David Nakamura

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Latino pastor, speaking to Trump at Florida roundtable: "You are what is standing between capitalism and communism, between liberty and tyranny. ... If we lose 2020, we lose our nation. ...It's 1776 all over again and we are here with you." Trump: "Very nice, beautiful." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump in Florida: "People don't remember it. ... Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. You say that and people say, 'I didn't know that.' But he was a Republican." — PolitiTweet.org

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On the left, a section of a WaPo news story on Trump today; on right, the lede of a conservative WaPo columnist’s interview with Potus yesterday. https://t.co/6h33p91J75 — PolitiTweet.org

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FedEx tells Washington Redskins it will remove signage on stadium six years before lucrative naming rights deal expires if name isn’t changed -- says name could harm company's brand and is inconsistent with more inclusive society. https://t.co/RLTGyl08WN https://t.co/RLTGyl08WN — PolitiTweet.org

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The ‘woe-is-me’ president: Trump has cast himself as the blameless victim of a deadly pandemic, stalled economy, racial unrest—all of which happened to him rather than the country. via ⁦@AshleyRParker⁩ ⁦@PhilipRucker⁩ ⁦@jdawsey1⁩ https://t.co/H920EEKPrE — PolitiTweet.org

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Mayor of Seoul reportedly dead after his former secretary filed sexual harassment claim against him last night, per South Korean media. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @John_Hudson: Melania Trump statue removed after it was set ablaze in Slovenia https://t.co/eY6cgWYZtg — PolitiTweet.org

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Mexico bilat #diversity #thread https://t.co/UTe8B0RDso — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump who? Senate GOP candidates in tight races avoid any mention of the president in campaign ads. @seungminkim https://t.co/8w1CEvdiMg — PolitiTweet.org

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“A lot people thought once the alarm was sounded back in March surely the federal government would fix this, but that hasn’t happened.” ... America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again. via ⁦@thewanreport⁩ https://t.co/6UzuEyqkoq — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattdelong evergreen — PolitiTweet.org

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Pence echoes Trump: "We don't want the guidance from CDC to be a reason why schools don't open." — PolitiTweet.org

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After reporter asks about Trump's tweet on reopening schools, Pence gingerly allows that there are "some states and local communities" where virus cases are high that "could adjust to a certain set of days or certain limitations." — PolitiTweet.org

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At coronavirus briefing, Betsy DeVos calls for fully reopening schools and lambastes suburban Fairfax County, Va., for offering a o"false paradigm" by announcing plan for students to attend two days at most. Calls its distance learning in the spring "a disaster." — PolitiTweet.org

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@TomokoHosaka @TheAsiaGroup Tell them both to get on Twitter! — PolitiTweet.org

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@ratemyskyperoom @HansNichols Can we get a ruling on the second button being unfastened? https://t.co/roXFTgU5yM — PolitiTweet.org

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When Bubba Wallace texted his mother, Desiree, a screenshot of Trump’s tweet about him, she replied: “Well, don’t respond to it because you can’t fix stupid.” Via ⁦⁦@theodenjanes⁩ https://t.co/85LU6JNj9x — PolitiTweet.org

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Classic playbook: Disparage all expertise, foster public doubt about government, turn all issues -- even public safety -- into political calculations. (facemasks, hydroxy, rallies, schools) — PolitiTweet.org

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The president undercutting the government's own medical experts again, making things even more difficult for local jurisdictions to figure out what to do. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jabinbotsford: President @realDonaldTrump notes during a roundtable discussion on the Safe Reopening of America’s Schools in the East R… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Rkrahenbuhl: 🚨Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly downplayed the risks of the disease, tested positive COVID-19 — PolitiTweet.org

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Mary Trump writes her father learned to lie to her domineering grandfather as a means of survival. But for uncle Donald “lying was primarily a mode of self-aggrandizement to convince other people he was better than he was." via @shaneharris @PostKranish https://t.co/XzZ0kVBJdt — PolitiTweet.org

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“McEnany has found herself repeatedly defending the president’s racially offensive outbursts. She has vacillated between trying to re-craft or obfuscate Trump’s statements to arguing that they mean something completely different.” ⁦via @ToluseO⁩ https://t.co/XXnCEzNRaf — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked why the president doesn't praise NASCAR for banning the Confederate flag, McEnany suggests such a ban is akin to "cancel culture" that also, in his view, wants to erase Gandhi, George Washington and Abe Lincoln. "The president wants no part in cancel culture." — PolitiTweet.org

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Jon Karl at WH briefing: "Let's drill down on the Confederate flag. Does [Trump] think it was a mistake for NASCAR to ban it?" .@presssec: "You're focusing on one word at the bottom of a tweet." This is where we're at. — PolitiTweet.org

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The WH is counting on Americans growing numb to coronavirus death toll. “They’re of the belief that people will get over it...the base will move on and the public will learn to accept 50,000 to 100,000 new cases a day.” @yabutaleb7 ⁦@jdawsey1⁩ https://t.co/LKTDymXwQN — PolitiTweet.org

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Opinion | Why do none of Trump’s ‘jokes’ feel like jokes? ... ⁦@rzoglin⁩ says it’s because Trump is like Andy Kaufman or Sasha Baron Cohen. “The key is to stick with the ruse, to stay in character, to dupe the audience for as long as possible.” https://t.co/hvyPZiIb0W — PolitiTweet.org

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Catfishing — but for armed militias.... Militias flocked to Gettysburg to foil a supposed antifa flag burning, an apparent hoax created on social media https://t.co/CLPAAzQpcf — PolitiTweet.org

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Mount Rushmore is colossal kitsch, perfect for a populist spectacle... Illuminating essay from @PhilipKennicott on Trump’s performance in South Dakota https://t.co/IRRHmZmWBe https://t.co/G8AHfKPynG — PolitiTweet.org

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Historians question Trump’s choice of ‘heroes’ for national garden monument. “It’s just so random. It’s like they threw a bunch of stuff on the wall and just went with whatever stuck. Nothing about this suggests it’s thoughtful.” Via ⁦@thewanreport⁩ https://t.co/1V9r9S3Q6D — PolitiTweet.org