Matt Viser

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@JustinGlawe To use one tweet to act like journalists aren’t covering policy is kinda silly. A day ago, we had an A1 story about Warren’s policy dives (https://t.co/0VTNpaUvds). Hours ago we looked a gun policy (https://t.co/QuyC9ee7bP). Many others have been done and much more to come. — PolitiTweet.org

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Beto O'Rourke's campaign, which previously announced they had 218k contributions in first quarter, tells me that came from 163k donors. So here's how everyone stacks up so far on number of donors: Sanders: 525k O'Rourke: 163k Buttigieg: 159k Harris: 138k Warren: 135k Yang: 80k — PolitiTweet.org

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For a look at how Elizabeth Warren's campaign sees her latest fundraising numbers, this thread from a top advisor lays it out pretty well (and, like the candidate, doesn't miss an opportunity to plug a way to donate) — PolitiTweet.org

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Elizabeth Warren raised more money than she spent, but margins appear narrow. She transferred $10.4m from US Senate account, and has $11m cash on hand. She has to sustain one of the largest campaign operations, now at 170 staffers (half in early states) https://t.co/gtzO1XMZ9U — PolitiTweet.org

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Key Elizabeth Warren stats: - $6m raised (less than Sanders, Harris, O’Rourke, Buttigieg; more than Klobuchar, Booker) - 135k donors - $1.4m raised in the quarter's final week (more than Harris) - $28 avg donation - $11m cash on hand (with $10.4m transfer from senate account) — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: Elizabeth Warren raised $6m during the first quarter, putting the one-time financial juggernaut behind several of her rivals. "I won't sugarcoat it," campaign manager Roger Lau writes. https://t.co/gtzO1XMZ9U — PolitiTweet.org

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Most of the Dems have fired a gun at some point. Warren while growing up in Oklahoma; Buttigieg while serving in Afghanistan or hunting with his father-in-law. Bernie Sanders fired a gun once while at a Boy Scout camp as a child (he's never owned one): https://t.co/QIQUBNYROw — PolitiTweet.org

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Gun ownership among Dems? Beto O’Rourke inherited several from his great-uncle (they're not in operating condition). Pete Buttigieg owns two antique guns that he doesn’t use. Tim Ryan won a shotgun in a raffle but hasn’t used it. Kamala Harris has a gun: https://t.co/QIQUBNYROw — PolitiTweet.org

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Beto O'Rourke carries a photo in his wallet of a victim of gun violence. Kamala Harris held a town hall at the site of a fatal shooting. Elizabeth Warren is asked about it again and again. My look at a new era where Dems attempt to elevate gun policy: https://t.co/QIQUBNYROw — PolitiTweet.org

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The 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are embracing gun control more enthusiastically than in any other campaign in recent memory, with emotional appeals against firearm violence and pledges to stand up to the NRA. My look at the swift shift: https://t.co/QIQUBNYROw — PolitiTweet.org

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Elizabeth Warren's 2018 tax return is here: https://t.co/RT3fAWtvpw Her tax returns from 2008 to 2017 are here: https://t.co/gjT0RCUJgP https://t.co/GNoYxJAdYn — PolitiTweet.org

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“I’ve put out eleven years of my tax returns because no one should ever have to guess who their elected officials are working for," Elizabeth Warren said. "Doing this should be law.” She's filed legislation to try and make it so. https://t.co/vTJNAFyUEF — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: Elizabeth Warren releases 2018 tax returns, showing more than $900k in family income. It makes her the latest candidate to provide the most recent personal finance information as Dems pressure one another to be more transparent and counter Trump. https://t.co/vTJNAFyUEF — PolitiTweet.org

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President Trump on the Russia investigation: "This was an attempted coup. And we beat them. We beat them." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @daveweigel: Retired John Kerry is the funniest John Kerry https://t.co/VWn86ausAv https://t.co/ZkBTGZjFdv — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NickMiroff: Mexico is Kushner’s portfolio. Immigration is Miller’s. Now Trump’s threats to close the border have set them on a collisio… — PolitiTweet.org

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Kirsten Gillibrand is asked whether there is room for a religious left: “I go to two Bible study a week, and to a prayer breakfast…I define myself by my faith. It centers me. It’s one of the reasons why I’m running for president." — PolitiTweet.org

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Kirsten Gillibrand is asked if she would support lowering the voting age to 16: “I don’t know. I really don’t know. I like the idea of it, but…I kinda like the simplicity of 18. You are an adult, by law." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MaeveReston: At the #GillibrandTownHall @SenGillibrand is asked what she would do to sway other moms of young children to get their kid… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNN: Kirsten Gillibrand says that her comments that former President Bill Clinton should have resigned amid the Monica Lewinsky scandal… — PolitiTweet.org

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Kirsten Gillbrand on calling herself a “young mom” when she announced her campaign: “I should have said mom of young kids. It was just a stumble. I might be young in the Senate! I am 52. So that’s not young." — PolitiTweet.org

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John Kerry this week is meeting Vietnamese government officials in Boston to negotiate a private sector-funded plan to get the country off coal-fired power. Al Gore is also involved, @AmyAHarder reports: https://t.co/Z7xR1QZZhV — PolitiTweet.org

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Kirsten Gillibrand says that she has spoken to Hillary Clinton after her comments saying Bill Clinton should have resigned over the Monica Lewinsky scandal. She adds that Clinton has given her advice on her 2020 presidential campaign. “I think our relationship is strong." — PolitiTweet.org

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“Secretary Clinton is a role model for all of us,” Kirsten Gillibrand says. “My views on her husband is very different. And I’ve said all I’m going to say about that." — PolitiTweet.org

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Kirsten Gillibrand on how her sons, ages 10 and 15, feel about her running for president: “They’re both very disgusted with our president. I won’t even tell you the nicknames they have for him. It would be inappropriate" — PolitiTweet.org

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“I was ashamed,” GIllibrand continues, about her past positions on immigration. Now, she says, “I know I am in the right place." — PolitiTweet.org

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“For people who aspire to be president, it is important to admit when you’re wrong,” Kirsten Gillibrand says, explaining her shifts on immigration. — PolitiTweet.org

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Kirsten Gillibrand starts off her CNN town hall speaking fluent Mandarin. Take that, Pete Buttigieg! — PolitiTweet.org

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Also worth noting: 1) Bernie Sanders ran in 2016 2) Several candidates — including Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, and Jay Inslee — have released a decade or more of tax returns 3) Sanders is the one who, 43 days ago, said he would release them “soon” — PolitiTweet.org

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Has anyone testified in more congressional hearings than John Kerry? — PolitiTweet.org