln Project, it is misplaced. 15/.
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@ProjectLincoln Itβs followers who helped spread our message to their own followers. It is so much bigger than this moment and every single person involved deserves better than ALL of this. 14/.
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Every founder of @ProjectLincoln and several staff members have received death threats. We don't have the protection of the Capitol Police. We fight on bc America is worth fighting for. R's who are too "afraid" to stand up for our democracy have no business serving in Congress.
Crow is right. Numerous House Rs have received death threats in the past week, and I know for a fact several members *want* to impeach but fear casting that vote could get them or their families murdered. Not spinning or covering for anyone. Just stating the chilling reality.
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Now, I want you guys to really take a minute to think about this. This business was afraid to stand up to Trump and his supporters for fear of retaliation, and this dude isn't even in power. Can you imagine the silencing that would happen if he were?.
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@ProjectLincoln The #LincolnProject is not Rick Wilson or Steve Schmidt. Itβs not Reed Galen, Mike Madrid, Ron Steslow, Jennifer Horn, George Conway, or John Weaver either. 3/.
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And for those of you who missed it, this entire thread is sarcasm. Fuck Ron DeSantis. Fuck the Republican legislature. Fuck their horrific priorities. Fuck their hate. Fuck their abuse of power. Fuck their lack of forward thinking and planning. Fuck them all.
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I mean, I know my fellow Floridians agree that I'd much rather have immigrants shipped to Martha's Vineyard on my dime than have them repairing roofs and helping clean up Florida.
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Floridians can't secure a mortgage without homeowners insurance, so we are screwed on that front. But, at least I don't have to worry about drag queens reading banned books to my kids, am I right?.
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Donald John Trump is a private citizen. The motorcades both leaving Bedminster and arriving at Fulton County Jail are an OBSCENE waste of taxpayer dollars on behalf of a criminal. The "fiscally conservative party of law and order" MY ASS.
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He contacted us to let us know that he was too afraid for the safety of his drivers to run any anti-Trump messaging anywhere near Madison Square Garden. Keep in mind, the event is in New York City, hardly a Trump stronghold. And yet, they were genuinely afraid.
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America hasn't always been like this, y'all. Sure, it's always been partisan, but it hasn't always been THIS. When I started my career in 2002, the right and left disagreed on policy, but NEVER on the cornerstones of our democracy. Back in my day, my job wasn't a dangerous one.
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This cycle, vote AGAINST fear. Vote against hate. Vote against us vs them. Vote FOR unity. Vote for inclusion. Vote for humanity. Vote for the kind of America where vendors aren't afraid for their safety to attend a political rally. Vote for #HarrisWalz2024.
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A reminder to the US Senate. nominees lie to get the appointment. Remember when Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh swore before you that they would absolutely NOT overturn Roe? How'd that work out? Rely on their actions and their past behavior, not their "testimony.".
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Trump is threatened by his popularity in the Senate. He is setting @marcorubio up. Trump will blame our fall from international grace on Rubio, making him serve shit sandwiches to all of our allies thus hammering the final nail in "Little Marco's' political ambitions. #ETTD.
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For a state full of Republican politicians who are constantly screaming "Florida's open for business" they sure are doing a crappy job of selling our state to the business community by taking on both tourism and the corporation that put Florida on the map. 1/.
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There is an incredible opportunity right now to lead by example and to Make America Kind Again. And we all should absolutely take it.
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We convinced the vendor to go forward with our agreement. I am encouraging everyone who reads this post to go forward with your agreement, too. When you pledge allegiance to our flag, you pledge allegiance to our constitution, morals, and our values.
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In the days before Trump and MAGA, political disagreements and protests were rarely violent outside of the Civil Rights Movement(s). Today, I have a vendor worried about practicing the first amendment at a political rally for fear of violence. Is this really the America we want?.
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"The freest state in the country," right? The one where we have run off the helpers. The one where our citizens cannot afford to live here. But at least we don't have to worry about brown people, public education, or the trans community. π.
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@marcorubio The saddest part about all of it is @marcorubio knows what I have said here was true. He heard the threat from the podium, just like the rest of us did.
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The VP has a slogan I LOVE. #WeAreNotGoingBack and while I agree, I would like to return to the before times where we disagreed on taxes, not the humanity of other races/genders. I would like to return to the days where it wasn't legitimately dangerous to have different opinions.
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My piece of advice to every Democrat in the country right now is to show grace. Show mercy. Show these people what America really is about. Where we take care of our friends & our neighbors, regardless of their gender, who they love, the color of their skin, or who they vote for.
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Y'all she is kicking the shit out of him? Does he have a safe word?.
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It seems way more necessary to spend State funds fighting ballot initiatives like women's healthcare and recreational marijuana using state agencies like DOH and AHCA than to take care of the citizens of this state.
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I was offended today by the idea of a "team normal" in the Trump WH. There was nothing normal about Trump's presidency, the aftermath, or the people who ever believed in him or did his bidding. Normal people do not try to overthrow their government or work for someone who would.
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Just feeling super thankful today that the Republicans have been in charge of this state for more than 20 years and after the worst case scenario hurricane hits the state, it's just great to know that Republicans have had their priorities in order. πππ.
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If you love this country, and you truly want to make it great again, you've got to start by seeing your neighbors as fellow humans and understanding that we each see the world differently depending on our daily reality and experiences. That diversity makes us stronger.
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And unfortunately, many of these people who are most affected, who will likely lose their businesses and their homes, will vote for the very people who put the policies in place that guaranteed that they were not protected before the insurance companies in Florida.
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With all due respect, Congresswoman, it isn't too late for you to join us in our effort to unite this country rather than continuing to further divide it, either. Be the bridge. β€οΈ
Itβs not too late for them to do the right thing. Lincoln Project should take the L and publicly pledge to give a lot of their fundraising to the people who actually made a big difference.
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He would never toot his own horn, so I'm going to do it for him. @NateJNesbitt never stopped after Nov. 3. He moved across the country and immediately began hammering in GA. His work ethic and commitment to @ProjectLincoln 's mission inspires me. Proud of my colleague & friend.
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. @GovRonDeSantis, YOU are not the victim here. YOU didn't lose everything because your governor chose to play political theater instead of doing his job to prepare the state. This is on you. You don't get to play the victim.
Desantis says the βnational regime mediaβ was rooting for the hurricane to hit the Tampa area so it would cause maximum destruction and death, which they could use against him politically.
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There are more of us than there are of them. It's always been true. Let's bring it home.
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Christie had an impressive performance tonight. Say what you will, a guy who will openly speak the truth in front of a hostile audience shows bravery. Christie knows he's not going to win, he's paying his karma tax and he's going down swinging at the bad guys. Good for him.
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Early voting has started in Florida. π³β€οΈ GO VOTE!
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And because of this, they are often forgotten. This part of Florida relies on fishing, scalloping, and tourism from manatee tours. It's called Florida 's #ForgottenCoast for a reason. These are sleepy fishing villages.
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Imagine being a @CNN advertiser during a town hall where sexual assault was joked about. #BrandUnsafe.
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Everyone who is rabidly watching cult documentaries on @netflix is watching this @KatieBrittforAL disingenuous, overly dramatic, quivering speech and recognizes this faux emotional speech pattern. Total fail. @SNL will have fun w her. ππ€£ #SOTU2024.
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No one cares about these people. The media has already brushed them aside to focus on the more metropolitan areas. But here's the thing, those metropolitan areas will recover so much easier than these rural areas. They have the benefit of insurance and publicity.
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Did. did Trump just blame the COPS for 1/6?!?! Pro cop? Pro law and order? My ass.
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If you think the Dems are responsible for the Republicans' inability to elect a speaker, please turn off Fox News and take a civics class.
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The area that #Helene hit in Florida is rural. There are no major cities. The people are simple, blue collar, paycheck to paycheck people.
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The people who need the most support will be forgotten because they didn't have the financial ability to get the support to begin with. Many don't have insurance or a nest egg.
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And they will do this simply because the wolves on the other side know how to speak their language. They don't talk down to these people. They come down to these people. They make them feel seen. They're relatable. And that is all these people are looking for.
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A passage from the Gospel of Matthew:. Near the end of His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus issued this stark warning to His listeners: βBeware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheepβs clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves." 7:15. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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Actual Patriots out doing God's work defending women's rights and electing Kamala Harris in the FL Panhandle. These women aren't scared. Let's bring it home!
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PENNSYLVANIA: IF YOU ARE IN LINE TO VOTE STAY IN LINE!!! Unless you are a Trump voter and then come back tomorrow. π.
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Two weeks ago, insurrection. Today, inauguration. We live in the most resilient county in the world. Days like today make me so proud to be an American. #BidenInauguration.
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Come at us, bro. Your hate, it sustains us.
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They can't even figure out how to work #Spaces and half y'all still want to hand over the damn country to these goons.
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Even rats are smart enough to know when to jump from a sinking ship.
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The dismantling of democracy doesn't happen like a dystopian novel. It doesn't look like what you expect. It looks like this. It's the radicalization of the branches of government and the loss of individual liberties bit by bit. It happens over time, 1 group & 1 right at a time.
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The GOP has become a cult. It's now an embarrassing shell of itself, consumed by fascist leaning parasites who put their own egos above country. Racists, conspiracy theorists, science deniers, and seditionists. It's #TheirParty now.
The Republican Party, once the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, is now #TheirParty β an institution of mockery, self-dealing, and power accumulation. They are the GOP.
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Watching the women of #Ukraine, I have never been prouder to be a woman. Their strength, fight, and defiance is inspirational. They give me hope. #PocketsOfSunflowerSeeds #StrongLikeAWoman #SlavaUkraine #IWD.
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It's WILD to be at a convention where they can play actual music people want to listen to. #DNCConvention2024
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π π π let's all remember that this is the guy who was complaining about how men are no longer manly. Y'all remember that? #HawlinAss.
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One of the coolest things about working for @ProjectLincoln is watching the team do its thing. The behind the scenes on how an idea becomes an ad or a video is just as cool as you'd imagine and it never gets old. Y'all, our creative team is hysterical. Stay tuned. π΄ββ οΈ.
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@reedgalen @therickwilson @SteveSchmidtSES @stuartpstevens @madrid_mike I don't know about you guys, but I've got Georgia on my mind! Let's go get in some good trouble. Necessary trouble, even. π΄ββ οΈπΊπ².
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**Correction, the rally was 1939, not 1934.**.
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Just another reminder to the world that Steve Schmidt has not been affiliated with @ProjectLincoln since November 2021. The Lincoln Project is committed to democracy and is PROUDLY ridin' with Biden.
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Just a reminder, the dehumanizing of the Jewish people is how the Holocaust was able to happen. Race science is bogus. A human is a human. There's no dirty blood, there's no bad genes. The color of someone's skin, their ethnicity, religion, gender or race doesn't make them less.
JUST NOW: @realDonaldTrump leans heavily into race science by telling @hughhewitt that you can tell whether migrants are predisposed to committing murder by "their genes.". "We got a lot of bad genes in our country right now," he adds.
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When, despite getting married at the Grand Floridian at Walt Disney World, they still reject you as a Disney princess, so you have your husband take out the entire Magic Kingdom while you play Sleeping Beauty cosplay at his State of the State. #FlaPol.
Honored to attend the State of State today with Mason!. Our Governor has stood up for parentsβ rights, worked tirelessly to help SWFL recover, and has never stopped fighting for freedom. On behalf of a grateful state, thank you @GovRonDeSantis!
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MAN I love days like today at @ProjectLincoln. The team is feisty and I am HERE FOR IT. Look the hell out because we are coming for ALL this bullshit! π΄ββ οΈ
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π¨π¨π¨π¨π¨ . Attn Members of the Media. #LincolnProject #FlaPol #LincolnProject #Vote #Florida #NYC #Decision2020
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