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I’ll be live-tweeting the debates tonight. I don’t know why you wouldn’t want to watch, but in case you don’t have the stamina, I’ve got your back. 🥰
I’ve never live-tweeted anything before, and I’ve never made a Twitter thread. What could possibly go wrong? 😆
#Debates2020
I’ve never live-tweeted anything before, and I’ve never made a Twitter thread. What could possibly go wrong? 😆
#Debates2020
Just practicing adding one tweet to another.
So far, so good.
So far, so good.
Look at me go!
The debates don’t start for another hour and forty minutes, and I haven’t even made my first typo yet.
Phew, chile! Let’s get this party started.
#KamalaHarrisVP #PenceHarrisDebate
The debates don’t start for another hour and forty minutes, and I haven’t even made my first typo yet.
Phew, chile! Let’s get this party started.
#KamalaHarrisVP #PenceHarrisDebate
Whitmer's quick rise to national stage - & Biden’s VP list - leaves Democrats happy she will remain governor, excited for future; it could open door to new donors for her 2022 reelection bid & the battle for control of the Legislature apnews.com/410a616a4d01ec…
Rs reacted to Biden’s VP announcement by criticizing Whitmer's 'audition' during the pandemic, high unemployment; Ds laughed off criticism, saying it's refreshing for Mich. voters to see their leaders in the national spotlight for positive reasons following Flint's water crisis
With #veepstakes over, Whitmer can fully focus on big issues ahead - not just pandemic & legislation related to start of school year, but also $3B hole in next budget with more federal aid in doubt. Relationship with GOP Legislature has never been worse... apnews.com/410a616a4d01ec…
My latest is up now on @19thnews. I got an earful yesterday from the Black women who tell me that for them, a Black woman VP on the Democratic ticket is not a maybe -- it's a must. They say anything less is a rejection of their contributions to the party: 19thnews.org/2020/08/black-…
I talked to a dozen women on the record about this issue, which I have watched evolve over the course of the #veepstakes conversation. They are frustrated and fuming over the racial and gendered attacks that have emerged as Black women have been mentioned as leading candidates.
Back in March, I wrote about the activists who began calling for a woman of color, and a Black woman in particular, in the No. 2 slot after the path to the nomination closed for a woman during the primary: 19thnews.org/2020/03/female…
For a long while, all the #veepstakes activity on the left was in support of Warren. Now suddenly, it's shifting to Bass. Why is that?
Because...
Because...
...the left doesn't think Biden will pick Warren, the lone populist in the mix, and Bass has signaled she wouldn't run for president herself
If Biden picks an ambitious pragmatist, that person has the inside track. If it's a caretaker VP, then the next primary is wide open...
If Biden picks an ambitious pragmatist, that person has the inside track. If it's a caretaker VP, then the next primary is wide open...
......I don't believe for a second folks on the left see Bass as sufficiently and similarly left. She said Defund the Police was "probably one of the worst slogans ever"...
Petite surprise pour les #veepstakes de #Biden: la représentante afro-américaine de #Floride Demings est sur la liste réduite des prétendantes qui sont "vérifiées". Problème: la dernière fois qu'1 ticket avec 1 représentant en VP fut élu, c'était en 1932.thehill.com/homenews/campa…
#LastTweet Il y a 1 malédiction du représentant en veep US: ça n'a pas marché pour Ryan en 2012, Ferraro en 1984, Miller en 1964. Et ça marche pas très bien en candidat présidentiel non plus: Garfield (pas le chat, l'autre) est le seul représentant à avoir été élu président US...
#Veepstakes are underway & while everyone has an opinion for @joebiden there’s little actual data. Donors of Color Action released only poll thus far asking voters how they'd feel abt specific VP picks. It has important & overlooked findings A THREAD 1/ donorsofcoloraction.org/wp-content/upl…
Poll was conducted by Merriman River Group from 3/23-4/5, in Midwestern states of Wisconsin (N=842) & Michigan (N=798) & asked voters abt @amyklobuchar @SenCortezMasto @staceyabrams @GovWhitmer @KamalaHarris @ewarren @RepValDemings @SenDuckworth 2/
Respondents were asked if each person “would be a great pick for Vice President, a good pick, only a so-so pick, or not a good pick” 3/
🚨 🚨 #Veepstakes Alert...
BIDEN tells @KDKA’s @JonDelano re: Veepstakes: “we’re just beginning the process. We’ll shortly name the committee to review this and begin to look through the backgrounds of the various potential nominees. And that’s just getting underway.”
ALSO NOTABLE Biden wouldn’t commit to a woman of color on his ticket. But, he noted he “committed that there will be a woman of color on the Supreme Court, doesn’t mean there won’t be a vice president, as well.”
Petit #thread sur le choix de la colistière pour la vice-présidence de #Biden côté démocrate afin de répondre à vos nombreuses questions, sans en faire trop car, par définition, on ne sait rien de factuel. 👇 #veepstakes
2) #Biden a 3 contraintes politiques pour son choix de colistière puisqu'il a déjà annoncé que ce serait, pour la 3e fois seulement de l'histoire, 1 femme:
. elle doit être beaucoup plus jeune
. elle doit être "testée" face à #Trump
. elle doit compléter #Biden le social-libéral
. elle doit être beaucoup plus jeune
. elle doit être "testée" face à #Trump
. elle doit compléter #Biden le social-libéral
3) 1 fois énoncer ces contraintes, le choix de #Biden pourrait se restreindre à 6 femmes:
. S. Abrams, candidate malheureuse pour être gouverneure de Géorgie en 2018. Elle a 46 ans, est Afro-Américaine et elle est 1 icône de la jeunesse de gauche. MAIS a zéro expérience nationale
. S. Abrams, candidate malheureuse pour être gouverneure de Géorgie en 2018. Elle a 46 ans, est Afro-Américaine et elle est 1 icône de la jeunesse de gauche. MAIS a zéro expérience nationale
