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Greg Sargent
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Stephen Miller is playing an ugly game. He claims Trump disagrees with the "send her back" chant, while echoing Trump's message about the nonwhite lawmakers in every other way.

Let's just say it: Miller is talking to white voters.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
On Fox, Stephen Miller boasted that the contrast created by Trump's attacks on nonwhite lawmakers will be a winner in 2020.

But Miller made almost exactly the same boast in the runup to 2018.

Yes, those elections happened, and yes, they're relevant now:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Stephen Miller telegraphed the strategy: Keep stoking white grievance, as long as the white nationalism isn't made too explicit.

But it turns out *white voters* may be rejecting Trump's racism/white identity politics.

Look at these numbers among whites:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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Greg Sargent
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The NYT is now telling us flat out that if Mueller merely recites what's in his report, it's a win for Republicans:

nytimes.com/2019/07/23/us/…
This is exactly what I feared would happen. This framing tilts the field in favor of Trump.

But as I argued yesterday...

The report itself is damning enough:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
The framing has become: "Will Mueller stick to the report, or will he reveal new information?"

This is a setup. Mueller's recitation of information in the report, much of which is incredibly damning, will be deemed "not new" and therefore a "dud."

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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Greg Sargent
@ThePlumLineGS
1) There's something very perverse at the core of the Mueller situation, and we shouldn't let it get lost.

When Mueller is asked to say explicitly whether he concluded Trump committed criminal obstruction, he likely won't say.

Why? Out of an abundance of fairness to Trump.
2) It's important to understand that William Barr cynically exploited this sense of fairness on Mueller's part.

Barr did this by suggesting that Mueller *could have* given his *personal* opinion on whether Trump committed criminal obstruction, even absent charges.
3) But we know from Mueller's report that he would not be comfortable doing this, because as Mueller himself said, absent trial, Trump would not be able to defend himself.

This is probably why he'll continue to refuse to answer the question tomorrow.
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Greg Sargent
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What explains the tensions between moderates and progressives?

The 43 seats Dems flipped are on average more GOP leaning than the country.

By contrast, the remaining 192 seats are *way* more Dem leaning.

I talked to @Redistrict, who did a deep dive:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@Redistrict Here are some interesting factoids.

The seats held by "the Squad" are +29, +14, +32, and +26 more Dem leaning than the country overall.

Those are *very* Dem leaning!

By contrast, these moderates are in seats that are +3, +4, +5, +6 more Republican.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@Redistrict The 43 House seats that Dems flipped -- the moderates -- average out to be +2 more Republican than the country overall.

By contrast, the remaining 192 Dem seats are on average +16, per @Redistrict's calculations.

That's a huge disparity!

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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Trump claims he disavows 'send her back' chant despite remaining silent and starting racist attacks. Yeah Donnie, we saw you stoke it up and soak it up ya freakin racist.
cnn.com/2019/07/18/pol…
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TRUMP tells WH pool he "was not happy with" the "send her back" chant at his NC rally last night & tried to stop it; "I started speaking very quickly.”

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