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Founder of Downfield, a global firm specializing in political, strategic and crisis communications | Likes Underdogs| Fighting for the Democracies | 🇺🇸🇬🇷

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Eric Koch
1 year
Been off Twitter a few days (including during my birthday) visiting Lviv, Ukraine for a client work trip. What follows here is a thread of what we saw, the work being done and what they need.
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I present to you all, Trump's crazy letter as the Star Wars crawl
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Seinfeld plot for "The Quarantine" -Jerry is nervous his on-again/off-again GF is gonna be stuck with him -George thinks he's been exposed by his parents who went on a cruise -Elaine tries to get back together with ex who is Doctor -Kramer has a 'cure' but "it'll cost ya"
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Putin wanted to restore Imperial Russia and really there is no bigger Imperial Russian energy than picking a fight w an opponent you massively underestimate and get your naval flagship sunk in the process
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7 years
The President is a deeply weird person who is incapable of simply giving the Coast Guard a well deserved compliment
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Eric Koch
2 years
Trump’s first impeachment focused on withholding security assistance to Ukraine in order to try and shake down their government for dirt on Biden. Sit this one out.
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Mike Pompeo
2 years
American weakness always creates risk for our friends and our interests.
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Seinfeld, The Vaccine: George hasn’t seen his parents since 2020 “I could just not get it, and never see them again” Kramer did 5 vaccine trials all at once. “Jerry, I got everything in me!” “Even Sputnik??” “Da!”
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3 years
Cape Horn hasn’t seen this kinda action since like 1850
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White House raises white flag: “we aren’t going to control the pandemic”
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2 years
Codify Obergefell, now
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NBC News
2 years
Sen. Ted Cruz says the Supreme Court was “clearly wrong” and “overreaching” when it legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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4 years
Dang, @MollyJongFast poised to be first female dictator in hundreds of years after she ascends to power in North Korea
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“It’s one banana Michael, what could it cost, $10???”
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The funniest thing about Trump’s two indictments and his Republican opponents defending him is that if it happened to any of them he would just absolutely nuke them off the planet and they’d be out of the race in hours
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Rep. Mike Pence in 2004: “Weapons of mass destruction have been found.”
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3 years
The 10 weeks I had of paternity leave was the best 10 weeks of my life. I would not give those weeks back bonding with my child for literally anything in the entire world.
@NikkiMcR
nikki mccann ramírez
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Tucker Carlson mocks Pete Buttigieg for taking paternity leave: "Paternity leave, they call it, trying to figure out how to breastfeed, no word on how that went."
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I present to you all, the top of Trump's crazy statement on his FBI raid as the Star Wars crawl
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3 years
They’ve made like 4 movies about why this is a bad idea
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The Hill
3 years
Elon Musk's business partner says he could build the real "Jurassic Park" with genetically engineered dinosaurs
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Eric Koch
4 years
Pete was subject to a lot of bad faith attacks in the primaries for any number of reasons but the fact was and is that he’s a supremely talented communicator who is quick on his feet and can deliver a message in a succinct way that connects with all kinds of audiences
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Introverts for Planet Earth
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Nothing, just @PeteButtigieg ad-libbing the perfect response to breaking news.
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7 years
Trump retweeted a now suspended bot. What a time to be alive.
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8 years
You're free.
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@EricDKoch
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4 years
DNC is talking about domestic violence The Secretary of State:
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Mike Pompeo
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Why would New York City ever want to stop this?
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After the Trump era ends, a lot of people like this are going to try and claim they acted honorably because they are heroes in their own minds. They didn’t and aren’t.
@RodRosenstein
Rod Rosenstein
4 years
The Department of Justice will ignore the President's threats against his political opponents, as it has in the past, because prosecutors who take an oath to support and defend the Constitution must uphold the rule of law.
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What kind of person is @mayawiley ? She rushed over to the Sheraton today to support the men being kicked out, and called a car for one of the men to help him get to another hotel. All empathy.
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Eric Koch
3 years
Yes, big mystery.
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4 years
Old enough to remember Susan Collins saying Kavanaugh would stand up for LGBTQ rights. Collins was wrong again.
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6 years
Trump is 100% the kind of guy who would go all the way to Paris and have room service for dinner
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4 years
Bill Stepien deploys a familiar strategy
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The Lakewood Scoop
4 years
Garden State Parkway in Democratic New Jersey at a standstill in support of President Trump. @TeamTrump @EricTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr @POTUS
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Eric Koch
5 years
The Mandarin Duck is officially a New Yorker
@BirdCentralPark
Manhattan Bird Alert
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The feisty MANDARIN DUCK often chases down and nips at the larger Mallards when they invade his space or otherwise annoy him 📷 @philmcgrew
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DNC going up in key states to promote the biggest Democratic win in a generation and putting pressure on Republicans who voted lockstep against helping the country - love to see it. All gas, no brakes.
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Elaine is calling every doctor she’s ever dated but none will help her “I guess I’m not worth the Vax! I’m not vax-worthy!” George’s parents get the vaccine and go on a cruise without telling George. “We’d rather go on a cruise than go to Manhattan”
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Trump by the numbers: 4 Chiefs of Staff 7 guilty verdicts via Mueller 2 top congressional allies plead guilty 4 National Security Advisors 6 Communication Directors 41 House seats lost 1 Gorka 1 Impeachment
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Eric Koch
3 years
Neuman has a side hustle with pharmacies and vaccines but quickly becomes overwhelmed - and then the Surgeon General comes calling. “He even outranks the Postmaster General!” Jerry will only get J&J “No way I’m going there twice. They only get me once!”
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Eric Koch
3 years
Anyone get a light flicker in NYC like 10 mins ago?
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Eric Koch
4 years
Trump’s taxes on the front pages of big swing state newspapers this morning
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7 years
America 2017: There was a school shooting today and it was by and large shrugged off. We've become horribly sensitized to gun violence.
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Eric Koch
4 years
Wow. Dan Sullivan’s family company - which he owns up to $5m in stock, is run by his brother and has bankrolled his campaigns - is doing business *directly* with the Chineese government.
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3 years
25 years later, we honor the heroes of the War of 1996
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5 years
Buzzfeed blowing the doors off this story
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Eric Koch
6 years
When you by accident give up the whole plot
@moneyries
Brian Ries
6 years
Roger Stone tells CNN he does not believe he is the unnamed person in the indictment: “My contact with the campaign in 2016 was Donald Trump. I was not in regular contact with campaign officials.” From @mj_lee
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Maybe an unpopular opinion but the MTA having even close to normal service today after we had hurricane-like rain last night is pretty remarkable. Credit to all the people who worked overnight to make that happen.
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@EricDKoch
Eric Koch
4 years
So @DrAlGrossAK is absolutely wrecking @DanSullivan_AK in tonight’s debate. Al is on point and precise while Dan is disinterested, stumbling and seemingly doesn’t want to even be there.
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Eric Koch
5 years
Why the President had another meltdown 👇
@JesseRodriguez
Jesse Rodriguez
5 years
Sen. Blumenthal tells @Maddow that he thinks Donald Trump Jr. (among others) may have made false statements in congressional committee testimony
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Eric Koch
3 years
Your dad called for “trial by combat” at the rally. Spare us your nepotism tweets.
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Andrew H. Giuliani
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I’m sickened by the loss of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. We, the party of law and order, as we preached all summer long, should never attack our men and women in that wear the badge. My heart breaks for the Sicknick family.
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RIP to Edward Shames, the last surviving officer from the famed “Band of Brothers” Easy Company, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne.
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Eric Koch
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This Tweet isn’t going to make it any easier to land an agent for a TV gig after spending *years* lying to the country for Trump
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Alyssa Farah Griffin
3 years
Dear MAGA- I am one of you. Before I worked for @realDonaldTrump , I worked for @MarkMeadows & @Jim_Jordan & the @freedomcaucus . I marched in the 2010 Tea Party rallies. I campaigned w/ Trump & voted for him. But I need you to hear me: the Election was NOT stolen. We lost.
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Trump popular vote wins: 0 Trump impeachments: 2
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Elle gets nominated to the Supreme Court and the plot revolves around her confirmation process “What, like it’s hard?”
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Screen Rant
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#LegallyBlonde3 will pick up with Elle Woods at 40 and follow her life as a mother with a high-powered career.
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Trump, a three act play
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2 years
Stuff like this is why Pete's ceiling is so high
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Lis Smith
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. @PeteButtigieg is such a strong, sober, serious voice for the US on the global stage
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Eric Koch
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Nice attempt to launder Trump’s ramblings into something coherent but here in reality we remember Trump said we should move past the murder of Jamal Khashoggi because the Saudi’s were buying weapons from us and that would create jobs
@MZHemingway
Mollie
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Trump's words today about the military industrial complex's power in the Pentagon evoke Eisenhower's warning of same in his 1961 farewell address. Worth rereading today as that complex run its information op.
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Eric Koch
3 years
Mitch in 2015 in case anyone is wondering
@LeaderMcConnell
Leader McConnell
9 years
Blocking #NDAA funding is not in our national interest and it's profoundly unfair to our nation's brave troops.
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Eric Koch
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Hannity: You wouldn’t do crimes, obviously. Trump: So I did the crimes
@highbrow_nobrow
The Intellectualist
3 months
Hannity: “I can’t imagine you ever saying, ‘Bring me some boxes we brought back from the White House. I’d like to look at them.’” Trump: “I would do that..I have the right to take stuff! You know they ended up paying Nixon $18 million for what he had.”
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Moderator asks Dan Sullivan how he will protect pre-existing conditions if Supreme Court strikes down Affordable Care Act [Awkward pause] Sullivan asks if the question if for him, then evades question.
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Eric Koch
4 years
Once a decade, a Republican President asks Speaker Pelosi to ride to the rescue and save the economy
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Donald J. Trump
4 years
I fully support H.R. 6201: Families First CoronaVirus Response Act, which will be voted on in the House this evening. This Bill will follow my direction for free CoronaVirus tests, and paid sick leave for our impacted American workers. I have directed....
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Eric Koch
5 years
Well done, NYT
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1 year
Absolutely BRUTAL headlines for the GOP on swing-state front pages across the country
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3 years
Cape of Good Hope!
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7 years
There is some profound karma if email is what brings this bunch down
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5 years
Flashback: John Bolton, in November 2002, says Iraq had rebuilt its WMD program and claims they could start their nuclear program in a year. Four months later, the U.S was at war in Iraq and there were no WMD’s.
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Eric Koch
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One of the PR people is a former Senior Political Correspondent for OAN
@nytimes
The New York Times
4 years
Breaking News: 2 PR advisers at the FDA were ousted from their positions after the agency's chief acknowledged exaggerating plasma's benefits for Covid-19.
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Eric Koch
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Welp. There goes everyone's productivity today.
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Eric Koch
3 years
Sometimes good people who want to do right are just good people who want to do right - and that’s @PeteButtigieg who is not just good at his job but is one of the most skilled communicators Democrats have on a whole host of issues
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“Trump mob storms Capitol”
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Maybe they will sent the Baltic Fleet next?
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Eric Koch
3 years
Don’t take the bait. Cruz wants to get into a process fight about his statement. He abandoned Texas during a deadly emergency. That’s the story.
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Eric Koch
3 years
Same sky, 20 years later
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Eric Koch
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TFW you didn’t see the end of the move
@TrumpWarRoom
Trump War Room
4 years
House Democrats can push their sham impeachment all they want. President Trump's re-election is 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.
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10 years
One of the greatest tweets in history right here
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Hey all, he’s in debate prep. Thanks.
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Eric Koch
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this tweet will not age well
@PRyan
Paul Ryan
8 years
A unified Republican government - Donald Trump and our Senate and House candidates- will dedicate itself to solving the country’s problems.
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Eric Koch
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And it’s wonderful that @SecretaryPete and @Chasten are taking this time despite their workloads. Good example for others - if a Cabinet Secretary can take time, anyone can.
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@jtimsuggs My “fix” for the movie was always 1) No Palps in marketing 2) Act 1 is Kylo going nuts with rage from voices in his head 3) Middle of Act 2, Palpatine is revealed Would have been actually shocking
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Eric Koch
7 years
Got the fav from @HamillHimself so pretty much the best day ever
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Eric Koch
4 years
If it walks like a poll tax, and talks like a poll tax, it’s a poll tax
@AnaCabrera
Ana Cabrera
4 years
JUST IN: The Supreme Court says Florida can enforce a law barring ex-felons from voting if they still owe court fines or fees associated with their convictions that they are unable to pay.
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Eric Koch
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If you’re a doctor, nurse, hospital worker or first responder who is looking to speak up but is not sure how or to who, my DM’s are open and I’m happy to talk to you about your options in how you can to tell your stories. Confidentiality assured.
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Eric Koch
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Ouch. Moderators note out of the gate that Dan Sullivan is not *in* Alaska but is actually remoting in from DC where he's hanging out to rip away healthcare #AKsen
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Eric Koch
2 years
Presenting…. Seinfeld: The Variant
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Eric Koch
3 years
Imagine doing all this to come in 5th in Iowa
@HawleyMO
Josh Hawley
3 years
It's time to stand up against the muzzling of America via @nypost
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Eric Koch
7 years
NYT is out of ducks
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6 years
Nailed it.
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Eric Koch
6 years
Flash forward to Thursday: "Wow, can you believe the shut down ended only four days ago?" - everyone on here
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Eric Koch
7 years
The same cut the President welcomed?
@JonathanLanday
Jonathan Landay
7 years
BREAKING: State Dept spox: The US has fully implemented "unwarranted and detrimental" staff cut ordered by #Russia at US mission in Moscow.
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Eric Koch
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“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing” - Trump, asking for a foreign attack on another campaign.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
6 years
With Spies, or “Informants” as the Democrats like to call them because it sounds less sinister (but it’s not), all over my campaign, even from a very early date, why didn’t the crooked highest levels of the FBI or “Justice” contact me to tell me of the phony Russia problem?
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Pete’s love of this country- who we are and what we can be is palpable.
@PeteButtigieg
Pete Buttigieg
4 years
If you're used to voting Republican, years from now your grandkids will ask what you did in this moment and you will have to tell them if you were a 'John McCain Republican' or 'Donald Trump Republican.' You can't be both. The choice is yours.
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Eric Koch
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Trump was almost 50
@Santucci
John Santucci
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Trump on his failures in the past: "I was young and you have to learn."
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Eric Koch
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🚨NRSC admits Dan Sullivan is in real trouble in Alaska🚨
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Eric Koch
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Lol my dude Trump hates you more than anyone
@jeffsessions
Jeff Sessions
4 years
President @realDonaldTrump displayed tonight his incredible drive, understanding of the history and principles that made America great. Masterful! Unleashed! Winning message!! @JoeBiden cannot match this. Game on!
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Couple things happening here: 1) @Lis_Smith is totally right on Cuomo 2) Maureen Dowd calling her Pygmalion is something I’m never gonna hear the end of after a drink (or 6) once we escape this lockdown
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Eric Koch
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"Folks, folks, do you think I should pardon Nikki Haley?" [Crowd boos no] "I don't think so either, she did a bad thing, a very bad thing. We like her, but was a bad thing. We'll see. Maybe if she asks nicely? But it was not very nice."
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Eric Koch
6 years
Nail down everything
@Kevinliptakcnn
Kevin Liptak
6 years
Scott Pruitt may be on thin ice with the White House, but he showed up the July 4 picnic on the South Lawn anyway
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Eric Koch
1 year
Legit forgot what an absolutely brutal takedown of Lil Marco this was
@marcorubio
Marco Rubio
1 year
Any political reporter/commentator claiming Christie “ended” my campaign in 2016 is lazy or dumb NH debate sucked because instead of hitting back when attacked like I wanted to, I listened to advice about “pivoting” & not “punching down” on a CC who was at 7% & about to drop
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Eric Koch
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A few weeks ago I said we missed Peter Kaplan’s ability to capture New York right now. Thankfully, we have @MollyJongFast who did it perfectly here.
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Eric Koch
4 years
Dan Sullivan is trying to move the Alaska Senate debate so that he can vote to take away healthcare from Alaskans. Dr. Al Gross statement: "My offer is this: nothing"
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@EricDKoch
Eric Koch
2 years
Biden goes out on a limb, advocates immediately chop off the branch. Good work.
@reidepstein
Reid J. Epstein
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NEW: Joe Biden is "tired of being quiet," but voting rights advocates say he waited too long and has done too little to push for a filibuster carve-out. It may now be too late to get legislation passed. w/ @NYTnickc
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Eric Koch
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Cleanup on aisle Rob
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Eric Koch
3 years
This week I kicked off a new communications firm called 'Downfield.' Going to be focusing on campaigns, crises, and other strategic communications needs. Visit for more. DM's are open, so be in touch if you want to work together!
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Eric Koch
3 years
She won’t admit it on here but @Lis_Smith has mentored a whole new generation of comms staff who are excellent at what they do and are going to be important leaders for years to come
@Lis_Smith
Lis Smith
3 years
Congrats to #teampete ’s @tesswhittlesey ! @SenAlexPadilla is lucky to have her—>
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Eric Koch
3 years
Just brutal
@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
3 years
Rep. Malliotakis went on Erin Burnett's show and tried to defend her vote against certifying Biden's election win. It didn't go great for her.
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