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A Woman's Place Is In The House

Open Thread: Kamala Harris Versus Mike Dense Pence

by Anne Laurie|  October 7, 20206:12 pm| 196 Comments

This post is in: 2020 Elections, A Woman's Place Is In The House, Biden-Harris 2020, Open Threads

Tonight. 9pm ET. pic.twitter.com/uQR3INMnGd

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 7, 2020

I doubt I have the stamina to watch it live, but she is a very capable debater, and her defenders are fierce!

Hot off the twitters…

Taylor Swift Endorses Joe Biden for President, Throws Support Behind Kamala Harris Ahead of VP Debate​ https://t.co/Uh5q9m9zfg

— People (@people) October 7, 2020

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‘She is going to eat him up and she is going to spit him out’: Fellow Howard University alumnae discuss Senator Kamala Harris as she prepares for a high-stakes debate against Vice President Mike Pence https://t.co/QMMY5fJnhb pic.twitter.com/318slZtc0G

— Reuters (@Reuters) October 7, 2020

I've watched her do it on the Senate Judiciary Committee and absolutely cannot wait to watch her do it again on the debate stage. @KamalaHarris is ready to hold this administration accountable.

Tune in tonight! https://t.co/g5txkJQlxX

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) October 7, 2020

President Jimmy Carter: "We need champions in the White House like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris who understand the needs and values of working Georgians. Kamala Harris has the talent & charisma to lead our great nation as our next Vice President, & I know Americans will see that."

— Nick Walden Poublon (@NWPinPDX) October 7, 2020

I’m cheering on my friend @KamalaHarris in the debate tonight! I know she’ll cut through the nonsense and speak truth to power.

— Katie Porter (@katieporteroc) October 7, 2020

Ambitious women belong everywhere. We are the backbone of this nation and we are stepping into our power.

We are just weeks away from electing my sister, @kamalaharris, as America’s first female VP.

Cheering you on tonight & everyday @supermajority #ambitionsuitsyou pic.twitter.com/YgRAdphaiA

— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) October 7, 2020

Excited to cheer on the next Vice President of the United States tonight. You got this, @KamalaHarris! ?? pic.twitter.com/Ih73vo7h8I

— Gretchen Whitmer (@gretchenwhitmer) October 7, 2020

Make no mistake: Mike Pence will lie about coronavirus on the debate stage tonight.

He’s done it before, saying we made "remarkable progress" while cases spiraled out of control.

Here’s a reminder of what @KamalaHarris will have to deal with tonight: pic.twitter.com/4wlUMskdZT

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 7, 2020

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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Kamala Harris Is RUNNING!

by Anne Laurie|  September 8, 20207:12 am| 188 Comments

This post is in: A Woman's Place Is In The House, Biden-Harris 2020, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat

My sister just said something super smart about this video. It pisses most men off because they don’t like to see women walking with this much confidence. They don’t like women that look like leaders, even when they’re just walking off a plane. #KHive pic.twitter.com/2wCMkW3OhH

— Big Meaty Lead Enthusiast ???????? (@SJGrunewald) September 7, 2020

I think this is the first photo I’ve seen where Harris wasn’t wearing heels (and, as a fellow short woman, I can appreciate why she goes to such heights to literally be seen).

Opinion: Kamala Harris has been training her whole life for this https://t.co/mDt4j84Rkt

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 8, 2020


Jen Rubin is also, understandably, charmed:

… In the weeks since her selection, Harris has fired up fundraising and injected excitement into the race. But more important to the task of governing that will follow a successful campaign, we need a vice president who possesses the right balance of insider knowledge and outsider sensibilities; the empathy that comes from consoling victims; the granular knowledge of the criminal justice system and the web of policies and institutions that perpetuate racism (knowingly or not); the insight into the obstacles that deprive millions of their right to vote; and some righteous anger mixed with unflinching optimism in our ability to perfect America. To get all that, you really do need an ambitious woman on the ticket.

Tiger Beat on the Potomac (h/t Mr. Charles P. Pierce), on the other hand…

"the trump treatment"?

why does anyone still act like the president has some weird superpower where if he insults someone or gives them a dumb nickname, it will hurt them https://t.co/RQQKJVq34R

— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) September 8, 2020


#WEAK.SAUCE, Politico!

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Monday Morning Open Thread: Great Week to Be A Democrat

by Anne Laurie|  August 24, 20207:39 am| 99 Comments

This post is in: A Woman's Place Is In The House, Biden-Harris 2020, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat

In ABC Exclusive Interview, Joe Biden says he felt no pressure to pick a Black woman for VP. He selected Kamala Harris because she fit the closest and the best to what he was looking for in a Veep.

(??: this could choke you up ??) #BidenHarris pic.twitter.com/ERgA25WQsF

— ??? ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER ??? (@flywithkamala) August 23, 2020

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says he blames Donald Trump for "walking away" as COVID-19 ravaged the country, in a televised interview alongside running mate Kamala Harris on the eve of the Republican convention https://t.co/l27gNNSIxt pic.twitter.com/Z4HzbtVckH

— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 24, 2020

31 years after they joined hands to demand freedom from Soviet oppression, citizens of the Baltic states formed a human chain in solidarity with Belarusians fighting to throw off the chains of dictatorship.

We stand with the people of Belarus as we stood with the Baltic nations. https://t.co/i1wVnU0wkZ

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 23, 2020

In interview, Biden says he will stick to his stay-at-home strategy https://t.co/H6J9XC83kY pic.twitter.com/2M1Phg0ELk

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 24, 2020

Here’s the Ohio version of the @JoeBiden campaign’s Goodyear ad, which features this quote from Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan: "When you come after Goodyear, you're coming after Akron.” pic.twitter.com/Z5RwHZkSW3

— Sarah Mucha (@sarahmucha) August 23, 2020

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Proud to Be A Democrat Open Thread: Kamala Harris Is FORMIDABLE

by Anne Laurie|  August 13, 202010:53 pm| 133 Comments

This post is in: A Woman's Place Is In The House, Biden-Harris 2020, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Racial Justice

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Retweet if you are voting for the #BidenHarris2020 ticket. pic.twitter.com/0ETNgjSWKY

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) August 11, 2020

And so are her supporters!

My mentor Shirley Chisholm always told me, “if they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”

Well we’ve brought our chairs & we’re here to stay.

Ambitious women are here to stay, Black women are here to lead & we are all united in our fight #ForThePeople

— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) August 12, 2020

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Via commentor RikyRah, because this thread does indeed deserve wide circulation:

Just spent the last 2 hours phone banking here in Texas. I called a grandmother. She’s 91. Black. She answered so sweet. I told her who I was, and asked if she was registered to vote for November. She said YES MAAM! I said, “wonderful. I hope we can expect your support…”

— Stephanie Clay ? (@_StephanieClay) August 12, 2020

“baby, I’m overjoyed. Look at God.” I told her I’ve been emotional all afternoon thinking about my slave great great grandparents, and how I wish they knew it would get better. She told me about her days picking cotton, and about her scarred hands.

— Stephanie Clay ? (@_StephanieClay) August 12, 2020

She talked about her grandfather being lynched. She told me she hoped Kamala had the best security. She’s afraid someone will try to hurt her. We prayed again.

Before we hung up she told me to dream bigger than my last dream. I promised I would.

Thank you Mrs Ethel. ❤️

— Stephanie Clay ? (@_StephanieClay) August 12, 2020

Kamala Harris will be one of the most experienced and qualified vice presidents in American history. #WeHaveHerBack pic.twitter.com/hdkum7Vi5j

— PACRONYM (@PACRONYM) August 11, 2020

Impt point being made by @JoyAnnReid right now on @msnbc: That it’s a massive strength, not a weakness, that @JoeBiden picked someone who challenged him and went after him in the debates.

Quite a contrast with @realDonaldTrump

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) August 11, 2020

SO READY!!!!! #BIDENHARRIS pic.twitter.com/QoxBbrkjk3

— Tanner ???? (@Tanner_Everett) August 11, 2020

An excellent choice! We all need to be united in defeating Donald Trump this November, and with @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris on the ticket, that’s exactly what we’ll do.

Let’s get to work. ???? https://t.co/NC9HZJz9It

— Sharice Davids (@sharicedavids) August 11, 2020

Tim Kaine supports Kamala Harris in his Senate Floor Speech. Powerful stuff. pic.twitter.com/p7hLntENKS

— delonté ?? ???? (@dilemmv) August 12, 2020

Shirley Chisholm is smiling on us tonight. Well done @JoeBiden and congratulations, @KamalaHarris — History: Made. https://t.co/fXQeu28RqU

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 12, 2020

YES @KamalaHarris! ????????????#WhenWeAllVote #Vote2020 pic.twitter.com/iOU3duBAcA

— Chadwick Boseman (@chadwickboseman) August 11, 2020


(Remember, Boseman’s also played Thurgood Marshall, Jackie Robinson, James Brown — and Thoth!)

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Election Year Open Thread: Stacey Abrams Knows Her Worth

by Anne Laurie|  May 21, 20206:40 pm| 115 Comments

This post is in: 2020 Elections, A Woman's Place Is In The House, Excellent Links, Post-racial America, Voting Rights

90,000 Americans are dead.
1,400,000 confirmed U.S. cases.
36,000,000+ unemployment claims filed.

Trump had plenty of warning, but he failed to act to slow the spread of the pandemic.@StaceyAbrams takes us back in time to explain Trump’s failed coronavirus response: pic.twitter.com/wbOODu1vB9

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) May 18, 2020

The Washington Post did an anodyne and extremely predictable beat-sweetener on “The Power of Stacey Abrams” last week, and it completely unhinged that portion of the Very Serious Commentariat which would predictably come unhinged at the very possibility that a voting-rights activist might be getting serious attention. Give Jen Rubin her due, she can hear the dog whistles:

There is now a whole genre of right-wing punditry declaring, in hysterical and angry tones, that Stacey Abrams would be the worst pick in the history of vice-presidential picks. No, really. The people who defend their vote for President Trump, who support the most unqualified Cabinet in history and who think political experience is overrated now see a catastrophe if the former minority leader of the Georgia state House, the founder of Fair Fight and Fair Count and a rising star in the Democratic Party is picked as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee…

Why all the venom? Let’s begin with the assumption that it is perfectly reasonable to argue she is not the best VP choice or that her lack of national experience would weaken the ticket. But the anger, the determination to ignore her accomplishments (she did found a voting rights group, deliver a response to the State of the Union and hold the minority leader position in her state for more than half a decade), the resentment over her insistence on calling out voter suppression as the reason for her loss and feigned offense at her ambition (horrors!) smack of racism. I suggest the tone of these voices — How dare she?! — would be far different if, say, Pete Buttigieg or Beto O’Rourke were promoting themselves for the job.

Abrams has committed the cardinal sin for an African American woman in the eyes of the right: She will not accept the legitimacy of elections won through voter suppression, and she will not be appropriately docile and humble. Unfortunately, I fear that this is just the beginning of the thinly disguised racism that we will see should former vice president Joe Biden select an African American as his running mate…

Abrams’ political style is “Person Who Is Never Afraid to Demand What Her Constituents Need”, which puts her squarely in the camp of such political stars as Shirley Chisholm (“If they won’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair”), Bella Abzug, and Ann Richards, among others. The current Democratic quest for Biden’s VP gives her a space to advocate for her goals, and she’s out there doing the work.

Some samples: From the AP, Q&A: Stacey Abrams is ready to serve but not on top court

… AP: The pandemic has elevated calls for mail voting. Can states make the changes necessary for that by November?

ABRAMS: No-excuse absentee balloting has to become the law of the land. It’s so critical that the next (pandemic response bill from Congress) include the $4 billion or $3.6 billion to help every state scale (up their absentee mail balloting.) The reality is we cannot afford not to do this. We have no excuse not to comply and not to meet our responsibilities for democracy, and it’s absolutely possible if we scale it up.

AP: The president said recently that people “cheat” by mail voting. How do you compete with that given his platform?

ABRAMS: I would ask journalists to tell the truth, which is that voter fraud is almost nonexistent. Donald Trump voted by mail. It is actually the safest and most accessible way of voting. In 2017, Donald Trump convened a voter fraud task force. It was so impossible to prove rampant voter fraud that they disbanded the committee before they had to issue a report…

AP: Can you talk about black identity politics and what might seem to be a more accepting environment for “blackness” in politics today?

ABRAMS: Writ large, identity politics simply means I can see you, and I understand that there are barriers to your ability to access what is considered a general good.

I enter this space as a black woman with natural hair, who does not look like everyone else. That doesn’t diminish my capacity to be effective, but it heightens my responsibility to be vocal.

Going back to COVID-19, black people are dying at a higher rate here in Georgia: 32% of the population, 54% of the deaths. That’s directly tied to identity, and if we do not acknowledge it, we are never going to find the solutions to address it. And so I think identity politics is a necessary part of our politics, but it’s also not new.

This nation began with identity politics. White men who owned land were allowed to vote and no one else was. That is the most strident degree of identity politics I think you can imagine, and what makes America such an important country is that we evolve, we continue to expand who is a part of our narrative and who has access to leadership (and) access to opportunity.

AP: The bottom line for November – do you believe that 50 states will be able to put together a fair election, an accurate count of the public will?

ABRAMS: Yes, we can have a free and fair election if, one, we have federal investment in those state elections now. Because this is a matter not simply of will, but of capacity. What I want everyone to pay attention to is that as Democrats work to expand access to the right to vote for all Americans, Republicans are doing their level best to limit that access. Why would we want to limit access to our democracy? That should be a question every person asks.

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From the NYTimes, Stacey Abrams Wants More Than the Vice Presidency:

… Traditionally, Democrats have sought a vice-presidential pick that appeals to swing voters, those suburban whites whose operative variable is not whether they show up to the polls, but whether they go blue or red upon arrival. Such a priority this year would elevate the appeal of a running mate like Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota or Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan.

But there is another, oft-overlooked slice of the electorate that Ms. Abrams argues is equally crucial to the party’s success, voters who grapple with a different binary: voting Democratic, or not voting at all.

“The focus on persuasion has often been trying to persuade someone to shift from their conservative ideology to a more moderate or liberal ideology,” Ms. Abrams said in an interview. “But for voters of color, it isn’t about shifting ideology — it’s persuading them that voting actually will have an effect.”

These other swing voters, oscillating between voting Democratic or not at all, are the Americans — largely racial minorities and young people — whom Ms. Abrams has devoted her career to reaching. As she explains it, there are overt voter suppression tactics, and then there is this more insidious thread, often unwittingly perpetuated by her own party, that tells this segment of swing voters that they are less worthy of courting…

Since 2018, Fair Fight, along with its nonprofit arm, Fair Fight Action, has raised millions of dollars and funded teams at state Democratic parties across the country. In 2019, for example, Fair Fight helped Kentucky Democrats file a lawsuit that restored to the rolls some 175,000 voters who had been purged by the Republican governor. And amid the pandemic, the organization has shifted its focus to the expansion of voting by mail.

Ms. Abrams stressed that these efforts can matter little if citizens do not buy into the act of voting itself — in other words, if the barrier to participation is not so much a law or policy but a belief that the system has never valued one’s voice to begin with…

And a coda, from Georgia native Ed Kilgore, at NYMag — If 2020 Doesn’t Make Stacey Abrams Veep, It Could Propel Her to the Governorship of Her State:

… Kemp, whose coronavirus policies have been nearly as ignorantly erratic as the president’s, is presently in the midst of an extremely perilous gamble wherein he is risking a fresh wave of coronavirus infections and deaths due to premature reopening of Georgia businesses that managed to earn a rebuke from Trump. A recent Cygnal survey of Georgians commissioned by a Republican rival showed Kemp with an approval/disapproval rating of 43/52; 54 percent of respondents gave a thumbs-down to his handling of the pandemic. Kemp’s appointee as U.S. senator, Kelly Loeffler, appointed in no small part to fund Republican-coordinated campaigns this year and in 2022 (when Loeffler, in the unlikely case she wins the November special election, would be up for a full term), has been a human dumpster fire politically, generating constant negative media coverage (fanned by Republican as well as Democratic opponents) for apparent conflicts of interest involving her and her husband’s vast wealth and stock holdings.

It’s a long way until 2022, but you have to say Brian Kemp, who ran an abrasive, borderline-racist campaign in 2018 as a “politically incorrect conservative” who enjoyed offending people, doesn’t have the sort of personality that would lift him to a second term absent a strong performance as governor. And his dubious handling of COVID-19 has given Abrams all sorts of opportunities to gain local and national attention, completely aside from her veep aspirations. She’s taken advantage of it, too…

The political landscape in 2022 will certainly depend on what happens this November; if Abrams’s party loses, with or without her on the ticket, she’ll have the consolation of the midterm advantage the “out party” normally enjoys. She’ll also have had some more time to joust with Kemp and other Georgia Republicans over voter-registration rolls and other familiar issues, and figure out how to improve on her excellent 2018 turnout operation.

Any way you look at it, the immediate future looks challenging for Georgia, and promising for the politician who may become the first woman and African-American to serve as its governor — unless she happens to be otherwise occupied in Washington.

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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: Wishcasting for VP

by Anne Laurie|  May 19, 202010:03 pm| 37 Comments

This post is in: 2020 Elections, A Woman's Place Is In The House, Biden For President, Excellent Links, Open Threads, Post-racial America, Proud to Be A Democrat

This is the political equivalent of believing that Michael Jordan’s true talents lay on the baseball diamond. https://t.co/BnFChXY49s

— Peter Wolf (@peterawolf) May 17, 2020

Of course Nancy Pelosi is right where she and the Goddess intended her to be, but let’s take some time away from the Inevitable Ugliness(es) to discuss Biden’s potential partner.

Right now, assuming she wants the job, Kamala Harris is my personal favorite — she’s ready, she’s tested, and she’ll drive the Squatter-in-Chief even further out of his nasty rotted little mind. My favorite senator Elizabeth Warren, I get the feeling, is salivating at the chance to head up the Democratic Senate rooting out corruption the minute Lord Smallgloves (and, it can only be hoped, #MoscowMitch) flee DC (possibly for dachas in the glorious motherland, where Vlad the Interferer can better keep an eye on them). To which I say: You go, Liz!

But Biden has any number of excellent options, including no doubt some that we’re not yet aware of…

ICYMI: "A Biden-Duckworth ticket would emphasize Biden’s key selling points without taking on any new risks. Duckworth would help Biden stay the course and stay ahead in this race — which is exactly what he needs."https://t.co/vHHJ5oLe7t

— VoteVets (@votevets) May 16, 2020

if at this point anyone still thinks Republicans are the “law and order” party, then by “law and order” they mean “white people rule,” and I don’t think Val Demings is going to win them over. https://t.co/D3cRuyEtrD

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) May 18, 2020

Excellent read from Jonathan Capeheart, in the Washington Post — “Biden has four great options for a black female running mate. One is his best”:

… Biden knows how important it is to have an empowered governing partner who commands respect inside and outside the White House. That’s who he was as vice president to former president Barack Obama, and Biden is right to want the same for himself.

Before I list some popular choices, let me obliterate an argument that has cropped up in response to my first post. When folks say that whomever Biden selects should be the most qualified or that “identity politics only gets you so far,” they should be aware of how that hits the African American ear. Since Jim Crow, such sentiments have been used to question our abilities and snuff out our ambitions. No matter how brilliant we are, we are never brilliant enough in a world that still believes someone not straight or white or male (usually all three) is inherently unqualified for any role, let alone being a heartbeat away from the presidency.

The four black women most often mentioned as a possible Biden running mate defy that racist notion. They are worthy of the speculation…

You wanna know his pick, you’ll have to read the whole thing.

Just gonna throw this out there: Biden's VP pick is going to be Terri Sewell and within 24 hours there will be no less than a trillion articles about how picking a black former corporate lawyer shows the shallowness of identity politics.

— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) May 19, 2020

Hmmm. Per Wikipedia:

Terrycina Andrea “Terri” Sewell (born January 1, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served as the U.S. Representative since 2011 for Alabama’s 7th congressional district, which includes most of the Black Belt, as well as most of the predominantly black portions of Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery. Alongside U.S. Senator Doug Jones, Sewell is one of two Democrats in Alabama’s congressional delegation. A native of Selma, Sewell is a graduate of Princeton University, Harvard Law School, and Oxford University. Before entering politics, she was a securities lawyer for Davis Polk & Wardwell. She is the first African-American woman to have been elected to Congress from Alabama, and, along with Republican Martha Roby, was one of the first women elected to Congress from Alabama in a regular election…

As I said: Lotsa fine choices available!

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Election Year Regrets Open Thread: What Might’ve Been

by Anne Laurie|  March 12, 20206:04 pm| 101 Comments

This post is in: 2020 Elections, A Woman's Place Is In The House, Warren for President 2020

The intersection of a complex, unexpected health crisis causing an unusual form of recession is exactly the kind of thing Elizabeth Warren would've been unusually good at handling.

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) March 10, 2020

It was the financial crisis, with all its chaos and uncertainty, that launched her political career in the first place. If the next president is entering into a similar situation, she would've been well suited for it.

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) March 10, 2020


(Here’s hoping President Biden enters office with her already ramping up a full task force… )

This is from ~8 days ago and still is a gold standard for planning strategically around the rapidly unfolding crisis. https://t.co/uGzBaRAE65

— Mike Konczal (@rortybomb) March 10, 2020

This was only a week ago!

WARREN: Biden “is exactly who he says he is. He is a decent guy… and it comes through in pretty much everything he does.”

MADDOW: “U have disagreements with him on a number of policy issues?”

WARREN: “Yup. And agreements in a number of core policy issues.”

— Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou (@misyrlena) March 6, 2020

Of all sad words of tongue or pen…

Elizabeth Warren was the perfect test case: as smart or smarter than Hillary, just as prepared, just as qualified.
AND she didn't have her baggage,
AND she was a known progressive hero,
AND she turned out to be a fantastic campaigner.

And still. and still. and still.

— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) March 5, 2020

That is what makes this particularly stinging, once again we followed everyone's advice, we checked all the boxes, and it didn't matter. We didn't get the job.

And that's tough, today. But we keep getting close, and we keep breaking through. Warren mattered. Kamala mattered.

— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) March 5, 2020

We are so much farther today than we were in 2016 — it took us months to even recognize the role sexism played in Hillary's loss, and now it's such a given it's in a hulu documentary.

We talked about "likability" and "electability" — we didn't solve it, but we named it.

— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) March 5, 2020

And a whole generation of girls are growing up only knowing presidential contests with smart, funny, wonderful women who look presidential as hell.

It will be easier next time.

— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) March 5, 2020

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