McKay Coppins

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

It just became a very happy Fourth of July here in the Coppins household 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/ssSHocoL9h — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

“The principles of the declaration are still there to unite us, even amid the persistent divisions that define this moment. Much more so than in 1776, there is a widely held belief that all humans are created equal.” https://t.co/TQYIevB5y8 — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

RT @jbarro: Isn’t this ... exactly the position Biden took in the debate, for which she criticized him? https://t.co/mSZPJ8DgiQ — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

RT @YAppelbaum: I’m sitting here, crying. My God. https://t.co/3GdRloaAtf https://t.co/l8K4PJdWAr — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

RT @AdamHSays: I wrote about the government acknowledging squalid conditions in immigrant detention facilities https://t.co/5iSjc3YLJa — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

The pediatrician Dolly Lucio Sevier found evidence of infection, malnutrition, and psychological trauma among the sick children she examined at a Border Patrol facility in South Texas, @JeremyRaff reports: https://t.co/JxsvXvmudZ — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

"This is, perhaps, the most daunting element of this entire conversation. If these facilities even vaguely resemble concentration camps, then American society has failed in ways many Americans do not want to contemplate." https://t.co/2Hb9xAOJxf — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

floating a too-hot-for-twitter take to various friends and colleagues on slack/gchat this morning, and getting a lot of polite-but-not-supportive responses. probably a sign i should get back to work — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

@greenfield64 A Trump favorite! — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

RT @greenfield64: May I footnote this fine screed with another cop out: “We need to take a look at...”[ fill in the idea or proposal.] http… — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

https://t.co/Xj79HoRegD — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

RT @sam_baker: Folks, we’re going to have to invent a better paper straw. — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

On the other hand, I'm not sure how you move forward with the same advisers who are urging you to drop out of the race. He he's going to keep running, I guess he had to clean house. — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

The intervention described here actually suggests Hickenlooper had some pretty sound political minds on his team (before he fired them all) https://t.co/ZEnt1XPGX2 — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

RT @oliverdarcy: —@mckaycoppins on how politicians sidestep questions by calling for a "conversation" on various issues: "The truth is that… — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

@Helflower Or the candidates could just... join the conversation that's already taking place! This is a dodge deployed by politicians who don't actually want to have a conversation because it's politically inconvenient. — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

@jonward11 Well, as I note in the piece, I am not guiltless when it comes to this particular cliche... https://t.co/RBu9JNmxoR https://t.co/QsuthpgrDb — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

RT @sidhubaba: This clever @mckaycoppins call to end national conversations subversively makes the case for more (better) national conversa… — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

It took a critical mass of women elected to the House and Senate to begin the long process of chipping away at gender inequities baked into America's laws, @elainejgodfrey and @russellberman write: https://t.co/TvTf2W2hpA — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

RT @AwardsDaily: "The truth is that when politicians are pleading for a national conversation, it is usually because they are trying to avo… — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

@ccadelago @jackshafer Jack gets credit in the piece. We are ~in conversation~ with each other — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

@YAppelbaum i'm open to a conversation about this — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

RT @YAppelbaum: @mckaycoppins This is incorrect. When they say, “We need to have a conversation,” a Nickelodeon-style bucket of green slime… — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

Proposed tweak to Democratic debate rules: Every time a candidate uses any variation of "we need to have a conversation about [FILL IN THE ISSUE]" they should immediately be disqualified and fall through a trap door on the debate stage https://t.co/RBu9JNmxoR — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

RT @JohnGHendy: Today in "actually" https://t.co/cFBgLDdyZT via @mckaycoppins — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AdrienneLaF: “Other lazy rhetorical devices plague our political discourse. But there is something especially grating about a candidate… — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

(Shout-out to my fellow conversationalists who have written on this: @jackshafer, @asymmetricinfo, @CarlosLozadaWP, and @Milbank) https://t.co/RBu9JNmxoR — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

The pattern is familiar... https://t.co/RBu9JNmxoR https://t.co/sGGN90XlnA — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

We need to have a conversation in this country about soul-deadening political clichés. My look at the catch-all cop-out of the 2020 campaign season: https://t.co/RBu9JNmxoR — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

@cjane87 Congratulations! — PolitiTweet.org