James Hohmann

James Hohmann @jameshohmann

This race is fluid and wide open. Joe Biden, who skipped the event to attend his granddaughter’s high school graduation, has a vastly weaker claim to “front-runner” status than Hillary Clinton or Al Gore did at this point. https://t.co/eMsrU1yTCF — PolitiTweet.org

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The Daily 202: An Iowa forum with 19 Democratic candidates previewed the first debates. Here are eight takeaways. https://t.co/eMsrU1yTCF — PolitiTweet.org

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Listen to my BIG IDEA podcast for Monday -- on the NRA putting $ in board member pockets, Alabama giving parental custody rights to rapists, China cracking down on Hong Kong protests and diplomats defying directives from DC to fly rainbow flags. https://t.co/K3WTeLy4ia — PolitiTweet.org

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Andrew Yang mocks Joe Biden by name for not coming to Cedar Rapids tonight. "Each of you is worth about 1,000 Californians. This room to me looks like a million Californians," he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Jay Inslee: “I guess you could call this radical in Washington: We believe women should get paid the same as women do. … This hasn’t retarded economic growth in Washington state.” #CedarRapids — PolitiTweet.org

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. @ericswalwell, in Cedar Rapids, gets quickly to abortion: “It’s my wife’s body. It’s a woman’s body. It’s her choice. I will only appoint judges that will uphold Roe. Let’s repeal the discriminatory Hyde amendment.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Cory Booker in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: “Make no mistake: Abortion is health care, and health care is a right, not a privilege.” — PolitiTweet.org

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The Iowa Dem state chair says Trump “screws over farmers” and "Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley stand at his side." Loud cheers from the cattle call in Cedar Rapids. — PolitiTweet.org

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Troy Price, chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party, said Republicans called this gathering of 17 candidates in Cedar Rapids a “circus.” “Well you know what," he says, "we’re going to be the ones who have the last laugh!" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @pkcapitol: Sunday’s A1: @mikedebonis @rachaelmbade lead us in interviews with 45 House Dems talking about impeachment. Deep, personal… — PolitiTweet.org

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Kobach declines to answer questions about conversations with Trump about census Via @rachaelmbade https://t.co/tMy5p7YgLu — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenAngusKing: Maine’s lobster industry has been hit hard by Chinese tariffs – but unlike farmers, who are also hurt by this trade war,… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AlxThomp: “Symone Sanders, one of Biden’s senior advisers, confronted him, she confirmed to me Thursday night, telling Biden that he wa… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HowardMortman: @jameshohmann opens today's @PowerPost 202 with item on @SenAngusKing , tariffs, and lobster: "‘Why not lobsters?’: Main… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @dagerber: "What are we, chopped lobster?" As the China trade war caused lobster exports to drop 84% this year, Maine's delegation asks… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @stevedaniels27: Insult added to injury. Trump's tariffs took away Maine lobstermen's most important market in China (replaced by Canadi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JillDLawrence: ‘Why not lobsters?’ So totally depressing and important, by @jameshohmann: https://t.co/duKk8KiVqf — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tripgabriel: ‘What are we, chopped lobster?’ said Maine Sen. Angus King, complaining his state’s fishermen aren’t getting a tariff bail… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @damianpaletta: White House team as economy enters choppy waters: 1) Hassett leaving, no obvious replacement 2) Mnuchin defending presid… — PolitiTweet.org

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The Daily 202: ‘Why not lobsters?’: Mainers plead with Trump to help an industry suffering from his trade war https://t.co/cf1WTtjvEr — PolitiTweet.org

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Listen 👂 to my Friday Big Idea 💡 podcast, which covers everything from Walmart robots 🤖 to the NYPD *finally* apologizing for Stonewall 🌈. Also Biden’s flip flop on Hyde and the latest on the trade war: https://t.co/5gfSj1Id6i. — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats narrow presidential debate rules days before deadline to qualify, potentially dismissing one candidate from the biggest 2020 gathering via @michaelscherer https://t.co/xXum2hhnFV — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @seungminkim: Facing Trump's tariff threat, Mexican officials have pledged to deploy up to 6,000 National Guard troops to its border wit… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Gizmodo: CORRECTION: Gizmodo originally stated that drug company Mallinckrodt had jacked up the price of an anti-seizure medication fro… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joanegreve: The backlash against Biden's comments on the Hyde Amendment show how little room there is to be a presidential candidate (i… — PolitiTweet.org

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The evolution of Tim Ryan, one of the 23 candidates, captures in miniature the movement of the Democratic Party nationally. Representing a blue-collar district that includes Youngstown, and a lot of Catholics, he was antiabortion. Until he flipped in 2015. https://t.co/oFB1PREEu1 — PolitiTweet.org

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3) Biden has a long history of being erratic and wobbly on abortion. He’s often made both sides of the debate unhappy. Leading feminists have viewed him as inconsistent and unreliable for *literally* decades. https://t.co/oFB1PREEu1 — PolitiTweet.org

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2) Just last month, the ACLU tweeted a video of one of its volunteers questioning Biden on a rope line about whether he supported the Hyde Amendment. Biden appeared to advocate for doing away with it. Biden’s spox said he misheard the question, but watch for yourself & decide... — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread: Predictions Biden will flip-flop may be well founded. 1) In damage control mode, a campaign spokesman emphasized that he supports Hyde but “would be open to repealing it" if laws like the ones in Georgia and Alabama keep passing. That’s quite a hedge & gives Biden an out. — PolitiTweet.org

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What was striking during interviews with leaders of the pro-life community last night is how, to a person, everyone predicted that Joe Biden will cave on the Hyde Amendment and flip because he cannot resist pressure from the pro-choice groups. https://t.co/oFB1PREEu1 — PolitiTweet.org