Perry Bacon Jr.

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @MEPFuller: Ilhan Omar notes that Trump ran his entire campaign on saying negative things about this country, so it's complete hypocrisy… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AsteadWesley: the "s**thole countries" quote has largely been remembered as Trump insulting black regions like "Haiti" and "Africa," wh… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WesleyLowery: the reason the media is so cowardly about calling racist things racist is because the people writing the articles and tal… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CitizenCohn: Weird and VERY disingenuous https://t.co/p6bk3MFAWu — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RonBrownstein: None of them had Fox, Rush, Hannity etc, or a country crossing such profound demographic milestones: majority of K-12 sc… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BreeNewsome: Let me point out again that folks making an issue of whether Twitter represents America makes no sense & is more a reactio… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jbview: *Most* Americans really don't like explicit racism and are rejecting the policies that go with it. President Bigot is egging… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BrendanNyhan: He literally told three members of Congress from minority backgrounds who were born in the US to "go back and help fix th… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BrendanNyhan: Racism you wouldn't tolerate in the workplace or at your kids' school from the president of the United States https://t.c… — PolitiTweet.org

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Well said. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @paulkrugman: A new newsletter from @jbouie! I was a devoted reader of his pre-Times newsletter, and this promises to be just as good ht… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @libbycwatson: egregious, vicious lie https://t.co/m1sN6mJUFu — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jdelreal: This piece should be required reading for everyone living in the United States. It is so powerful, so rigorous, and so clear-… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @geoffreyvs: It's going to be tough for many Democrats to make the third round of debates in September. Five have qualified so far and t… — PolitiTweet.org

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So in AOC v. Pelosi, I would expect a lot of longtime incumbent Dems, even those who are fairly liberal on issues, to align with the Speaker. Almost all members of Congress are obsessed with remaining members of Congress--and AOC and her allies are a threat to incumbents. — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, some of the Black Caucus members are wary of the AOC wing out of self-interest. The only way most of the CBC members would ever lose their seats would be in a Democratic primary, and AOC's allies are interested in challenging Dem incumbents. — PolitiTweet.org

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That said, there is a racial dynamic here. Pelosi disses AOC and her allies because they won't adhere to Pelosi's strategies and have outsized influence, in part because of Twitter. And some of that influence probably comes from "The Squad" being charismatic young women of color. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi has a very diverse staff and a lot of the Asian, black and Latino women in the House really like her. So AOC accusing the Speaker of "explicit singling out of newly elected women of color" was a criticism of Pelosi that others would not join and was easy to rebut. — PolitiTweet.org

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Much of Warren's new immigration plan would be essentially taking America back to the immigration practices of Dec 2016. But she also explicitly notes that one of her goals is to "expand legal immigration," a big contrast with Trump. https://t.co/fsykTrLYIt — PolitiTweet.org

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On immigration, Castro and to some extent Inslee have led the 2020 discussion among Dems. Warren, like Inslee, wants a big increase in number of refugees admitted (up to 175,000.) She wants to make entering the country illegally a civil but not criminal violation, like Castro. — PolitiTweet.org

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Looks like even Warren has some limits on how far left she will push. Dems talked about abolishing ICE last year, but polls suggested that was very unpopular. In her immigration plan released today, EW says, "I'll reshape CBP and ICE from top to bottom." https://t.co/fsykTrLYIt https://t.co/RkmCg0MfZP — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

Looks like even Warren has some limits on how far left she will push. Dems talked about abolishing ICE last year, but polls suggested that was very unpopular. In her immigration plan released today, EW says, "I'll reshape CBP and ICE from top to bottom." https://t.co/fsykTrLYIt — PolitiTweet.org

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Bernie Sanders and others on the left have tried to unify Dems in opposing the U.S. involvement (on the Saudi side) in the Yemen civil war. Biden has joined this cause with this speech today, noting that he "will end our support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen." — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden's foreign plan is basically to return American foreign policy to Dec. 2016. I think that will be a fairly popular vision among Democratic primary voters. https://t.co/kuN1595d94 https://t.co/o0nqTeiyIs — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianbeutler: It is impossible to stretch #bothsides to its breaking point, but this is a heroic effort. https://t.co/0OLFcQf6bi — PolitiTweet.org

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58 percent of Dems in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina (early primary states) would support getting rid of private insurance in favor of a government plan, 23 percent opposed. https://t.co/j1ydOhu0Qo https://t.co/RZ7ks4rNJW — PolitiTweet.org

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YouGov/Economist national poll (the most recent 2020 survey out there) shows among black voters Biden at 37, Harris 13, Sanders 12, Warren 10, everyone else in single digits. https://t.co/lihvPAdurN — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes, Pete is trying to reach black voters. (Like all of the candidates.) But this kind of plan also signals to Democratic voters who aren't black that Pete, like most Democratic voters, cares a lot about racial inequality. https://t.co/QncvmMddRg — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, it's another illustration of how much Dems are moving left on racial issues that one of the more moderate candidates 1. put out a long list of ideas targeted at black Americans 2. notes his support of a reparations commission in that list 3. uses terms like "anti-racism." — PolitiTweet.org

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Worth reading through Buttigieg's Marshall Plan for African-Americans. A lot of specificity on a wide range of issues. None of these ideas seems super-innovative, but it tells you something about a candidate that he puts out this kind of plan. https://t.co/UMC0muN3Ly — PolitiTweet.org