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Brian Walsh
@brianjameswalsh
Former House/Senate/Campaign communicator. Lucky husband and dad.
Virginia, USAJoined May 2009

Brian Walsh’s Tweets

CEO of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce: “We’re depending on Senators Feinstein and Padilla to support increasing the number of flights into and out of DCA in the FAA Reauthorization bill this fall.”
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Julian Cañete: California small businesses need increased access to Washington, D.C. trib.al/zGRMGNS
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San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce calls for expanded direct flight access to the Washington, D.C. region which is what & other members of the Texas congressional delegation, in both parties, have been fighting for as well.
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Important read via Examiner’s Tim Carney on the DCA perimeter rule - “This regulation exists to protect Dulles from competition. More precisely, this regulation exists to protect United Airlines from competition…”
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New study from Boston Consulting out today shows updating the perimeter rule would create more than 1,000 new jobs and generate as much as $400 million in economic benefit to the DMV region. Odd that , & would oppose more VA jobs and tax revenue.
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NEWS in @PunchbowlNews MIDDAY VIRGINIANS go to WAR over expanding long-haul flights at DCA BEYER, WARNER and KAINE weigh in I interviewed KAINE about it today.... punchbowl.news/archive/42723-
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Exclusive: 9/11 Families United plans Tuesday press conference to share 'outrage' over Saudi-backed LIV golfers playing at Masters and writes letter to Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley. My reporting, including contents of the letter:
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Incredible bravery and heroism by these officers and their colleagues.
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MNPD Officers Rex Engelbert, a 4-year veteran, and Michael Collazo, a 9-year veteran, were part of a team of first responders to the Covenant campus Mon morning. They fired on the active shooter, who was killed. This is their body camera footage. youtu.be/Ue2tZa4hT0c
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The State Department's new human rights report on Saudi Arabia is damning. This is just the summary list of abuses: "Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: unlawful or arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings; enforced disappearances;...
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Couldn’t be more proud of our team at PLUS winning Best in Crisis Communications at the annual PRWeek awards tonight.
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Congratulations to @prarmyua and @plus_comms for winning Best in a Crisis for their campaign Fighting with Our Words. #PRWeekAwardsUS
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Leaders lead. Good for Leader McConnell. The deliberate gaslighting and lying about what we all saw with our own eyes on January 6th should anger everyone who works on Capitol Hill or even cares about our Capitol building and Capitol Hill police.
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McConnell, unprompted, addresses the Tucker Carlson segment on Jan. 6, saying he wants to “associate myself entirely” with the Capitol Police chief’s letter which criticized the presentation on Fox News last night
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For a long time, I've said that the top thing Republican voters want in a candidate is someone who fights. Moving into 2024, post-Red Fizzle, it's not just about fighting anymore - it is about *winning*.
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What Democrats and Republicans prioritize more in a candidate: 🔵 DEMS ✅Younger in age ✅Supports party leadership ✅Swing voter appeal 🔴 GOP ✅Performing better than Donald Trump did
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Really bad decision by the Star-Ledger, a paper I love + my first professional home. , as story says, spent "47 years as a reporter and has been a consistent watchdog for the state." A giant loss for New Jerseyans and those who represent them.
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“The road 2adopt­ing the Rea­gan pro­gram & chang­ing Amer­ica was paved with bit­ter com­pro­mises. If per­fec­tion is what you’re af­ter, then run­ning for Con­gress was the wrong de­ci­sion. If you can’t com­pro­mise, you can’t leg­is­late or gov­ern.”
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