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    1. Tom Watson‏Verified account @tomwatson 22 Dec 2018

      Tom Watson Retweeted Jeet Heer

      Did you miss the wave? C'mon.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1076534316723712000 …

      Tom Watson added,

      Jeet HeerVerified account @HeerJeet
      It's true that the left wants to win and change the world while liberals want to just cry about losing. Glad that Chait sees that. https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1076497992180469760 …
      6 replies 13 retweets 104 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Dec 2018
      Replying to @tomwatson

      If winning elections were enough to defeat GOP extremism then the problem would've been solved in 2008 and 2012.

      8 replies 4 retweets 152 likes
    3. Tom Watson‏Verified account @tomwatson 22 Dec 2018
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      Wait, you referenced losing, not me! 😕

      2 replies 0 retweets 53 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Dec 2018
      Replying to @tomwatson

      "Losing" in this case goes beyond elections. The GOP has lost the popular vote in 6 of the last 7 elections, yet have a stranglehold on the Supreme Court which might actually get worse in the next 2 years. That should give liberals some pause.

      7 replies 10 retweets 113 likes
    5. Joe Ro‏ @joero3 22 Dec 2018
      Replying to @HeerJeet @tomwatson

      What exactly are you suggesting liberals do differently.

      5 replies 2 retweets 24 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Dec 2018
      Replying to @joero3 @tomwatson

      For one thing, take the courts more seriously (Obama was really bad at that in first term; should've put in a lot more judges & gotten Breyer & RBG to resign). Push for broad electoral reforms (voting rights, challenges to electoral college, etc.)

      225 replies 24 retweets 232 likes
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Dec 2018
      Replying to @johnennis @joero3 @tomwatson

      Dems had a super-majority in 2009-2010, dude. And always had the power to over-ride the filibuster, dude. Politics is about outcomes, not prissy whining about the meanness of the other side, dude.

      8:02 AM - 23 Dec 2018
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      • Ghost In Training 👻⏳ drew Fix Bidens weak majority 2022! Vote BLUE! BenjaminCraft-Rendon Finbad the Failer Matthew Bailey Sofonisbe 🥑🚰🧦 Chris Sturr Roz
      33 replies 5 retweets 76 likes
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        2. Harlowe UpNorth‏ @wickedirishmn 23 Dec 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @johnennis and

          They had a super-majority for about 6-8 weeks.

          1 reply 0 retweets 27 likes
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        2. GONELIKEHELLMACHINE‏ @golikehellmachi 23 Dec 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @johnennis and

          This is just fucking wrong, dude, and if you’re going to armchair quarterback the first Obama term, you should probably have your facts straightened out first, dude.

          1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
        3. GONELIKEHELLMACHINE‏ @golikehellmachi 23 Dec 2018
          Replying to @golikehellmachi @HeerJeet and

          Here, lemme help a journalist out by providing a good rundown that took me less than 30 seconds to find: https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_1929869 …

          0 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
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        2.  🇺🇸Sybill Trelawney 🇺🇦 🌻‏ @SybilT2 23 Dec 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @johnennis and

          Dude, you must have been unconscious during that period, he had 60 votes for a couple of months at most. The GOP were insistent on blocking every single thing he did.

          1 reply 1 retweet 24 likes
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        1.  🇺🇲  ☕ LM ✌️ 🇨🇦‏ @shayne571 23 Dec 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @johnennis and

          Dude, that's not true. Look it up. You don't even know basic facts. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-m-granholm/debunking-the-myth-obamas_b_1929869.html …

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        2. Serial Banana Citizen‏ @svenosaurus 23 Dec 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @johnennis and

          Dems had a supermajority for all of six weeks, with Kennedy on his deathbed and ACA an urgent priority.

          2 replies 2 retweets 23 likes
        3. Barb  ☮️ Marching for Our LIVES‏ @UpNorthOpinions 23 Dec 2018
          Replying to @svenosaurus @HeerJeet and

          Thank you! Folks like to overlook this inconvenient truth. Nobody, not even Obama, could change the world in a very busy/complicated six weeks.

          0 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
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        1. MikeInKC‏ @MikeinKSCity 23 Dec 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @johnennis and

          Patrick Leahy honored the blue slip nonsense.

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