Alexandra Jaffe

Alexandra Jaffe @ajjaffe

Klobuchar to Buttigieg: "I have respect for your work as a local official." Buttigieg fires back: "So first of all Washington experience is not the only...that matters. There's more than 100 years of Washington experience on this stage right now and where are we as a country?": — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden responds: "I'm part of that Obama coalition...I come out of the black community in terms of my support" https://t.co/WVrMU8P6zb — PolitiTweet.org

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Booker: "I have a lot of respect for the vice president, but this week I hear him say, I don't think we should legalize marijuana. I thought you might've been high when you said it!" Then pivots to impact of legalization on disparities in incarceration — PolitiTweet.org

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Harris, given opportunity to explain criticism of Buttigieg for using stock photo from Kenya in his civil rights plan, gives him a pass: "i believe th emayor has made apologies for that the larger issue is that for too long, candidates have taken for granted" black voters — PolitiTweet.org

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Yang gets laughs with his answer to what he'd say on his first call to Putin: "First of all, I'd say 'I'm sorry I beat your guy.' And second, I would say 'the days of meddling in American elections are over and we will take any meddling...as an act of hostility and aggression.'" — PolitiTweet.org

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"Donald Trump got punked. He has conducted foreign policy since day one borne out of a very fragile ego," Harris says, in response to Q on handling North Korea — PolitiTweet.org

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First break! Follow @AP_Politics team coverage of the #DemDebate here: https://t.co/qJQErrAAH0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Booker says he agrees w/Pete on mayoral experience, and notes: "I happen to be the other Rhodes Scholar mayor on this stage...you have to be an executive that can heal." — PolitiTweet.org

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Klobuchar walks back dismissal of Buttigieg: "I've made very clear I think Pete is qualified to be up on this stage...but what I said was true. Women are held to a higher standard. Otherwise we could play a game called 'name your favorite woman president.'" — PolitiTweet.org

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And Harris, seemingly surprised to be given the opp to respond, slams Gabbard for criticizing Obama on Fox News, says she "buddied up to Steve Bannon to get a meeting w/Donald Trump & fails to call a war criminal a war criminal" https://t.co/sMzaPtc9Lp — PolitiTweet.org

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Gabbard explains what she means by the "rot" within the Democratic Party: "Our Democratic Party is unfortunately not the party of by and for the people" but rather "influenced by the foreign policy establishment in washington." — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg knocks Warren on h/c, arguing reform should be passed "without the divisive step of ordering people onto it whether they want to or not and I believe commanding people to accept that option...is not the right approach to unify the American people." — PolitiTweet.org

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Bloomberg spending millions on voter reg drive, via @sppeoples, to make interesting case: That Bloomberg can run both primary & gen elex campaign "effectively and simultaneously." https://t.co/0n7mZF2cNg — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ajjaffe: I asked Deval Patrick if he felt corporations bore any responsibility for economic inequality. He said “I think we all have re… — PolitiTweet.org

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Deval Patrick’s case for capitalism: “We can have capitalism that is humane. And I don’t think that attacking any one company or any one sector is productive.” https://t.co/B1TXsX5UJk — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ajjaffe: Deval Patrick indicated he wouldn’t support the Green New Deal in its entirety: “There’s a lot to like about it. It has some t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ajjaffe: News: Deval Patrick did not release his tax returns when running for gov, but he tells me he will now, potentially by the end… — PolitiTweet.org

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I asked Deval Patrick if he felt corporations bore any responsibility for economic inequality. He said “I think we all have responsibility for inequality.” https://t.co/B1TXsX5UJk — PolitiTweet.org

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Deval Patrick indicated he wouldn’t support the Green New Deal in its entirety: “There’s a lot to like about it. It has some things that are actionable right now, and some things that are more aspirational.” https://t.co/B1TXsX5UJk — PolitiTweet.org

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News: Deval Patrick did not release his tax returns when running for gov, but he tells me he will now, potentially by the end of the year: https://t.co/B1TXsX5UJk — PolitiTweet.org

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Patrick also said his role with Ameriquest was to "figure out how we were gonna reach the folks that had been unreached in getting access to capital so they could also own homes." — PolitiTweet.org

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Patrick also defends his work for Bain, noting he didn't agree with Obama's critique of the company in '12. "I am kind of tired of the caricaturing we do of each other. We do it of companies, we do it of people." — PolitiTweet.org

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Patrick says that "Subprime lending has a place in the economy. But what happened was the bundling of these subprime loans into securities that were wildly speculated" on. — PolitiTweet.org

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Deval Patrick is asked, off the top, about his work for Ameriquest—a major subprime lender, a practice that contributed to the financial crisis—and Bain Capital. — PolitiTweet.org

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Deval Patrick is speaking at @polkdems, explaining his late start: "I know in Iowa where you see everybody all the time you are so done with candidates...from some of the mechanics of running for president it feels late but...from the perspective of a whole lotta voters it's not" — PolitiTweet.org

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State Rep. Abdul-Samad: "When somebody tells you we're not diverse enough, you gotta speak up — because if you're silent and we lose it we're all gonna be crying." https://t.co/3mcKVZgvyS — PolitiTweet.org

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Ako Abdul Samad, chair of the Iowa Democratic Black Caucus, called on activists at the @polkdems meeting to speak up for Iowa as it faces criticism from some for not being diverse enough to go first in the Dem nominating process. "Don't let em define Iowa...we are diverse!" — PolitiTweet.org

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There is a very Democratic dog somewhere here at the @polkdems meeting (where Deval Patrick is due to speak) and it keeps barking to punctuate progressive points https://t.co/CEmLtaVrDS — PolitiTweet.org

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Big get for Bloomberg, before he's even announced. Buttigieg's so far seen strong support from mayors, largely from smaller cities & towns; Bloomberg could give him a challenge here: https://t.co/HiuQSVSa7N — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg’s commanding officer weighs in on his ad featuring a shot of the mayor w/gun: “The bulk of his time was not strapping on all kinds of weapons of war and taking your chances.” Great ⁦@TomBeaumont⁩ piece on Pete’s military service: https://t.co/jdMs1pmZMi — PolitiTweet.org