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Covering politics for @washingtonpost. daveweigel@gmail.com, 202-334-7387. @CWAUnion member. Avatar by @damnyouregis. Buy my book: http://tinyurl.com/h7wyg2c 

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    David Weigel‏Verified account @daveweigel 6 Jul 2021

    David Weigel Retweeted Justin Baragona

    Checking in after the weekend - are people angry about a thing that didn't happen? A thing that, if it happened, wouldn't have affected them in any way? Folks, America's back.https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1412414652588384267 …

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    Justin BaragonaVerified account @justinbaragona
    Right-wing media now justifying their false claims against the US women's soccer team because "a huge percentage of American sports fans totally think it’s believable" and it's "unfortunately a sign of where we are" that "so many of us just presume that level of disrespect." pic.twitter.com/Q0s0RLkTj6
    7:15 am - 6 Jul 2021
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      2. Justin Graeber‏ @justingraeber 6 Jul 2021
        Replying to @daveweigel

        "angry about things that didn't happen and wouldn't have affected anyone if they did," the Fox News story

        1 reply . 1 retweet 16 likes
      3. Brian D'Amico‏ @brianjdamico 6 Jul 2021
        Replying to @justingraeber @daveweigel

        "a huge percentage think it's believable" perhaps, in part, because you keep telling them it happened, whether or not it actually did...

        1 reply . 0 retweets 12 likes
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      2. Jane Coaston‏Verified account @janecoaston 6 Jul 2021
        Replying to @daveweigel

        "This is going to be a story" = "please, God, let this be a story"

        1 reply . 2 retweets 57 likes
      3. strallweat‏ @strallweat 6 Jul 2021
        Replying to @janecoaston @daveweigel

        They're trying too hard to make this a thing. But I see this happen with both sides. I follow you bc you call out both sides.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Tim Heidecker‏Verified account @timheidecker 6 Jul 2021
        Replying to @daveweigel

        The Gentleman with the harmonica? Bob Dylan was there?

        2 replies . 0 retweets 10 likes
      3. David Weigel‏Verified account @daveweigel 6 Jul 2021
        Replying to @timheidecker

        The story was about some athletes not facing the old veteran playing the anthem on a harmonica but apparently they were facing the flag so it's cool

        2 replies . 0 retweets 5 likes
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      1. Xavier Koenig‏ @xavkoenig 6 Jul 2021
        Replying to @daveweigel

        It’s almost like we’ve encouraged a huge percentage of the population to hold certain beliefs or prejudices and now they do hold those prejudices and look where we are…

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