Matt McDermott
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Democratic Pollster & Strategist • Senior Vice President @ Whitman Insight Strategies • @VictoryFund Board
Joined July 2008
Have debated the pros and cons of staying active on Twitter, but the past week has shown a compelling shift to 🦋. Will be crossposting there moving forward. Hope you’ll find me on the other side. 🔗:
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Mike Pence caught on hot mic delivering empty boxes of PPE for a PR stunt.
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Wow: JD Vance is apparently skiing in Vermont this weekend and the locals aren’t having it. Thousands have lined the streets in protest.
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How seriously does the rest of the world take Trump? Well, here’s how Sky News is advertising his UK state visit. Watch.
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That hundreds of Nazis can take to the streets torches ablaze, with no ramifications, is literally the definition of white privilege.
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Folks: the RNC isn’t using Black speakers to engage Black voters. They’re using Black speakers to engage white people who want to vote Trump and not feel racist.
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These are the faces of white supremacy, and they should be shared. It's a public protest. If they wanted privacy should've worn their hoods.
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On Monday night, Trump gave his national platform to a white man who used an AR-15 to terrorize BLM protesters. On Tuesday night, a white man used an AR-15 to murder two BLM protesters. But please, carry on praising RNC optics.
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Remember that viral town hall where a guy scorned his Congressman for trying to take away his wife's health insurance? . That Congressman was Tom MacArthur, architect of the Obamacare repeal. He just lost reelection.
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Every network should be breaking into coverage right now with a Special Report to share with viewers Donald Trump, on tape, threatening a Secretary of State to manufacture votes to steal an election. The most damning tape since Watergate.
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One year ago, we lost 49 LGBT friends and allies in a horrific mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub. How Sadiq Khan and Trump each responded:
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So striking: Obama spent a decade dogged by attacks on his patriotism. Trump has now: used troops for campaign stunt, skipped war remembrance because of rain, declared military ballots shouldn’t count, and avoided Arlington Cemetery. Oddly, no questions of his patriotism.
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Admittedly, I would be happy to sign a meaningless petition for Elon Musk to give me one million dollars. But I’m not eligible, because I’m not a registered voter in a swing state. Which is what makes his actions a federal crime. It should be swiftly investigated and prosecuted.
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Seems like the biggest story today should be the fact that every House Republican just voted against $1,400 stimulus checks, funding to reopen schools, and unemployment benefits, legislation that 76% of Americans support.
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“If I have to create stories…” will go down as one of the worst verbal gaffes in presidential campaign history. A remarkable confession that disqualifies JD Vance from ever being taken at his word again.
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Joe Biden made history by flipping the historically Republican states of Arizona and Georgia from red to blue. Not a single Sunday show held a panel with voters in these states to understand why they voted out the incumbent President.
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Biden is getting a COVID test every day and public releasing the result. Why isn’t every journalist demanding the same of Trump? When was Trump’s last negative test?.
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This is straight up gaslighting by Fox News. There was no “Arlington event.” It was a Trump campaign event, that violated the law and led to a stern rebuke by the Army. Respectable journalists need to call this out.
Biden, who skipped Arlington event for vacation, trashed Trump in June for declining cemetery visit
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The Dem Govs all coordinating to dress up as Tim Walz for Halloween is the greatest thing ever.
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An entire administration of cosplaying losers.
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Riot fencing is being installed in DC ahead of the election. This isn’t normal and the press needs to be clear why. Trump incited a violent insurrection and continues to present an ongoing threat to our democracy. The security measures are entirely due to the danger he presents.
Workers are installing anti-scale riot fences at the @VP residence tonight in preparation for Tuesday’s election.
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Pretty incredible to watch the MAGA movement collectively realize that their ideological worldview, aside from abortion, is entirely antithetical to the teachings of Catholicism.
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The Obama's spent every Easter attending church service. Trump hasn't attended church once since his inauguration. Where's the GOP outrage?
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Made for TV moment: Kamala Harris talking to a voter at a phone bank, while the woman she’s talking to is watching Harris on live television.
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One day after a dog died in an overhead bin and Republicans demand regulation that'll prevent it from happening again. Meanwhile, six years and 7,000 kids dead from gun violence since Sandy Hook and Republicans refuse any regulation that'll prevent it from happening again.
I will be filing a bill tomorrow that will prohibit airlines from putting animals in overhead bins. Violators will face significant fines. Pets are family.
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It took just three hours for Cuomo to call on Schneiderman to resign. Meanwhile, Eric Greitens faces two felony charges and accusations of rape yet remains the Governor of Missouri. Republicans refuse to call for his resignation. No, both parties are not the same.
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Is the press seriously going to cover this story without mentioning that Trump was impeached in his first term for withholding aid to Ukraine to pressure Zelensky into fabricating dirt on Biden to help Trump win in 2020? Seems relevant!.
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Trump supporters desperately spreading fake photos on Twitter "from" Trump's Phoenix Rally.
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Democrats are fired up. An absolutely historic turnout in the Florida primary: . 2018: 1,416,000+ voters .2014: 837,720 .2010: 871,335 .2006: 857,814.
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Can you imagine the coverage if Hillary Clinton had called up the governor of Pennsylvania to demand he overturn the 2016 election results?. It’s time the media starting holding Republicans accountable for what they’re doing: trying to steal an election.
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Trump wants people to think that 3.5 million tests is some sort of success. Reminder: Mike Pence pledged 4 million tests would be completed 34 days ago. This is a massive failure by his government.
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‘Where is Joe Biden?’ the press howls, as Joe Biden is out in the streets meeting with protesters while the actual President locks himself inside and tweets all day.
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Not looking forward to an election cycle where 200,000 deaths are covered less critically than 30,000 harmless emails.
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Obama said it was stupid for a cop to arrest a black guy entering his own home, and it was a month-long story. Trump had an affair with a porn star and paid her hush money a month before the 2016 election, and it was barely a one-day story.
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Wow: John McCain’s son is publicly speaking out about Trump’s appearance at Arlington, calling it a ‘violation’ that turned cemetery into campaign backdrop. In response, he is changing his voter registration to Democrat and endorsing Harris.
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Must watch video: @RogerMarshallMD stands up and leaves his own town hall meeting today after being asked why Republicans think it’s acceptable for DOGE to be firing Veterans.
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“This was our only safe space in Colorado Springs. Where are we going to go?” . Take two minutes and watch this.
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Never forget the Republicans who enabled Donald Trump’s three week effort to steal a free and fair election.
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Why is it so difficult for news organizations to correctly refer to the Nashville assailant as a suicide bomber?.
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Democrats have flipped the Virginia House and Senate, securing a legislative trifecta & with it can control redistricting, protect Medicaid expansion, institute universal gun background checks, and secure protections for LGBTQ people.
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People who were Boy Scouts as a kid: .- Barack Obama .- GWB .- Bill Clinton .People who were not: .- Donald Trump
President Trump at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree: "Did President Obama ever come to a Jamboree?" Boy Scouts: "Noooooooo!".
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Larry David writing a NYT guest essay as a man having dinner with Hitler, just to roast Bill Maher as a smug, self-important clown, is the stuff of comedy legend.
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Since Trump took office, Democrats have flipped governorships in: Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, New Jersey, Illinois, Maine, Wisconsin, Michigan, and now, Kentucky.
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A reminder that Donald Trump, the President, has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by at least fifteen women since the 1980s.
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Wasn't it nice to live a few years without the constant anxiety over what the President would do next?.
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Gotta say, it’s unbelievably disturbing how many Republican men seem to believe that a teenage guy attempting to rape a woman is just typical “boys being boys” adolescent behavior.
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Worth noting: there aren’t 435 members in the House to vote on impeachment because two Republicans were forced from office for being convicted felons.
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Truly insane that there are people more interested in Harris releasing a W-2 from her summer job at a McDonald’s in 1983 than they are Trump releasing his medical records in the face of serious cognitive decline.
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The Archbishop of Puerto Rico formally rebukes Donald Trump, demanding that he personally apologize: “It is not sufficient for your campaign to apologize. It is important that you, personally, apologize for these comments.”
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This video is a stunning indictment on the political press. It’s honestly embarrassing. After complaining about press access to Harris, she does a press gaggle and every single question is about Trump. Zero policy. Zero substance.
Trump whined earlier today that Kamala Harris wasn't talking to reporters: "She can't do a news conference. She doesn't know how to do a news conference. She's not smart enough to do a news conference.". Harris approaching reporters: "What you got?".
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NBC News just polled their focus group of 6 undecided voters in Pennsylvania who won the VP debate. 5 of 6 said Tim Walz won the debate.
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CBS News reports that GOP Senators have been warned by Trump team: "Vote against the president, and your head will be on a pike." How is this acceptable?
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Same day. Same person. Seven years apart. What an absolute fraud.
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Trump conducted a 100 Days interview with TIME and it is undoubtedly the most unintelligible interview ever given by a President. It’s really a must read — take a look.
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So is anyone in the press going to circle back on the fact that Trump said in the debate last night that he’s met with Putin after leaving office?.
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Twitter letting random users pay $8 a month for a verified badge just led to a $4 trillion market mistake caused by fake news.
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The new Pope’s Twitter suggests he is pro gun reform, supports climate action, backed Black Lives Matter, strongly opposed to MAGA immigration policies — and clearly has no patience for JD Vance.
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Absolutely despicable that a candidate for Vice President is praising someone for attacking a poll worker who was simply doing their job and following the law.
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Now would be a good time to remind voters that the wife of a Supreme Court Justice colluded with Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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Hey, I wonder if this widespread culture of sexual harassment in journalism had any effect on coverage of the first female major-party presidential nominee?.
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The Dow has now erased *the entirety* of gains made since January 2017 when Donald Trump took office.
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The most insane part of the Mark Robinson story: he isn’t just running for office. He’s the current Lt. Governor of North Carolina. Why are there not widespread calls for him to resign from office immediately?.
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How are things going politically for Republicans? Well, you currently have Rand Paul and Tim Kaine doing a joint appearance on Fox calling Trump’s tariffs insane.
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Rhode Island proposing a tariff-free trade zone using its Royal Charter from 1663 is some remarkably creative policy thinking.
Incredible. Rep. Joe McNamara is calling on the governor to combat tarrifs by creating a free trade zone in Rhode Island, using powers granted in the Royal Charter
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Every single Democrat targeted by these racist mailers won against their Republican challenger.
This is just a sampling of the racist mailers Republicans are sending to voters across the country. Not a single Republican has repudiated.
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New overnight — the Democratic member of the Georgia State Election Board has formally asked asked the Georgia Secretary of State to open an investigation into possible criminal violations by Donald Trump.
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A reminder that, just yesterday, news reports revealed that Musk was planning to salvage Twitter’s ad business by forcing users to share their location — “basically assassination coordinates” — with advertisers.
@micsolana They posted my exact real-time location, basically assassination coordinates, in (obvious) direct violation of Twitter terms of service.
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Yes, Michael Cohen was Trump's personal lawyer, but more recently he was Deputy Finance Chair of the Republican National Committee. The Deputy Finance Chair of the RNC was just sentenced to 3 years in prison for felonies committed during the 2016 presidential election campaign.
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This is just ridiculous: the ‘DOGE’ account has a gray verified checkmark denoting it as an ‘official government account’ even though there is currently no such government entity. Emblematic of how much this platform has turned into state-run media for Trump.
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Every House Republican voted against:. — $1,400 stimulus checks .— Increased unemployment benefits .— State & local government aid .— $3,000+ child tax credits .— Funds to reopen schools .— Funds for vaccine distribution .— Funds for rental assistance .— Small business relief.
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Maybe when folks are done writing their civility lectures we can have a conversation about the hysterical racism that's plaguing our country?
VIDEO: Trump supporter berates landscapers because they're "Mexican," calling them "rapists and animals"
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When Trump repeatedly states there won’t be another election again if he’s elected, maybe it’s time to take his threat seriously.
Trump: You have to get out and vote. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four years, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore. In four years, you won’t have to vote again.
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2016 VP debate winner (CNN poll): .Pence 48%.Kaine 42% . 2020 VP debate winner (CNN poll): .Harris 59%.Pence 38%.
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The White House is quite clearly covering up some health issue that happened with the President yesterday. That would seem to be an important story for the press to explore, rather than parroting a ludicrous press statement from a known liar.
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For what it's worth, supporting Putin over every U.S. intelligence agency is more "disrespectful" than taking a knee.
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Brian Kemp deserves to lose this election. Then he deserves to be investigated by state and federal authorities for voter intimidation and voter suppression.
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Is CNN going to explain their decision not to fact check? Because it’s entirely unexplainable for a news network to allow a flood of lies to propagate unchecked.
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There is no denying it at this point: Twitter is a propaganda arm of the Trump campaign. Elon Musk is quite explicitly allowing for the distribution of misinformation against Kamala Harris while actively suppressing information that could potentially hurt Donald Trump.
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Gosh, if only Al Gore and Hillary Clinton had been told the Vice President could simply reject electors and anoint the next President of the United States.
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Stunning: Maggie Hassan (who has a disabled son) realizes that DeVos doesn't know the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act exists.
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Sorry, but a Supreme Court nominee penning an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal should itself be disqualifying.
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The United States has never witnessed such a massive criminal conspiracy at the upper echelons of our government. Never forget that Paul Ryan let it continue unchecked for two full years.
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Reddit is flooded with small businesses owners getting crushed by tariffs — devastated by the thought of raising prices, firing workers, or closing up shop entirely.
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Looking at the sheer size of the protests happening across the country, it's clear the Resistance is the most underestimated, unappreciated, and underreported political movement in modern American history.
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No, the New York Times did not talk to six “swing voters” about impeachment. The article quotes a handful of devout GOP voters who the NYT has repeatedly interviewed multiple times. A thread. .
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Incredible: Applause breaking out over the Manhattan skyline as networks call the election for Joe Biden & Kamala Harris.
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Let’s be clear: the ABC News debate is not “terminated.” It’s scheduled, and both candidates already agreed to participate. Donald Trump is backing out, because he’s afraid of actually debating Kamala Harris.
I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th. The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant, and I am in litigation against ABC Network and George.
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Dear my fellow white people, . We're not a discriminated class. If you think we are, grow the fuck up. Sincerely, .A fellow white guy
Trump administration wants to investigate colleges for discriminating against white applicants, document suggests
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Trump appears to be extremely agitated about his crowd size in Phoenix. It'd be shame if everyone retweeted to show his actual crowd size.
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