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Missed this since I was not watching tv. I’d never heard of Van Jones before, but he was impressive on the CNN panel going toe-to-toe with Rick Santorum, who was doing a decent rearguard defense for Trump.
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CNN contributor Van Jones got emotional shortly after the news network called the election for Joe Biden.
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Adding a screenshot of a censored Trump here. Something symbolic there. He was elected as the voice of a broad sentiment, turned that voice into a narcissistic self-aggrandizing 24-7 party. Now he’s been muzzled. I expect many who support him will feel personally silenced.
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Pair with spotlight on Stacey Abrams who worked to actually give a voice to vast numbers of people instead of merely exploiting their frustrations
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It’s reported that Stacey Abrams worked relentlessly to register over 800,000 new voters across Georgia who were affected by voter suppression in time for the U.S elections. That is some impact 👏🏾🇺🇸
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Has it ever happened that a victory speech has been delivered before a concession? Even in 2000 Al Gore conceded before retracting the concession iirc, right?
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I guess this sort of thing is to be expected for a while. I personally find zero joy in this sort of thing tbh.
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You may want to mute this account for a while because I feel I may have to individually insult every member of the outgoing administration in crude and personal ways
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He didn’t have the biggest inauguration crowd but he’s definitely getting the biggest exit crowd. I wouldn’t join such crowds even without Covid but it’s interesting
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this party outside the White House maybe the best trolling i have seen in four years
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He speaks much more clearly and confidentially when he’s on a relaxed winning curve and his fumbles and slight stutters show up under stress. That’s one thing he shares with Trump... he does not know how to disguise his real emotions. He just has a healthier range of them.
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A splendidly mediocre speech by an optimally average speaker. Exactly what I was hoping for. He was steadily energetic and moved on stage. That physical energy and mood I think were well played counterpoints both to Trump’s physical demeanor and his sleepy-Joe line.
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Well, that’s all folks. We end this thread here. Follow this other thread for the excruciating analysis and lessons learned.
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This QT is my election livetweet thread. Now that things are winding down into a tight endgame with a cloud of murky lawsuits and doubt-merchanting hanging over them... I hereby declare the excruciating lessons learned meta-thread open. Muahahahaha. twitter.com/vgr/status/132…
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