Readership Capture

Obama makes a quick stop in Miami Springs to offer a message to Dems here: “If you bring Florida home, this things over…

I won’t have to wait for the results. I want to go to sleep knowing we’re going to have a president fighting on our behalf.” pic.twitter.com/HHVY2Naiz7

— Sabrina Rodríguez (@sabrod123) October 24, 2020

"When 60 Minutes and Lesley Stahl are too tough for you, you ain't all that tough" — Obama pic.twitter.com/KcFVaoyQ7B

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2020

Obama: Florida man wouldn’t even do this stuff. Why are we accepting it from the President of the United States? pic.twitter.com/VMmClzBm3k

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) October 24, 2020

Obama this afternoon spoke to campaign volunteers in Miami.

“You were my first!” a female volunteer told him.

“I’m very grateful,” Obama said. “Though you should probably say it in a different way.”

Via pooler @PatriciaMazzei

— Matt Viser (@mviser) October 24, 2020

Saturday Night Fever Open Thread: Readership CapturePost + Comments (81)

Because it is often difficult to project strength through a gesture of vulnerability. https://t.co/dnEMjwEOqb

— Peter Wolf (@peterawolf) October 17, 2020

Biden’s town hall drew almost a million more viewers than Trump’s, according to early TV ratings.

The figures are particularly surprising given Biden's town hall aired on just one network, whereas Trump's was simulcast across three. https://t.co/AaG0gGH2ee

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 16, 2020

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Sound on!

Joe Biden greets the largest crowd he has likely seen since March as he exits the train station in Greensburg, Pennsylvania pic.twitter.com/uBmc6jXoKf

— Tyler Pager (@tylerpager) September 30, 2020

Biden is the angriest I've seen today, laying into Trump for the comments he made to Woodward: "I don't forget that in February he's on tape as acknowledging he knew how serious this pandemic was. He knew how quickly it was spread .. But he forgot to say a single thing to us."

— Tyler Pager (@tylerpager) October 1, 2020

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.@JoeBiden is a man who learned to treat every person he meets with respect and dignity, living by the words his parents taught him: “No one’s better than you, Joe, but you’re better than nobody.” That empathy, that decency, the belief that everybody counts—that’s who Joe is. pic.twitter.com/RW8o39zQJL

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 2, 2020

Joe Biden says he has begun to prepare for the presidential debates by going over what Trump has said and "the multiple lies he's told."

He says he wishes the debates had live fact-checking chyrons.

"I'm looking forward to debating the president."

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) September 2, 2020

Biden on public health measures for Covid: "I talk about patriotism. Why do you wear a mask? To protect your neighbor. To keep someone else from getting sick … I call that patriotic. This is the USA. Every generation has made sacrifices to help others in moments of crises." pic.twitter.com/x5CSAVrF5g

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 2, 2020

Eighty-one Nobel Prize winners endorsed Joe Biden for president in an open letter on Wednesday, citing the former vice president's "willingness to listen to experts" and his "deep appreciation for using science to find solutions." https://t.co/oMjN7MbFVX

— CNN (@CNN) September 2, 2020

Joe Biden says he would use existing federal disaster law to direct funding to schools to help them reopen safely during the pandemic. The Democratic presidential nominee accused President Trump of ignoring the issue. https://t.co/OJWUY1QTuW

— The Associated Press (@AP) September 2, 2020

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