Democrats must find a candidate who will defeat Trump

I totally agree with this. Getting rid of Trump is more important than any policy issue.

Most Democrats would rather have a candidate for 2020 who can beat Trump — even if they don't agree with them on the issues — over a candidate with whom they agree completely but who would have a hard time defeating the President, according to a new poll https://t.co/08D1ek6a1K pic.twitter.com/TxtmzY78mC
— CNN (@CNN) February 4, 2019

The 5 key corners of the 2020 Democratic primary: https://t.co/f9TKcxKUwe pic.twitter.com/0KRQ1LnTAV
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) February 4, 2019

FWIW, I think there is room for a more moderate candidate. Right now, biggest contenders in race (Booker, Gillibrand, Harris, Warren) have among most liberal records 2017-2018. But, look at who was elected by Dems in 2018: equal # of moderates/progressives https://t.co/rxAbWYQLzZ
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) February 2, 2019

Trump’s willful ignorance

John Walcott @TIME shares his extraordinary reporting out today “'Willful Ignorance.' Inside President Trump's Troubled Intelligence Briefings. Added bonus: how Trump first pronounced Nepal (“nipple”) and Bhutan (“button”). Watch: #CNN pic.twitter.com/nVdzTwlQin
— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBCNN) February 4, 2019

“You can’t impeach somebody for doing the best job of any president.”
https://t.co/t4NQIxE2nP
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) February 4, 2019

Trump’s recent behavior towards the intel community is a new low. Here’s my take. https://t.co/3DL35qftdK
— Steven L. Hall (@StevenLHall1) February 4, 2019

Republicans are finally seeing Trump’s intelligence problem https://t.co/gwgGLyVnyB pic.twitter.com/7Xdw6v87Q9
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) February 4, 2019

A retired CIA officer believes intelligence agencies are holding back information "for fear Trump might not be able to keep a secret."

Send a list of Trump's impeachable offenses to your members of Congress here: https://t.co/MqMFGyXc5t https://t.co/nNTJnLLAqR
#PutinsPuppet
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) February 4, 2019

Trump's public war against our Intelligence community endangers all Americans.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) February 4, 2019

Our best intelligence allies might be holding back information from their U.S. counterparts, for fear Trump could not keep it a secret, since Trump likely discussed sensitive matters with Putin behind closed doors, with no record of the conversation.https://t.co/rvAO0J5vq4
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) February 4, 2019

Wisconsin voter suppression

Here's the story of how Republicans' voter-ID law delivered victory to Trump in 2016. #WIpol pic.twitter.com/9sfzBS3pan
— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) February 4, 2019

Trump’s Super Bowl interview

"They haven't been kneeling and they have been respecting the flag and their ratings have been terrific ever since. And a lot of good things happened." — Donald Trumphttps://t.co/dNpC4PgUu7
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) February 4, 2019

Another poll shows the majority doesn’t want Trump’s wall

The American people do not want Trump’s wall. Period. https://t.co/FnZ10ywuS3
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) February 4, 2019

NEW Gallup Poll:
-The Wall: 40% support, 60% oppose.
-81% support pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants
-only 37% want to cut immigration levels, a massive drop from prior decades that continues to decline. https://t.co/BsjKlIl5dI
— Todd Schulte (@TheToddSchulte) February 4, 2019

60% of Americans oppose Trump’s border wall https://t.co/WYHk56mdko
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 4, 2019

Two-thirds of Americans say an agreement to avert another shutdown is unlikely, most oppose Trump's proposed paths forward on a border wall. https://t.co/5XkTy7YPen
— Jennifer Agiesta (@jennagiesta) February 4, 2019

He’s trying to bully Congress by claiming he has a mandate. He’s bluffing. https://t.co/5nlUjTBtUf
— Slate (@Slate) February 2, 2019

Majority of Americans continue to say immigrants strengthen the U.S. #SOTU2019 https://t.co/xtSDSpxQRR pic.twitter.com/u3SWEQAQ0M
— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) February 3, 2019

New CNN poll shows 1 thing clearly: People think the government sucks pic.twitter.com/nz7Y2jc730
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) February 4, 2019

We know what Trump is doing: putting on full display Republicans' war on women by grossly attacking Speaker Pelosi during her honest negotiations. He's doing so when his approval numbers among women continue plummeting.https://t.co/IG1o458kMq
— Jorge Antonio (@jorge_aguilarDC) February 2, 2019

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Compared to five years ago, do you think race relations in the United States have gotten better, gotten worse, or stayed about the same?
Better 10%
Worse 59%
Same 30%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 5/31 – 6/5/18)https://t.co/SbYaMCuW9R
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) February 4, 2019

71% of Republicans say they support another partial government shutdown if an agreement that includes funding for a border wall can't be reached via new @CNN poll
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) February 4, 2019

Trump's approval rating stands at 29% approve, 67% disapprove among Americans under 35 years old via new @CNN poll
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) February 4, 2019

Thousands more children separated from their parents

Monsters. Inhuman monsters.; https://t.co/o4cktNuSdT
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) February 4, 2019

This is what evil looks like. https://t.co/YMe6KjdsPt
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) February 4, 2019

BREAKING: Tonight the Trump administration filed documents that don’t dispute the recent report that there may have been thousands more separated kids. They’re arguing it would take too long to figure out where those kids are because they have no tracking system.
— ACLU (@ACLU) February 2, 2019

This is what I was trying to say in my long-winded prior tweet condemning the @realDonaldTrump Administration for refusing to find kids they separated from parents, but @pattonoswalt says it much more succinctly. https://t.co/gXtWGdgWQ1
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 2, 2019

We’re paying Trump to watch TV

I actually prefer it when he doesn’t do anything – less harm is done. People should not be surprised by the leaks – he sounds like a terrible boss. He criticizes people, fires them by tweet, talkas about them in public.

If he is having calls and meetings not on the schedule, he’s hiding the results so that’s another problem.

President Trump spends the majority of his days in “executive time” — hours filled with unplanned meetings, TV watching, and tweeting, according to an Axios report that cites a leak of the president's schedule obtained by Alexi McCammond. https://t.co/wWiKiWolN5
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 3, 2019

We got these schedules emailed to us every morning. Just consider the sheer amount of time and effort it would take to compile two months worth of schedules.

If most leaks are involuntary manslaughter, this was premeditated murder.

Vipers gonna vipe.https://t.co/s7ozNkHVMJ
— Cliff Sims (@Cliff_Sims) February 4, 2019

White House has decided that some bad press – very light schedule! – is better than keeping accessible records of his meetings. https://t.co/lWsQycZ7aL
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 4, 2019

A day later and folks around Trump are still stunned and disconcerted by the leak to Axios. https://t.co/cABzbAjkcE
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 4, 2019

Yes, hundreds of calls and meetings not publicly accounted for and likely not included in any historical record as required by the Presidential Records Act. The Trump White House is different in many ways. One is it will likely be a black hole for historians. @USNatArchives https://t.co/nCV686BY4b
— Bryan Bender (@BryanDBender) February 4, 2019

In which the Director of Oval Office Operations publicly concedes that the President routinely conducts official business by telephone or in-person meetings without publicly noting that these calls/meetings even exist—let alone identifying their participants or subject matter… https://t.co/ue66EJ51wX
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) February 3, 2019

Leaking happens in every administration, but I wonder if they ever stop and ponder why so much more of it happens in this one. https://t.co/JqNk3Xtgaj
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) February 4, 2019

Steel jobs are down

Trump’s promise to bring back steel jobs hasn’t happened. In Nov, Labor Dept says there were 83,400 people employed by American iron and steel mills, down 100 from last Feb, month before Trump tariff announcement. Via @WSJopinion https://t.co/3ErQiFmEIe via @WSJOpinion
— David Wessel (@davidmwessel) February 4, 2019

Trump is up to 8,459 false statements

UPDATED count in the Trump claims datebase: 8,459 false or misleading claims through Feb. 3. January 2019 is the third biggest month with 736 claims. https://t.co/rZaAOI0gjd
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) February 4, 2019

Northam must go but Republicans should shut up

Republicans can’t talk:

Trump is a bigot.

Steve King is a bigot.

Several southern Republicans made racist statements during the 2018 elections and were elected.

McConnell posed with a Confederate flag.

None of this excuses Northam’s behavior but since Republicans tolerate racism, they can’t talk about the Democrats.

If you're going to criticize Virginia Democrats for blackface, it might help if you had criticized Trump for the Central Park 5, lying about Obama's birth certificate, vilifying Mexicans and Muslims, defending Nazis in Charlottesville, or endorsing racists Steve King & Roy Moore.
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) February 6, 2019

Asymmetry is even more evident when we look at wall-to-wall coverage of what Northam did more than 30 years ago compared to yawns about Cindy Hyde-Smith’s racism during the 2018 campaign. Not one Republican calling for Northam to go have called for any action against Hyde-Smith.
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) February 4, 2019

You supported a presidential candidate who was literally endorsed by David Duke (and didn't disavow it) and later called white nationalists "fine people." Are you on crack? https://t.co/DlOztdSdEX
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) February 4, 2019

What a joke. It's like Trump Jr. doesn't remember pussy grabbing, Roy Moore, affairs with porn queens, Mexican rapists, shit hole countries, good Nazis, or a thousand other disgusting things. And it only works for him because Fox doesn't report the truth. It's all a sad joke. https://t.co/zH63SmmSmh
— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) February 3, 2019

Media should be asking: Why Ted Cruz make Steve King the co-chair of his campaign in 2016? https://t.co/Ea20iopFck
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 3, 2019

Hey, @realDonaldTrump

Your dad was arrested at an actual KKK rally. https://t.co/axdz6eYTjN
— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) February 3, 2019

In wake of Northam controversy, @SenSherrodBrown describes Trump as unequivocally as possible as "a racist" and cites the many examples in his career to support that description. Contrast remains b/twn D party urging accountability from Northam & Rs repeatedly excusing Trump. https://t.co/rcG6Jq1fbR
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) February 3, 2019

You worked for a man who praised Nazis, tried to enact a Muslim ban and is pushing for a racist border wall. So you can sit down. https://t.co/klUj3q0YnF
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 2, 2019

REPUBLICANS DEMAND RESIGNATIONS:

When Clinton’s unfaithful. But not Newt Gingrich.

When Eliot Spitzer sees a hooker. But not David Vitter.

When Al Franklin touches. But not Trump.

When Ralph Northam is racist. But not Steve King. Or Donald Trump. Or Mitch. Or etc etc etc.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) February 2, 2019

It is incredible how much Republicans care about racism when it serves them
— Katie Herzog (@kittypurrzog) February 1, 2019

Jr, your father pulled more crap than any candidate in history and still got himself elected President.

You best keep quiet. https://t.co/BJe4ctXOer
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) February 2, 2019

1. I have seen this from others sharper than Junior, also. That a Republican would be driven away from politics for a history of racism. How….is it even possible to think that? pic.twitter.com/BgZiSbaYXM
— Elizabeth Picciuto (@epicciuto) February 2, 2019

Imagine being the son of the guy who has no regrets about taking out a full-page ad in the NYT calling on the state to "BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY" to kill five black and Hispanic kids who turned out to be innocent…and not thinking, "You know, I should sit this one out." https://t.co/rPb1BOLIkz
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) February 2, 2019

Imagine if whole GOP did to Trump after Access Hollywood what Dems are doing to Northam now. Northam must go. I really am not impressed with any R who didn’t abandon Trump after Access Hollywood. It isn’t bothersiderism. It’s Northam go, R’s put a sock in it.
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 2, 2019