Perry Bacon Jr.

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @jbaileyky: Great to talk with @perrybaconjr about the absolute necessity of much more #COVIDrelief from Congress to address the mountin… — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

National polls don't tell us a ton about how reducing police budgets is perceived in heavily-blue areas like Los Angeles where the policy debate is really happening. And these issues are being decided by mayors and city council members who are often in fairly safe seats. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

Important point being made by Louisville BLM leader @ChanelleHelm and others in this Washington Post piece: policing budgets/priorities are decided at the city level, not by Congress/White House. https://t.co/NB47S9SySX https://t.co/Hg8YcbhgCo — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

Pew poll from June (so a lot has happened since then.) About 42 percent of black people favored reducing police funding, most opposed. The majority of black people under 50 supported reducing police funding, those over 50 very much did not. https://t.co/dKfeqK4XRK https://t.co/QlVjksdCAu — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

Obama and Clyburn have come out strongly against defund. But figures like @CoriBush and @Booker4KY aren't taking that approach. Like with many issues, a diversity of opinion among black politicians. https://t.co/6ZSUUQVEjV — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

There is a deep, long history of people pushing for abolishing/defunding police departments. The notion that someone came up with the slogan to impress their activist friends seems strained. https://t.co/w2dVLAqG4U — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

Electoral politics matter. They do. But they can't be allowed to swallow every conversation.A lot of the police reforms haven't really worked. So more drastic ideas deserve a hearing. And people pushing more drastic ideas aren't all involved in the horse race--nor should they be. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

At the same time, I have had more deep conversations about police budgets/funding/power in the last 7 months than I had in the previous 7 years. And I'm not alone--cities all over the country are having real debates about the power/funding of their police departments. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

The slogan Defund the Police, like Black Lives Matter in 2014, created a dialogue that turned some people off--even some black ones. Since all black movements are linked to the Dems, I have no doubt these slogans, particularly Defund, were not helpful to Dems electorally. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

Looks like America's second-largest city is also reducing its police budget. https://t.co/3g7KwnvE4P — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

I'm not a policing expert, but the idea that people are just sloganeering as opposed to thinking through the meaning of defunding the police seems off. @KeeangaYamahtta wrote a very detailed piece about the concept a few months ago. https://t.co/Qero0Js9BU — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

America’s 18th largest city just reduced its police budget substantially. Maybe people just like snappy slogans there though. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @geoffreyvs: The bad faith here is remarkable. Georgia held a free, fair and transparent election -- Loeffler just didn't like the outco… — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @JuddLegum: Biden nominees have not committed to disclosing their clients. That should be a requirement because otherwise it’s impossibl… — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

Five things we've learned from Biden's initial appointments. https://t.co/Vsa2hcWo6a — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

It is fantastic. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

The informal concession has occurred. Finally. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @michaelkruse: The press, says @BrendanNyhan, needs to keep this framing front and center: "A leader with authoritarian tendencies has l… — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @whstancil: I think you see versions of this fantasy a lot, honestly: white men dreaming of a world where the salience of race and gende… — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @HughMcDiarmid: 1) Call the Gov. "tyrannical" again. 2) Note low risk to the young but don't even address their role as spreaders to the… — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @jimrutenberg: NEW TONIGHT: Republicans Rewrite an Old Playbook on Disenfranchising Black Americans w/@NYTnickc https://t.co/dw5qo1aBsy — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

This is an excellent piece. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

I am skeptical anyone shifted from Dem to GOP because liberals started using the term Latinx. I am open to the idea that the Dem focus on fairly minor criminal justice reforms when speaking to black audiences may not be adding a lot of black votes. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

1. Trump said lots of racist things from 17-20 and 2. Trump got more black/Latino voters than in 16 (while losing handily with both groups) are not contradictory. The electorate is divided more on racial views than before, but some people of color have conservative racial views. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

I think these person/group identity issues should be explored more in the black/Latino voters for Trump stories. Some people don't want to be part of the group that is cast as marginalized/oppressed/discriminated against. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

I have read a lot of essays the last 5 years from people explaining why they left the GOP. What I think Tim does uniquely in this piece is describing in detail how a person's partisan identification can be a core part of their identity, like their race or religion. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

Top Michigan GOP official meets with Trump and two days later casually lays out a path by which the election results are not certified. He acts like he is a pundit stating facts, as opposed to a participant in an effort to undermine the election results. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

Trump got what he wanted. Top Michigan GOP official, two days after meeting with Trump, hints that Republicans on canvassing board are well within their rights to stall certification and that no one should criticize them for doing so. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @JoshuaADouglas: “or decides to take the full time allowed by law to perform their duties” Sure sounds like this MI Republican legislat… — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

This @danpfeiffer piece on the polling errors in 2020 is very much worth reading. Predicting who is going to win an election is not that important, but it's a big problem if we are missing the views of the public in non-electoral settings too. https://t.co/pcpRiIcIcK — PolitiTweet.org