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23 Dec, 5 tweets, 5 min read
Trump's call for $2000 checks, which top Dems quickly endorsed, provides a powerful weapon against Perdue/Loeffler. It wrecks McConnell's spin about the deal, and shows that the real obstacle to generous assistance is congressional Republicans. My latest:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Trump just demolished the entire story McConnell is telling to save his majority.

Remember, when the WH and Dems were negotiating over a deal that included big stimulus checks (which Trump wanted!) McConnell killed it.

Trump just revived this schism:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
It will be fun when Perdue/Loeffler are asked about Trump's call for $2000.

Do they side with Trump or McConnell?

And will their stance be that they support Trump's effort to overturn the election but not his call for stimulus?

(with @chrislhayes)

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@chrislhayes The Trump mythology is holding the GOP together, argues @continetti.

Perdue/Loeffler want to replicate this, running as a check on socialism/Antifa while doing the minimum on real crises facing the country.

This exposes the hollowness of post-Trumpism:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@chrislhayes @continetti This is a good way to develop the above points. Post-Trump Trumpism is really nothing more than "anti-leftism," as @aaronsibarium recently suggested:

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Greg Sargent Profile picture
21 Dec
You can already see how Republicans will expunge the stain of Trump. They will reduce his epic failings to ones of tone and personal conduct, while insulating conservative ideology from its role in the biggest governing failure of modern times. My latest:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
The big NYT piece on Republicans allegedly wanting to move on from Trump actually gives away their game.

Cornyn claims we won't have to talk about his "Tweets" anymore. Lindsey Graham piously says the GOP's problem is one of "tone."

Don't be fooled:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Stop saying Trump and his supporters "actually believe" the election was stolen from him. They support overturning *legitimate* election results. They're angry because democracy *worked,* not because it failed.

(w/@AdamSerwer, @RosieGray & @RadioFreeTom)

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15 Dec
Trump has treated coronavirus as a weapon of division, a way to maximize civil conflict. This presents Biden with an opportunity: To use the crisis to rehabilitate a sense of common purpose.

I talked to the Biden team. They see deeper possibilities here:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Biden faces a truly epic public communications challenge.

I talked to David Kessler, co-chair of his Covid Task Force, and I'm convinced they see a big responsibility here -- to rehabilitate a sense of national common purpose and mutual obligation:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
“They’ll put scientists up on the podium, not politicians. And they’ll relentlessly push calm, fact-based messages. Attitudes won’t change overnight. But the public may come to understand covid through a less partisan lens."

@nicholas_bagley, to me:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
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11 Dec
Every American should read Pennsylvania's scorching brief in the Texas lawsuit. It shows that those backing this lawsuit are demanding nothing less than the lawless imposition of the minority's will on the majority -- tyranny. I unpacked the brief here:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
The Texas lawsuit's actual argument is that Texas *voters* were harmed by pro-Biden outcomes in four other states.

Thus, the redress demanded is the imposition of Texas voters' will on the will of voters in those states.

This is the *explicit* demand:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
In the four states that Texas' lawsuit has targeted, 10 million people voted for Biden.

"It's an invitation to the Justices to simply substitute the preferences of a minority of voters for those of the clear majority," @steve_vladeck tells me:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
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1 Dec
It's getting ugly in Georgia. Republicans are now openly begging Trump to stop lying about the voting being fraudulent. What's disgusting is that they happily told these same lies, and only now want him to stop due to fear of flat GOP turnout. New piece:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Amazing: An adviser to @KLoeffler is now calling on Trump to stop undermining the integrity of Georgia elections. But Loeffler herself is doing exactly that!

Telling the truth to GOP voters -- that Trump legitimately lost -- is simply not permitted:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@KLoeffler Here's where it gets even crazier.

Both Loeffler and Perdue want to run as a check on a Biden presidency.

But they can't so much as *hint* that Biden won the election, because it angers Trump voters.

Again, telling them the truth is not an option:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
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30 Nov
The stakes in the Georgia runoffs couldn't be higher.

GOP Senate means:

* More economic misery

* More illness and death from Covid

* Validation for declaring elections illegitimate as a weaponizable political tactic

I talked to @ossoff about all this:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@ossoff A GOP Senate means no ambitious stimulus, a far less coordinated response to coronavirus' latest rampage, and a death knell for popular policies that will secure our future.

“We have to make sure voters understand the stakes," @ossoff tells me:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@ossoff Lies from Trump and Perdue about the election "are a direct attack on Black voters, whose turnout powered Biden’s victory in Georgia,” says @ossoff.

They are "having a public tantrum" because they weren't saved by “the apparatus of voter suppression."

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27 Nov
Why did Dems lose at least 12 House seats -- despite Biden getting 80 million votes against Trump and winning the popular vote by as much as 7 million?

I had a great chat with @Redistrict about what really happened. Some surprises you won't want to miss:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@Redistrict A few highlights from our talk. First, massive Trump base turnout lifted downballot Republican congressional candidates in surprising ways: They could pocket that turnout while winning anti-Trump swing voters on top of it.

(cc @DamonLinker @lkatfield)

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@Redistrict @DamonLinker @lkatfield What's more, it's not clear how much of an impact Democrats' woes among blue collar whites hurt them down-ballot. It's complicated.

Fascinating suggestions from @Redistrict on this:

(citing @EricLevitz and @davidshor)

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