Dan Merica

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.@carolinerkenny perfecting the art of walking backwards (and @PeteButtigieg in Mason City) https://t.co/Ba2Ir5PGhP — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DJJudd: Read @Merica on Pride and Politics, this weekend in Des Moines. https://t.co/VOLWYi1F3Y — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg on Dems embracing Pride: “The pace of change has been extraordinary. I think those of us within the LGBTQ community are perhaps among the most amazed. I began my career at a time when you can either be out or you could have a career in politics. You couldn't have both." — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats are flocking to Pride events in Des Moines this weekend. Kirsten Gillibrand was slinging drinks at a local gay bar. Beto O’Rourke and his wife, Amy, ran in the Pride 5k. And Pete Buttigieg keynoted an awards dinner named after Matthew Shepard. https://t.co/47dceMGHlT — PolitiTweet.org

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Pete Buttigieg, striking a unifying tone about the 2020 race, said on Saturday that there were so many Democrats in the race they ‘might as well carpool’ https://t.co/hDzf5M15GW w/ @EliBWatkins — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg (jokingly?) proposes 2020 carpools: “You would be surprised how often we are in dialogue with each other. ... As these cattle calls pick up we are going to get to know each other better and better. We might as well carpool.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked about ed & charter schools at this teacher heavy event, Buttigieg says “taxpayer money should go to public education.” He adds that he thinks the county should rethink linking school funding with property taxes because it leads to “punishing poor kids for being poor.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg, asked about dark money in elections, says he opposes the idea that political donations are speech. “I’m sorry, a campaign contribution is not the same as a speech act,” Buttigieg says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Don’t think I have heard this before: Buttigieg, asked about tackling climate change, says he believes the country should rejoin the Paris accord, but adds that the next POTUS should push a “Pittsburg framework” that brings together mayors to tackle climate change in the U.S. — PolitiTweet.org

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Don’t think I have heard his before: Buttigieg, asked about tackling climate change, says he believes the country should rejoin the Paris accord, but adds that the President should push a “Pittsburg framework” that brings together mayors to tackle climate change in the U.S. — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg, asked about keeping Dems united, says all the candidates need to understand, “We need to come together when the time comes.” He adds he believes there is a “pretty healthy overlap” on policy - estimating it at 80%. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pete Buttigieg opens a speech here in Des Moines by making a pseudo local pitch. “I always feel so at home here,” he says from the top step of a back porch. “I think so many answers are going to come from our part of the country.” https://t.co/r6YWOVuExx — PolitiTweet.org

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Are you a Democrat running for President? Then you are almost certainly in Iowa this weekend - and will be tripping over your opponents ahead of the state party’s Hall of Fame event https://t.co/gxaL3qcqq0 w/ @GregJKrieg — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg tonight in Des Moines via @carolinerkenny: “I think some of my fellow Democrats want to see a return to the 2000s or 1990s just as some conservatives yearn for a return to the 1950s and it just doesn’t work that way. ... We can deliver something better.” https://t.co/6BlAUSZCaO — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg, as he has said before, told the young LGBTQ people here in Des Moines "there was a time in my life that I would have cut the gay out of me if I had known how." He added that he now realizes his sexuality is “helping me do some good in the world." — PolitiTweet.org

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It was "terrible news from a conservative state, maybe not that different than my own state," he said. "The effect was that I immediately understood that hate was deadly" and that you could be killed for being gay even "before I understood that I was gay." — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg is opening up about his coming out story at the Matthew Shepard Scholarship Awards Dinner. "It took a while, a long while" to come out, the mayor says, but he adds that he remembers watching the coverage of Shepard's murder. — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg, unlike many 2020ers, deflected when asked about Biden's Hyde walk back. “When you have two dozen competitors, any energy you spend keeping track of any one of them is energy you are not spending on your own plans," he said, adding he's focused on his "own approach." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @epngo: Reminds me of this @merica story about @SenGillibrand having a great time on the trail: https://t.co/4P2RsQ3EQC https://t.co/5tT… — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg, asked about the politics of impeachment, says, “You can’t worry too much about the politics because they will change anyway.” He adds that Democrats should “do what we think is right” and let the politics figure themselves out. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pete Buttigieg, speaking in Winterset, Iowa, reflects on Pride Month by noting “Iowa really surprised the nation by helping to lead the way” on marriage equality. He said that fact helped “bring a freedom into my life.” https://t.co/speoFaBvXp — PolitiTweet.org

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DNC Chair Tom Perez has little sympathy for candidates complaining about the 65,000 donor threshold: "I think everybody has to be proficient. If you want to be President... you have to develop a proficiency at grassroots fundraising." Our story: https://t.co/7tl3yBuvDm — PolitiTweet.org

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CNN and The Des Moines Register to release third Iowa caucus poll Saturday, less than 24 hours before 19 of the 23 Democratic candidates take the stage at the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame fundraiser in Cedar Rapids https://t.co/umhJQ7DSaH — PolitiTweet.org

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Bullock’s team appears to be the angriest. The Gov is poised to miss the first debate after getting into the race late. Bullock adviser Matt McKenna on the donor threshold: It “punishes candidates from the parts of the country you fly over to get from the DNC HQ to Los Angeles." — PolitiTweet.org

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Some Democratic presidential candidates are not happy with the Democratic National Committee, and their anger is no longer being kept private https://t.co/VbzScHjep7 — PolitiTweet.org

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h/t @burlij for flagging this quote — PolitiTweet.org

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Seth Moulton tells @hughhewitt he is “not going to make the first debate.” “But I think that’s okay... Folks are barely going to get a chance to speak. This is a long campaign. And it’s not going to be decided by the Democratic National Committee in their debates,” said Moulton. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Seth Moulton knocked Joe Biden over his previous support for the Iraq War, using the former Vice President's reversal on support for government-funded abortions as his peg https://t.co/o6eS8SNd7v — PolitiTweet.org

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Inslee subtweets Biden’s backtracking on Hyde 👇 — PolitiTweet.org