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Brandi Buchman
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I will live-tweet the presidential #debates for @CourthouseNews.
The debates, unfolding over two nights, begin tonight at 9PM ET.
This evening we will hear from: Warren, Booker, O'Rourke, Castro, Gabbard, Inslee, Klobuchar, de Blasio, Delaney and Ryan.
Join me!
The lineup for Thursday night will be: Biden, Sanders, Harris, Buttigieg, Gillibrand, Bennet, Williamson, Swalwell, Yang and Hickenlooper.
While I live-tweet, my @CourthouseNews colleague in Florida, @alexbpickett, will be in Miami tonight to cover the event. He will have an indepth write up after, so be sure to follow him as well!
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Brandi Buchman
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Good evening! I will begin live-tweeting the #DemDebate2020 at 9PM ET for @CourthouseNews but in the meantime, let's go over some policy points for each of tonight's contenders.
Tonight’s candidates on the debate stage are: @JoeBiden, @BernieSanders, @KamalaHarris, @PeteButtigieg, @MichaelBennet, @SenGillibrand (Kirsten Gillibrand), John @Hickenlooper, @ericswalwell, @Marwilliamson (Marianne Williamson) and @Andrew Yang.
But first, we'll revisit rules quickly: recall, candidates have 60 seconds to respond, 30 seconds for follow-ups. There will be no opening remarks to save time but closing remarks will be delivered by each.
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Brandi Buchman
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Good evening! We are just under a half hour away from tonight’s debate in Miami. Let's go over some bullet points!
My live-tweet thread begins here.
Tonight is the first of two rounds. Moderating this evening is NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt. During the first hour of tonight’s debates, he will be joined by Today Show host Savannah Guthrie and Jose Diaz Balart of Noticias Telemundo.
During the second hour, Holt will be joined by Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow. You can expect the same debate moderator format for tomorrow’s event.
Now to the rules for tonight.
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Brandi Buchman
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House Oversight is holding a hearing on Kellyanne Conway's alleged violations of the Hatch Act now and are readying a vote to subpoena her for her testimony before Congress.
Chairman Elijah Cummings had this to say in his opening remarks:
“She knows Trump will not take any disciplinary action against her. Now they are arguing the Hatch Act does not even apply to her. Tell that to all the other federal employees who have to adhere to this law.”
WH counsel claimed there were no violations “even assuming that the Hatch Act applies to the most senior advisers to the president in the White House.”
Cummings continued:
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Seth Abramson
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If you'd seen no polls, I think the field would look like this—of those in the debates:

1⃣ Warren, Harris, Buttigieg, Castro, Booker
2⃣ O'Rourke, Klobuchar, Biden, Sanders, Swalwell, De Blasio
3⃣ Gillibrand, Bennet, Hickenlooper, Gabbard, Delaney, Ryan, Inslee, Yang, Williamson
1/ If you reduced the field to 10 candidates—assuming, as I think we can, that none of the four non-debating pols would make the Top 10—I think it'd be Warren, Harris, Buttigieg, Castro, Booker, O'Rourke, Klobuchar, Biden, Sanders, and *one* of Swalwell, De Blasio, or Gillibrand.
2/ To be clear, I'm only giving an opinion (and not endorsing anyone) and only basing that opinion on what America has seen from the candidates so far in terms of the "complete package." That doesn't mean that the other 14 candidates don't have their unique strengths/good ideas.
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Melissa McEwan
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Just a few minutes now... #DemDebate Screenshot of ten candidates standing on the debate stage
The ridiculous commentary on MSNBC. Talking about the candidates' height, tie color, how they wave, & what the plural of podium is. Somebody tell them this is an election that will determine whether we remain a democratic nation, so they can start behaving accordingly. #DemDebate
I sure hope the moderators are more serious than the collection of dildos in the studio. JFC. #DemDebate
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Seth Abramson
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Devil's advocate: as Biden plummets, Sanders maxes out, Buttigieg gets 2% of black voters⁠—a non-starter⁠—and Gabbard remains off-grid policy-wise, are the real leaders Warren, Harris, O'Rourke, Booker?

Three of them debate tonight. Maybe media got wrong which night is bigger?
1/ I'm not supporting any candidate here, nor writing off anyone. I'm just observing the significance of having support among the African American community as a Democratic primary candidate; the fact that Biden hasn't had a "good day" yet; and that Bernie seems to have a "cap."
2/ I also think, as a political observer not as someone who has a candidate preference, that the media was too quick to say that the second night was a bigger deal than the first. It's *so* early. There's every reason to think Booker and O'rourke have *substantial* room to climb.
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Conspirador Norteño
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We analyzed tweets mentioning the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates (by full name or Twitter handle) with links to media sites from beginnining of 2019 through June 18th (1555118 tweets/329521 accounts.) A few observations. . .

cc: @ZellaQuixote
First, which candidates turn up most frequently? Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Pete Buttigieg comprise the bulk of the traffic - others have had brief bursts of intense activity (Booker, O'Rourke) or steady but lower volume (Gillibrand, Gabbard.)
The two sites most frequently linked from tweets mentioning the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates? Fox News and Breitbart. Most of the other commonly-seen sites are center or left-leaning MSM, but Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, and a couple other far-right outlets show up.
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Ryan Struyk
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New @CNN poll:

Biden 32%
Sanders 18%
Harris 8%
Warren 7%
Buttigieg 5%
O’Rourke 5%
Booker 3%
Castro 2%
Klobuchar 2%
Bennet 1%
Gabbard 1%
Gillibrand 1%
Inslee 1%
Ryan 1%
Yang 1%
de Blasio <1%
Delaney <1%
Hickenlooper <1%
Williamson <1%
Bullock 0%
Messam 0%
Moulton 0%
Swalwell 0%
Biden's support stands at 32%, down slightly from 39% in April in new @CNN poll. No other statistically significant movement.
2020 Democratic primary by age via new @CNN poll:

Voters under 45 years old:
Sanders 26%
Biden 19%
Harris 9%
Warren 7%
Buttigieg 6%
O'Rourke 6%

Voters over 45 years old:
Biden 45%
Sanders 10%
Warren 8%
Harris 7%
Buttigieg 4%
O'Rourke 4%
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Seth Abramson
@SethAbramson
While I'm not endorsing anyone in the Democratic primary, I have to say, candidly, that @PeteButtigieg *consistently* gives the most empathetic, articulate, and erudite answers on every question of policy or morality. Whatever happens in the primaries, he's a generational talent.
1/ I want to emphasize that—broadly speaking—I think the Democrats have the strongest field of my lifetime (since 1976). Harris, Warren, Booker, O'Rourke, and Biden *routinely* give answers to hard questions that reflect my values and that cause me to say, "Excellently answered!"
2/ As my last tweet hopefully shows, I'm sincerely impressed by the Democrats' 2020 candidates. Anyone who thinks this isn't an *incredible* crop of talent hasn't been watching politics since 1976. I *remember* those other fields. They had strong candidates, but... not like this.
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