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    Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 18 Oct 2017

    It's no surprise that my perspective is out of step w/ most liberal commentators. Here, my attempt at nuance elicited sighs & incredulity.pic.twitter.com/Ym2Fly7SH8

    8:34 AM - 18 Oct 2017 from Manhattan, NY
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      1. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 18 Oct 2017

        140 characters doesn't allow for much explanation. I've posted more thoughts (& longer video) here https://www.facebook.com/MattLewisDC/videos/vb.219060134788557/1821951771166044/?type=3&theater … Feedback welcomed

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      1. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 18 Oct 2017

        Note: It may turn out Trump was callous & inhumane. What I'm saying is that, based on the quote we have today, we don't KNOW that to be true

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      2. Karen‏ @flail01 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Yes well you are being ridiculous. Of course they know what could happen, but in that moment that is not what the wife needs to hear. Geez.

        2 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
      3. Karen‏ @flail01 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @flail01 @mattklewis

        This president just does not know how to express appropriately and lets just admit that.

        2 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
      4. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @flail01

        That's a perfectly reasonable (and plausible) point.

        0 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Patrick Chovanec‏ @prchovanec 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        I think it does depend a lot on context and tone. But for many people, Trump's prior words and behavior have blown the benefit of the doubt.

        3 replies 1 retweet 23 likes
      3. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @prchovanec

        I think you have hit the nail on the head.But if you've already "decided" on Trump, then what's the point of debating any given development?

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Patrick Chovanec‏ @prchovanec 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Something has to fill up the 24/7 news cycle. But yeah, I'm done with him. And I'm a Republican.

        1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
      5. Patrick Chovanec‏ @prchovanec 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @prchovanec @mattklewis

        I will admit I was 99% done with him before the election. But he could have proved me wrong. He hasn't.

        0 replies 2 retweets 10 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Cowboys2018‏ @TxTolduSo 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        How can you continue to give Trump the benefit of the doubt?

        2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
      3. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @TxTolduSo

        I'm not a Trump fan. But I try to judge each development as fairly as I can. It's easy to just dismiss him and assume he's always wrong.

        5 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Michael Huckins‏ @MichaelEHuck 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @TxTolduSo

        Come on. Showing proper empathy to a soldier's widow is not asking for the moon. He's the president.

        0 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Knarf‏ @KnarfTweets 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Let’s just keep lowering the bar! Remember the good ole days when you were distraught by President Obama’s tan suit lol

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @KnarfTweets

        Actually, I don’t. But maybe I forgot. Can you send me a link?

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Barbara C Yavorcik‏ @BYavorcik 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        https://www.google.com/amp/politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/08/28/that-time-obama-wore-a-tan-suit-and-twitter-freaked-out/amp/ …

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BYavorcik

        Am I even mentioned in that article?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Barbara C Yavorcik‏ @BYavorcik 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Sorry no - I misunderstood that u we’re looking to an article on the ridiculous tan suit outrage.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Knarf‏ @KnarfTweets 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BYavorcik @mattklewis

        Love what the Right now is able to tolerate compared to years past lo

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      2. scr‏ @scrlovelife 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        I guess you could say I'm "liberal" and I get what you're saying but we both know Trump isn't very articulate.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @scrlovelife

        Yep. Agree.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Michael Huckins‏ @MichaelEHuck 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @scrlovelife

        He's also lied about it! He said the story was a fabrication. Clearly, again, it was not the truth.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. scr‏ @scrlovelife 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @MichaelEHuck @mattklewis

        Bc he didn't see what he said as insensitive. He most likely did say something normal folk would find hurtful

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. scr‏ @scrlovelife 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @scrlovelife @MichaelEHuck @mattklewis

        But if that's not explained to him in the moment, he won't remember it as it was. He is a lot like my dad. I think he

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. scr‏ @scrlovelife 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @scrlovelife @MichaelEHuck @mattklewis

        Has a form of dyslexia. He knows what he wants to say but he can't articulate it. So, he thinks he's the said was fine

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. scr‏ @scrlovelife 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @scrlovelife @MichaelEHuck @mattklewis

        Bc in his mind, it came out right. But in reality, it came out totally wrong.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. scr‏ @scrlovelife 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @scrlovelife @MichaelEHuck @mattklewis

        And this isn't an excuse, it's just my opinion and how I handle it with my dad.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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