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Deputy Campaign Manager: @JoeBiden |Been: @WhiteHouse @hillaryclinton @Marshalls | Walk on with hope in your heart and you’ll never walk alone

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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
4 years
Between 10-11 PM tonight, Biden for President had its best online fundraising hour of all time.
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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this election is a choice between two competing visions for america: one that says "you should drink bleach to cure viruses" and another that says "do not drink bleach"
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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well the debate showed off the president as a unhinged, petulant man child, raised joe biden $31.5 million online in just over 24 hours, registered 24,000 people to vote, and brought in 100,000 new campaign volunteers, and 60,000 new donors. so I think joe biden won!
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Rob Flaherty
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I was there. Her name was Gina. Her daughter is named Summer. Here's their picture. Asshole.
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@BillOReilly
Bill O'Reilly
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Beto says he met a woman working FOUR jobs. And raising a special needs child. I don’t believe him. Sorry.
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Rob Flaherty
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Marco Rubio is honoring John Lewis by making his profile picture a photo of him with Elijah Cummings
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Rob Flaherty
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that's the cemetery where his son is buried, chief
@FrancisBrennan
Francis Brennan
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REPORTER: "Mr. Vice President come talk to us." Joe Biden just keeps meandering along.
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Rob Flaherty
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Two weeks ago a black Mississippi man was given 12 years in prison for possessing marijuana that he bought legally in Oregon
@KellyO
Kelly O'Donnell
5 years
BREAKING: Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months by Judge TS Ellis in Virginia according to our court team
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Rob Flaherty
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RBG health news is always wild because out of nowhere, they'll just drop a press release like "Ruth Bader Ginsberg successfully warded off legions of banshees with her aura this morning. She is working from home."
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Rob Flaherty
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The world’s kind of a tough place right now so here’s Dolly Parton singing “I Will Always Love You” with Brandi Carlile
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Rob Flaherty
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At the end of this, Joe Biden will have: -More votes nationally than any other Presidential candidate in history -More than 50% of the popular vote -At *least* two 2016 flips (and more coming) -A higher margin in WI, PA, and MI than Trump's in 2016
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Rob Flaherty
4 years
This moment, distilled: The President sending his chief of staff to call the coronavirus a democratic hoax at a conference where a republican senator and house member ended up being exposed to the coronavirus
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Rob Flaherty
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Watching press write that the President breaking the law doesn't matter because voters don't know what the hatch act is is just....literally....everything about the media's fundamental failure to meet this moment wrapped up into a pathetic little ball.
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Rob Flaherty
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To be clear: the President just shared a video of a guy saying “The Only Good Democrat is a Dead Democrat”
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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Thank you Cowboys. See you in New Mexico!
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Rob Flaherty
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"This is an absolutely new tone for Lucy," said the political press corp watching "Peanuts". "I've never seen her handle the football with such generosity before. It truly is a new era."
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Rob Flaherty
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I, for one, think Joe Biden would be a pretty great President.
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Rob Flaherty
4 years
Former Beto staffer here. I’m thrilled!
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Rob Flaherty
4 years
Quite the contrast
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Rob Flaherty
4 years
A former Bernie employee is using our virtual phonebank tool to call voters and tell them Joe Biden has dementia — and is live-streaming it. We’ll cut him off in a little bit but I figured it’s worth everyone seeing this stuff in action.
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Rob Flaherty
4 years
100,000 people are dead
@EricTrump
Eric Trump
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GREAT DAY for the DOW!!
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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yeah he's spending his time building sustainable grassroots power to turn texas blue and teaching kids at a state school how to get involved in texas politics. what a loser, huh
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Ken Klippenstein
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How it started How it’s going
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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Dot — and folks, I can’t stress this enough — Gov
@JoeBiden
Joe Biden
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Rob Flaherty
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The Biden administration's Department of Homeland Security will be run by a Cuban-American immigrant and a child of refugees.
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Rob Flaherty
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Joe Biden tweeted this one year ago today.
@JoeBiden
Joe Biden
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We are not prepared for a pandemic. Trump has rolled back progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health security. We need leadership that builds public trust, focuses on real threats, and mobilizes the world to stop outbreaks before they reach our shores.
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Rob Flaherty
4 years
Ignore polls and do the work
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Rob Flaherty
4 years
Since you can pay trump advisors to say anything you want on Cameo, earlier this year I paid Corey Lewandowski $50 to give a pep talk to ol' Joey.
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Rob Flaherty
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This video now has more views than the population of South Bend.
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Rob Flaherty
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During convention, Team Biden-Harris-DNC-DNCC: -Raised $70mil -Brought in 285,000 new donors -Added 1.1 mil people to our SMS list -Got *128 mil* video views -Sent 700k unique visitors to We're just getting started. Join us!
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Rob Flaherty
4 years
so anyway. The Biden campaign owns
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Rob Flaherty
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New York Times: Is Joe Biden too old? Also New York Times: Is Donald Trump too macho, good at dancing, charming, dynamic, and dare we say….debonair?
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Rob Flaherty
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Joe Biden is going to be President.
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Rob Flaherty
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Rob Flaherty
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My favorite biden thing during this town hall has been him asking “did I answer your question” after he answers their questions
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Rob Flaherty
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On inaug day: -FB is transferring @JoeBiden 's followers over to POTUS -Snap is handing us @WhiteHouse -YT is giving us all of the @WhiteHouse Subs -Twitter is starting us at zero...but recommended the President of the United States tag other accounts to encourage growth
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
3 years
So yeah! ~~Personal news~~ etc Joe Biden has always led by bringing people together -- and we built a digital strategy around it. Thrilled to be working with this incredible team to continue that work, and to vanquish malarkey wherever it may hide.
@merica
Dan Merica
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The move makes @Rob_Flaherty the director of digital strategy in the White House Office of Digital Strategy. He will be joined by a host of other names from the Biden campaign. More here:
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Rob Flaherty
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"Joe Biden has begun to draw more engagement per post on Twitter than President Trump..."
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Rob Flaherty
4 years
absolutely outstanding tweet from the trump campaign's legal advisor
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Rob Flaherty
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Staffer: Senator Ernst if you do one thing, just don't admit that the entire defense strategy is a political farce aimed at hurting Joe Biden Ernst: The entire defense strategy is a political farce aimed at hurting Joe Biden
@alanhe
Alan He
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ERNST: "IA caucuses are this next Monday evening. And I'm really interested to see how this discussion today informs and influences the Iowa caucus voters, those Demcaucus goers. Will they be supporting VP Biden at this point?" H/T @JaxAlemany
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Rob Flaherty
5 years
Guys it was my grandma’s birthday dinner tonight and out of nowhere she decided to flex on Mitt Romney
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Rob Flaherty
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Just a breath-taking act of New York Timesism
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Rob Flaherty
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Taylor Swift skipping DC on her football stadium tour is gonna introduce a whole new set of folks to Dan Snyder
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Rob Flaherty
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Split screen: Joe Biden listing off the pay-fors of his tax plan, answering a heartfelt question about why young black voters should choose him Donald Trump saying he doesn’t know for a fact that there isn’t a satanic pedophile cult running the government
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Rob Flaherty
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4,000 more people signed up to volunteer for Joe Biden during his grassroots fundraiser than attended Donald Trump's get-together in Tulsa.
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Rob Flaherty
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press: the trump comeback has begun Trump: even though no one is asking, I have not recently had a series of mini-strokes
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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Meanwhile over on the fourth largest Instagram account in the world... @TheRock endorses (and interviews) @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris !
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Rob Flaherty
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The GOP frontrunner: -Called for a political assassination -Called for investigations and fines for media outlets he doesn’t like The President: -Is three years older than him And now for me to take a big sip of coffee and see what the press is more focused on.
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Rob Flaherty
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Cory Booker on his way to the suburbs to tell everyone his favorite pun
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
4 years
Got a fun story for you about what happens to the Death Star
@parscale
Brad Parscale
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For nearly three years we have been building a juggernaut campaign (Death Star). It is firing on all cylinders. Data, Digital, TV, Political, Surrogates, Coalitions, etc. In a few days we start pressing FIRE for the first time.
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Rob Flaherty
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This month... 🚀we raised $141 million 🚀 68% of our donors were new to the campaign 🚀2.6 million people joined our email list Like Brad said: Americans are voting with their wallets. 💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸
@parscale
Brad Parscale
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💥💥💥 HUGE fundraising for @realDonaldTrump in June! 🔥Record $131M - eclipsing any single month in 2016 🔥Record $266M in Q2 🔥$295M cash on hand 🔥$947M total raised Americans voting with their wallets, supporting the President.
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Rob Flaherty
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Rob Flaherty
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I like when he says: "someone on the biden campaign is making me out to be a terrible person" My guy you are doing that just fine on your own
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Jonathan Louis May
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@Rob_Flaherty His lawyers are going to wish he stopped talking when he realized what had happened.
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Rob Flaherty
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donald trump: I personally dismantled roe v wade and that is a good thing media: hard to tell what donald trump intends to do on abortion because he is using soft, ambiguous language
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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Folks: it’s a beautiful day to end the Trump presidency.
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Rob Flaherty
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Donald Trump can't fix it. He broke it.
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Rob Flaherty
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Earnest Tweet Alert: Just talked to a group of a couple hundred kids who are organizing for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on tiktok. So inspiring!!!
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Rob Flaherty
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donald trump thinks only people who voted for him deserve FEMA aid
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Rob Flaherty
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are you....kidding me
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Rob Flaherty
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I just sorta have a feeling that the “Sirota take the wheel” phase of Bernie’s campaign will not be their proudest
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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In 2016, the Trump admin absorbed all of President Obama's Twitter followers on @POTUS and @WhiteHouse -- at Team 44's urging. In 2020, Twitter has informed us that as of right now the Biden administration will have to start from zero.
@EmilyGlazer
Emily Glazer
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President Trump has used his Twitter account as a megaphone during his administration. When he leaves office, he will face a different set of rules.
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Rob Flaherty
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"Joe Biden is on track to win this election and he will be the next President of the United States." - @jomalleydillon
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Rob Flaherty
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In 1986 Joe Biden introduced the first federal bill on climate change.
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Rob Flaherty
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Trump’s rally last night stranded hundreds of his supporters in the cold for hours, sending seven people to the hospital for hypothermia, and leading to who knows how many COVID cases.
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Rob Flaherty
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Truth over flies.
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Rob Flaherty
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how it started: how its going:
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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This.......is literally....Trumps america....
@BorisEP
Boris Epshteyn
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This would be @JoeBiden ’s America. It’s a very scary place.
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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Meanwhile over on Fox News dot com 👀
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Rob Flaherty
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Donald Trump reported that his campaign has $325 million cash on hand. Joe Biden’s cash on hand is now $466 million. Our scrappy, grassroots army has not only closed Donald Trump’s fundraising gap — it’s exceeded it by $141 million.
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Rob Flaherty
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Really can't be overstate how much of a team player Bernie has been in the campaign to defeat Donald Trump.
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Rob Flaherty
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How it started: How it’s going:
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Rob Flaherty
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A fun behind the scenes fact: Everyone thinks Joe Biden has been campaigning from *his* basement but he’s actually been campaigning from Gregg Jarrett’s basement so he could unplug Gregg’s router when needed
@GreggJarrett
Gregg Jarrett
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I find it odd, if not curious, that the moment I hit “send” on my column that’s highly critical of Joe Biden my Wi-Fi service disconnected. Inexplicably, it will be out all day. Never happened before. Probably just a coincidence. I drove to the local store and sent the column .
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Rob Flaherty
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1.2 million new people joined our email list between yesterday and....June 1st.
@ShaneGoldmacher
Shane Goldmacher
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NEW: Joe Biden spent $4.43 million on Facebook ads from start of campaign through the eve of South Carolina. Then, in last 7 days, he spent ~$5 million. A look at Biden's huge ad $$$ spike that has spurred 1.2 million list sign-ups.
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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lol hello america
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Rob Flaherty
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A few other fun stats.... -120,826 live viewers -More than 65,000 first time donors (who can give again and again and again) -More than 10,000 volunteer sign ups from the event -1500 merch orders -zero malarkey
@TDucklo
TJ Ducklo
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NEWS: Today's fundraiser with @JoeBiden and @BarackObama raised over $11 million in total, making it the most successful finance event of the entire campaign. $7.6 million came from 175k grassroots donors, who continue to power this campaign every single day.
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Rob Flaherty
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Meanwhile on Snapchat
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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twitter: why isn't joe biden campaigning in his core states [biden campaigns in core states] twitter: why isn't biden trying to expand the map [biden also campaigns to expand the map] twitter: why isn't joe biden campaigning in his core states
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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Tonight was supposed to be a debate night, and since you can pay Seb Gorka to say whatever you want on Cameo, I had him give a pep talk to ol’ Joey.
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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Shaun King Doing Hyperbole about people and situations he doesn’t like? Knock me over with a feather!
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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So whoever owns is redirecting it to our website as a troll. What we do know was that the website was registered with a Russian registrar for a while. Odd! The VP very obviously has/wants nothing to do with fringe groups. Wish Trump could say the same.
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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Just to be clear: this is Twitter's decision, not Trump's.
@hugolowell
Hugo Lowell
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Biden transition says Trump admin has refused to transfer the @POTUS and @WhiteHouse Twitter accounts with followers and that Biden must start from zero — reversing goodwill gesture from Obama admin in 2016.
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Rob Flaherty
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Not a joke,folks: @csfrank206 said yes!
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Rob Flaherty
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My hot take is that I think this kind of scale distributed content stuff is going to be the definitional digital tactic for the next couple cycles
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Rob Flaherty
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the "death panels" people are now the "your grandma should die for the economy" people
@ndrew_lawrence
Andrew Lawrence
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Tx Lt Gov Dan Patrick says grandparents would be willing to die to save the economy for their grandchildren
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Rob Flaherty
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I have, to this point, lived a life full of malarky. But that ends today*. Excited to be joining @JoeBiden and co. *it does not end today
@ZachMontellaro
Zach Montellaro
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New: Joe Biden made a big hire: @Rob_Flaherty will be his digital director. He's a Beto, Priorities USA and Clinton '16 alum
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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and you may find yourself failing to contain a pandemic and you may find yourself destroying the economy and you may find yourself traveling to defend traditionally red states and you may say to yourself,
@cmsub
Courtney Subramanian
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“I shouldn’t even be here. They said I had Georgia made,” Trump says in Rome, Georgia. Rally no. 4.
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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The mask — of course — is by necessity. The shades were by choice.
@brithume
Brit Hume
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This might help explain why Trump doesn’t like to wear a mask in public. Biden today.
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Rob Flaherty
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anywho this guys no longer with the campaign but he *does* seem to still have a special place in their hearts
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Rob Flaherty
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a fun part about raising more grassroots money than the trump campaign is that we're doing it without treating people like this
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Rob Flaherty
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A cool feature of inauguration: In an attempt to reach a more Americans online, the entire inauguration speech will be delivered as a sea shanty.
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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It was a risky move to do an ad where our candidate didn't even accuse nurses of being thieves one single time, but we felt it was worth it.
@JoeBiden
Joe Biden
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As president, I would never send an American soldier anywhere in the world without the equipment and protection they need. We should not do any less for the heroes on the front lines of the battle we’re in now.
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Rob Flaherty
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Anyway i love beto and hate fake news provocateurs so once again I’m on the right side
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Rob Flaherty
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w/r/t the boys, I can confirm that they are back in town
@JoeBiden
Joe Biden
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44 + 46 7.23.20
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Rob Flaherty
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Since you can pay Trump advisors to say anything you want them to on the internet, we asked Roger Stone give a pep talk to ol’ Joey ahead of tonight’s debate.
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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meanwhile, on Joe Biden’s Instagram story
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Rob Flaherty
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Jill Biden the absolute legend
@CNNSOTU
State of the Union
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CNN’s @jaketapper to Jill Biden: “Your husband has been known to make the occasional gaffe…” Biden: “You can’t even go there. After Donald Trump you cannot even say the word gaffe.” #CNNSOTU
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Rob Flaherty
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Thank you.
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Rob Flaherty
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wow they made it a referendum on Biden and lost go figure
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@Rob_Flaherty
Rob Flaherty
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Joe Biden is going to Houston to meet with the Floyd family while Donald Trump is tweeting 200 times a day from a bunker
@ZekeJMiller
Zeke Miller
4 years
What the president is retweeting:
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Rob Flaherty
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The VP was about to walk out to give his remarks last night, but he had to meet with his junior advisor first.
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Rob Flaherty
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This, of course, is my fight song.
@EricLiptonNYT
Eric Lipton
3 years
NYT calls it...
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