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Sat Aug 29 02:04:55 +0000 2020

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@arindube @joshtpm @yeselson This is the annoying game. There is a tiny number of people who, unfortunately, have gotten some grants from some misguided funders. They’re running around saying we should “abolish police” & instead of saying that’s dumb we’re supposed to pretend they are saying something else. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 29, 2020 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It’s weird that conservatives treat the idea of equal political rights for all citizens as some kind of bizarre notion. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael Brendan Dougherty @michaelbd

It’s not a popular vote contest. If it were, people would try to win that. It’s just weird for progressives to talk… https://t.co/qAxWgQpprh

Posted Aug. 29, 2020 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I agree we shouldn’t “talk about who won the popular vote.” We should create a system in which all citizens are equal, and not treat the huge, unfair, structural inequities in our political system as a debating game. — PolitiTweet.org

Jonofarcadia @jonofarcadia

@mattyglesias I think this is a little obtuse. His point is that the popular vote as we understand it is an artifac… https://t.co/SdDMOwG4Yf

Posted Aug. 29, 2020 Hibernated

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