GOP Convention Bars Journalists For The First Time Ever | Talking Points Memo

it’s going to be a shit show.

No, no. Only the press will be excluded.

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As ever with the GOP and trump, one is compelled to ask, what nefarious thing are they hiding? Or is it simply a case that they are afraid that trump’s acceptance speech will be so insane and incoherent that it will scare off even more voters?

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Why not just have the Kremlin issue a press release? That would be on brand.

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But the GOP and SCOTUS has made sure that Corporations are “people,” per Citizens United. That is one of the FIRST things the Biden Admin will have to work to rescind.

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I NEVER get tired of hearing this, @tena

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The ONLY thing these people worry about is optics.

So, what poor optics are they afraid of?

I think we should start a rumor that the GOP plans to nominate Mitt Romney. I predict a mad tweet rate of 40-50/hr will follow shortly…

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Yes! That’s what needs to happen. Just get it out there. “People are saying…”

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Bourbon isn’t a cure, it’s the answer.

It has a lot to do, though, with the Covfefe-45 epidemic rampant in the Republican party. Masks, social distancing, and washing your hands don’t help with that one.

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Elon is a complete jerk. He is also a visionary. The two frequently seem linked.

Consider Steve Jobs — by all accounts, a complete asshole. But the things he helped to create have changed the world for the better. Could he have delivered the vision without being such an asshole? Maybe. But there was also a noticeable change in Apple products once the designers weren’t quite so terrified of a Jobs eruption, and it wasn’t a change for the better. You can still hear people murmur, in various corridors, “Steve wouldn’t have let this ship…”

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