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This is the nature of tail risk. We should acknowledge uncertainty but focus first and foremost on the very real danger. Experts are gravely worried. We should act now not ask later why warnings weren't heeded (see: 9/11, Chernobyl, etc.).
This is not a drill. https://twitter.com/froomkin/status/1308867004435181568
A democratic emergency. Full stop. https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1308897308814180352?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1308902276187262978?s=20
History will remember what you do now. This is it. This is the red line. https://twitter.com/dbryanjones/status/1308921693197434882?s=20
A time for choosing. Do you believe in democracy or do you not? Who will speak up? Who will put country over party? https://twitter.com/ssamcham/status/1308914717772132352?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1308916144972222466?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1308900215542476802?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1308912742225543169?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/ericlach/status/1308900469209796610?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1308927501956263938?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/RyanDEnos/status/1308929475984359425?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/petersuderman/status/1308940461214765056?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/Nick_L_Miller/status/1308922579667898369
One Republican stands up. https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/1308932877229477890?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/tackettdc/status/1309065596357808129
A democratic emergency. My comments this AM on @Morning_Joe. https://twitter.com/Morning_Joe/status/1309097223653920772?s=20
. @RepSteveStivers joins @MittRomney. Who else will do so? https://twitter.com/RepSteveStivers/status/1309090639234162688?s=20
The media must convey that we are facing a democratic emergency. The fact that Trump has said similar things before does not in any way reduce the gravity of the situation. https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1309097166661615619?s=20
Encouraged by statements like this - now from @marcorubio. But we've seen this kind of talk before from Rs who ultimately bent the knee. Will they stand firm if Trump creates enough chaos to generate a pretext for overturning the vote/stopping the count? https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1309096756181954561?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/brooks_rosa/status/1309131757481009153?s=20
A democratic emergency that the media needs to cover as such. https://twitter.com/djlavoie/status/1309102422732795905?s=20
No criticism of Trump; instead attacks Democrats, trying to leverage negative partisanship. Ominous. https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1309173786407841792?s=20
If the Dept. of Justice will take these kinds of irregular actions now to promote false claims of widespread voter fraud, what will they do in November? A democratic emergency.
A democratic emergency.
A democratic emergency. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/24/us/trump-vs-biden-election/after-the-white-house-said-trump-would-accept-the-results-of-the-election-he-once-again-suggests-it-may-be-tainted
A democratic emergency: "his most substantial threat yet to the nation’s history of free and fair elections." https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/1309312277179510785?s=20
A democratic emergency.
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/perrybaconjr/status/1309503318885052417?s=20
A democratic emergency.
A democratic emergency that must not be covered using idiotic both sides frameworks.
A democratic emergency.
A democratic emergency.
My latest comments on the current democratic emergency https://twitter.com/vprnet/status/1309924196223393793?s=20
A democratic emergency. Listen to one of the most eminent scholars in the field. https://twitter.com/henryfarrell/status/1310188646474145794?s=20
A democratic emergency. The former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court.
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1310295778267668482?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1310560037199400963?s=20
The President continues his ongoing and unprecedented campaign against the legitimacy of an election he seems likely to lose. A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1310585397630689280?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/SeaTimesOpinion/status/1310074102053572608?s=20
The President spent a significant portion of a presidential debate attacking the legitimacy of the U.S. electoral system and suggesting that the election could be "fraudulent." A democratic emergency.
A democratic emergency https://twitter.com/Camila_Vergara/status/1311133999574724608?s=20
What would you say if you saw it in another country? A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/ron_fournier/status/1311134987866038272?s=20
Totally plausible. A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/Nolan_Mc/status/1311316287973359618?s=20
NYT news analysis (not opinion/editorial): "the most direct threat to the electoral process now comes from the president of the United States himself." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/politics/trump-debate-election.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage
A democratic emergency.
A democratic emergency.
"'It's the kind of language you might expect from a dictator': Trump's remarks on election integrity and poll-watching alarm experts" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/30/us/presidential-debate?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur#its-the-kind-of-language-you-might-expect-from-a-dictator-trumps-remarks-on-election-integrity-and-poll-watching-alarm-experts
A democratic emergency.
A democratic emergency.
A democratic emergency. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/magazine/trump-voter-fraud.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytmag
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/mjonescorrea/status/1311406997930151942?s=20
The U.S. faces "the gravest challenge in its history to the way it chooses a leader and peacefully transfers power" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/politics/trump-debate-election.html
In other words, a democratic emergency.
In other words, a democratic emergency.
American intelligence and homeland security officials are worried the President of the United States is signaling foreign powers to interfere in our elections on his behalf.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/politics/trump-debate-election.html
A democratic emergency.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/politics/trump-debate-election.html
A democratic emergency.
A democratic emergency. To Racicot's great credit that he is speaking out. https://twitter.com/POLITICO_Steve/status/1311475944352288768
"Almost every single claim Trump made during the debate segment about the integrity of the election was inaccurate... His Tuesday performance was just the latest component of a systematic, months-long disinformation campaign"
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1311478197213593600?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1311478197213593600?s=20
"something of a more perilous nature for a democracy"
"recently floated conspiracy theories that also sound like calls to arms."
A democratic emergency. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/trump-election-poll-watchers.html
"recently floated conspiracy theories that also sound like calls to arms."
A democratic emergency. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/trump-election-poll-watchers.html
A democratic emergency. https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-donald-trump-local-elections-lawsuits-4298a514550323d39931f3e5fff2ccae?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP_Politics&utm_campaign=SocialFlow
A democratic emergency. https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-frees-federal-prosecutors-to-take-steps-that-could-interfere-with-elections-weakening-long-standing-policy
A democratic emergency. Allows DOJ to be further weaponized in the ongoing attack on the legitimacy of the election. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/us/politics/justice-department-election-fraud.html
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/kjhealy/status/1314032319989190656?s=20
A democratic emergency. https://twitter.com/stevenmazie/status/1314033989112528896?s=20
