“I read quite a few complaints last night about Lester Holt’s choice of debate topics. Liberals wanted to know why climate change didn’t come up. Conservatives thought there should have been a question about abortion.” KnowsShouldHas BeensWantedLastsNightChoicesShould HaveClimateClimate ChangeCome UpDebateAbortionComplaintsTopicsLast NightShould Have Been Author:Kevin Drum
“When Donald Trump disingenuously demands to know why [Hillary] Clinton never tried to close the loopholes he used, the answer is: She did. And if there had been any way to make it retroactive, she probably would have voted for that too.” IfsKnowsWayUsedAnswersTrumpDemandClintonLoopholes Author:Kevin Drum
“Despite more than a year of spittle-flecked fury at Hillary Clinton for using a private email server, most Trump voters probably don’t even know what a private server is. Nor do they care. It was just a buzzword that somehow meant Hillary was a crook.” KnowsYearsCareTrumpClintonDespiteVotersEmailFuryCrooksServer Author:Kevin Drum
“I’m just some white guy in California, and nobody in Flint is going to pay any attention to what I’m saying. I don’t blame them. Nor do doctors want to publicly agree with me, because nobody wants to downplay the effects of lead poisoning. I get that too. I can already imagine the number of tweets and emails I’m going to get demanding to know why I think Flint is no big deal.” ThinkingKnowsWantI CanBigsGuyWhiteDealsNumbersPayAttentionImagineEffectsDoctorsAgreeBlameCaliforniaEmailBig DealTweetPoisoningWhite Guys Author:Kevin Drum
“The reporting is fake. Look, look...You know what it is? Here's the thing. The public isn't - you know, they read newspapers, they see television, they watch. They don't know if it's true or false because they're not involved.But I'm involved. So I know when you're telling the truth or when you're not. I just see many, many untruthful things.” IfsKnowsLooksWatchesTelevisionInvolvedNewspapersFakeTelling The TruthTrue Or False Author:Kevin Drum
“We had Hillary Clinton try and do a reset. We had Hillary Clinton give Russia 20 percent of the uranium in our country. You know what uranium is, right? This thing called nuclear weapons, like lots of things, are done with uranium, including some bad things.” KnowsGivingTryingCountryDoneWeaponsPercentClintonIncludingNuclearRussiaOur CountryBad ThingsNuclear WeaponsResetUranium Author:Kevin Drum
