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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Olivia Nuzzi

      1. It's really worth paying attention to Biden's words here. “Some say Democrats are angry...well I don’t believe it.” We have an unaddressed climate crisis, abortion rights under siege, migrant kids detained & dying, maybe war with Iran but Uncle Joe is not angry.https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/1129720696702230528 …

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      Olivia Nuzzi @Olivianuzzi
      The Biden campaign releases two excerpts from Biden’s speech, scheduled for delivery this afternoon in Philadelphia: pic.twitter.com/0d445h2laW
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      2. This is Biden's strategy in a nutshell: “Some say Democrats are angry...well I don’t believe it.” The pitch is a return to pre-2016 normality & working with GOP. It ties in with Pelosi's no impeachment & slow-walking investigation of Trump. It's pure folly.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      3. Who will Biden win in the general election with this message of "we're not angry, we'll return things to normal, we'll work with GOP"? Never Trump conservatives like Bret Stephens seems to like it but Stephens already voted against Trump in 2016. It wasn't enough.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      4. Biden's message of "we're not angry, we'll return to normal, we'll work with GOP" will demobilize key Democratic groups, while Trump will run on an angry message (Coup attempt! Treason! Lock 'em Up) which will mobilize his base.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      5. "The best lack all conviction, while the worst/ Are full of passionate intensity." -- Yeats. Democratic Party: let's get lacking all conviction to run against passionate intensity.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      6. Anyways, I think there's an opportunity here for other candidates (particularly Sanders, Warren & Harris) to take up anger question. Give speech: "People are angry & scared. For good reason. We need to channel that anger into political organizing to defeat Trumpism & GOP."

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      7. This goes beyond political messaging. The anger is out there in the world. It's real. It needs to be acknowledged and given voice so that it can be channelled in productive directions. To simply deny the anger is to deny reality.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      8. If Biden is nominee & he runs on "unity" message then once again Trump (even though he's president) will be able to position himself as the insurgent fighting the status quo restorationist. Biden will give Trump a licence to run again as the change candidate. Madness.

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        1. hello‏ @IntuitiveKind2 18 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          If Joe Biden is too old to feel pissed off about what DT has done to the world, he may not be alone but he's still the wrong man for the job.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/booming/some-baby-boomers-feel-less-irritated-as-they-age.html …

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        2. Bec‏ @beccanalia 18 May 2019
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          @threadreaderapp unroll

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        3. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp 18 May 2019
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          Hello, there is your unroll: Thread by @HeerJeet: "1. It's really worth paying attention to Biden's words here. “Some say Democrats are angry...well I don’t believe it.” W […]" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1129774162485174272.html … Enjoy :) 🤖

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        1. Neil Mink Lecture Series‏ @TheBitchBot 18 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Voters will usually vote for more "positive" candidate. Hillary couldn't sell that, but i think Biden can...

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        1. Stephen Robinson‏ @SER1897 18 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Trump will argue that the “establishment” (Biden) want to return things to how they were.

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        2. Virginia S. O'Possum, MS, MA  💉 💉 💉‏ @VirginiaOPossum 18 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          A weird thing post-Obama is that in certain contexts "unity" is just a dog-whistle for "whiteness", in that Obama, despite his strategic embrace of bipartisanship, was regarded as "divisive" because racists worked to delegitimize him. Biden's running as an old white guy. Unity.

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        3. Virginia S. O'Possum, MS, MA  💉 💉 💉‏ @VirginiaOPossum 18 May 2019
          Replying to @VirginiaOPossum @HeerJeet

          And it's not even going to work because the racists all know Trump is their guy.

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        2. Joe FF‏ @joeff53 18 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @beyerstein

          The more I see Biden, the more I think he’s the JEB! of 2020. He will step on most Dems’ last nerve and can only win nom by scaring D voters into believing only he can beat Trump (or w superdelegates at a deadlocked convention).

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        3. Captain Jingle Pants | Anticapitalist | DNC = GOP‏ @CptJinglePants 19 May 2019
          Replying to @joeff53 @HeerJeet @beyerstein

          It's almost certain that he will use superdelegates at the convention. I personally have zero doubt about it. 22 candidates in different states, 12 not even polling at 1%, and they stay in. They're taking votes from Bernie anyway they can.

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        2. Irina‏ @IT_not_real 18 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Biden is not my candidate. He's even in my top 7 list. I think he's & Sanders are too old too. I don't want either of them to be the nominee. This the challenge for Dems - it has always been - non-monolith & diverse. Yes, there is a lot of anger/fear (I'm furious).

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        3. Irina‏ @IT_not_real 18 May 2019
          Replying to @IT_not_real @HeerJeet

          But there a group who just want to go back to "peace & normal." That's a large percentage of the college educated suburban group that voted for Democrats in 2018. Twitter is not the real world. Canvas & you will see it.

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