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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Nov 2020

    1. One thing we haven't seen in election post-mortems is an acknowledgement that saying and doing the right thing can cost you votes, but is still the right thing to do. I think that's particularly true of Biden's handling of climate and covid.

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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Nov 2020

        2. In the second debate Biden said, as president he would "transition from the old industry." Trump jumped on that & said "Will you remember that Texas? Will you remember that Pennsylvania, Oklahoma?" I'm sure Biden's words cost him. But they were the right thing to say.

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Nov 2020

        3. On Covid, Biden's bleak message ("a dark winter") likely cost him votes. But it was also honest and better leadership than Trump's everything is going to be great soon.

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      4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Nov 2020

        4. Also on Covid, and perhaps more debatable, the Biden campaign's decision not to do door-to-door canvassing. It clearly cost them. Arguably they went too far but it was consistent with the larger (and correct) message of prioritizing fighting Covid.

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      5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Nov 2020

        5. Arguably the Covid message could have been modified by emphasizing that further sacrifices would be compensated by stimulus (and Dems, unlike Trump, were unwilling to take credit for popular UI top up).

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      2. Pete Sikora‏ @PeteSikora1 23 Nov 2020
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        how is that true on climate? (please please please don't say fracking. 100% renewable energy is insanely popular). There's no downside to saying the "truth" on climate afaik

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      3. Pete Sikora‏ @PeteSikora1 23 Nov 2020
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        In fact, the more aggressive you are on climate, the more voters like it e.g. enormous pollution cuts by 2030 are *more* popular than enormous pollution cuts by 2050. 100% renewables even more so! Plus jobs. Call it... a Green New Deal ;)

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      1. james_roe‏ @james_roe 23 Nov 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Biden hasn't said or done the right thing with either of those though.... Are you saying that's part of why he won? That he lied? Or are you pretending he said the right thing about both and lost votes as a result? Very confused.

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      2. hilde45‏ @hilde45 23 Nov 2020
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        It would be great to see a bunch of interviews with Biden voters

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      3. SooskaVaxxed-Still-Wears-A-Mask‏ @SooskaVee 23 Nov 2020
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        I think the vast majority would be “he’s a decent guy with experience enough to guide us out of the awful snare that Trump and his cult have caught us in,” OR “he’s not Trump.”

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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Nov 2020
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        Honestly I wish I was that cool.

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