David Weigel

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David Weigel @daveweigel

In between then and now you had the 2016 Illinois U.S. Senate race, where Mark Kirk had long-term damage from a stroke but Democrats didn't bring it up. (The exception was a loopy answer he gave in one debate; there was speculation it was stroke-related.) https://t.co/hdYjltfv2m — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 12, 2022 Deleted after an hour

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David Weigel @daveweigel

A big difference here is that Johnson had the stroke two years before the election. He was an incumbent, had some time to demonstrate that he could keep doing the job. But hard to imagine Johnson getting the same treatment in the take-no-prisoners politics of 2022. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 12, 2022

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David Weigel @daveweigel

The "can Kirk still handle the job" stories came anyway; if Fetterman was in the Senate now this would probably be the tone. https://t.co/AuwBy8tw4s — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 12, 2022