Thread by @originalspin

My latest @CNNOpinion: I wrote about the passing of Alex Trebek and the specific legacy he left us: A sterling example of how Dems should behave in a post-Trump world

(hint: no hugs, no compromises—just speak truth, fulfill promises and get sh*t done)
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Thank you @arthur_affect for sharing your first-person insights for this piece!

https://twitter.com/originalspin/status/1325853898498699264

“Even as we forcefully roll back the consequences of's reign of error, we need to find a way to bring the tens of millions of Americans he piped out into the wilds of conspiracy paranoia and racist vitriol back to the fold of a working democracy.”
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“We won't get there by dispensing empathy and warm embraces, as many pundits and centrists are proposing. One can't just put a bandage on a wet and raging wound; one first needs to treat the infection, apply antibiotics and, where needed, cut away the rot”
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“As Biden said in his victory speech, a time will come to heal as a nation -- but that time should come after we begin the process of FIXING our nation.”
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