It really can’t be overstated how much better our country would be if our media looked more like @megynkelly and less like @chrislhayes ImageImage
I get a lot of flack on here for being someone who pushes back on the “enemy of the people” bit in defense of the media. Kelly is a great example of what a plausible alternative could (and should) look like.
It appears the distinction I was trying to draw didn’t necessarily come through.

Kelly is able to ignore personal animosity while striving to understand the truth. Hayes is consumed by animosity and elevates it to the place of truth.

We need the former; we have the latter.
I’ve said it a hundred times and I’m sure I’ll say it a hundred more.

The reason I want and rave about the media’s shortcomings on here is because I believe that they can be better. I wouldn’t waste my time otherwise.
I think that @megynkelly is a really good example of what that “better” future state could look like. If we can get closer to that, everyone will benefit.

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10 Nov
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Pfizer announced positive trial results for their coronavirus vaccine today. That’s great news, but it’s undermined when Dems & others have pushed a conspiracy that, because Orange Man Bad, the vaccine won’t work.

Don’t remember? Well follow me down memory lane.👇
Perhaps the most well-known anti-vaccine voice on this was @KamalaHarris, who kicked up a firestorm when she suggested she wouldn’t trust or take a vaccine coming out of the Trump Administration. ImageImage
But she wasn’t alone.

Where bad and dangerous coronavirus ideas go, @NYGovCuomo is never far behind. By now you’ve surely heard of his comments that it’s “bad news” that we got a vaccine during the Trump Admin. Just a vile comment. ImageImage
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8 Nov
I’m sorry, are you kidding me with this??

You want to trot out @staceyabrams to say that the GOP should lay down and die over voting irregularities?

The same Abrams who insisted she “won” the election that she lost??
The same @staceyabrams who refused to concede her own election because of **the number of uncounted ballots**?!

That Stacey Abrams? That’s who Rs are gonna listen to on all this?
The same @staceyabrams who accused the state of Georgia of fraudulently costing her an election because of the way they handled her votes?!

You think we should trust HER on this??
Read 8 tweets
7 Nov
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With Biden having been declared the winner (for now) by major media outlets, I figured it would be a good time to share some of the people who’ve threatened retribution against Trump supporters.

The list is a lot longer than I had anticipated it would be👇
It wouldn’t be right to start with anyone but @RBReich, who I will remind you was **Secretary of Labor** under Bill Clinton and is here calling for the extralegal prosecution of his political opponents as part of a truth and reconciliation commission. Image
You would think such an idea was roundly refuted, just one blue check going off the reservation.

You would be wrong. Here’s @MSNBC’s @chrislhayes, one of the key voices on one of the largest networks, echoing the same sentiment. ImageImage
Read 26 tweets
6 Nov
Lots of people - left and right - seem to have concluded the election is over and that just seems like preposterous wishcasting to me.
There are obvious, well-documented, irregularities in key states. There are hundreds of thousands or ballots to count. There is already one recall and plenty of lawsuits to settle.
and like has no one paid attention to 2020 so far?
Read 7 tweets
6 Nov
Very excited to hear from every corner of the conservative movement about how, if Trump does in fact lose, it confirms their priors about what the future of the GOP should be.
“Trump’s defeat makes it clear: Republicans must be the party of dignity, low taxes, and country clubs undivided by politics” @BulwarkOnline
“Trump was held back by the deep state and softie cucks like Drew Holden. Prepare for war!!!” @ half of my mentions
Read 7 tweets
6 Nov
Okay last one.

I think that the way Trump is talking about the election is bad. I think he should absolutely fight irregularities - and call attention to them - but should be fighting in court with confidence that the system will, eventually, work. He isn’t doing that.

BUT...
The pearl clutching about it is insufferable from the same crowd who continues to give voice to Hillary Clinton as she peddles the conspiracy theory that the election was “stolen” from her.

Trump added his usual flair, but he’s following her precedent.
google.com/amp/s/www.wash…
Both of these undermine our institutions & public confidence around the election. But it seems *enormously* clear to me that Trump is at least doing it w/ a lot more evidence of irregularity that could’ve cost him the election and is doing it before votes have been certified.
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