Henry J. Gomez
@BuzzFeedNews political reporter, covering the Republicans. Ohioan. You may remember me from The Plain Dealer. Tips, etc: [email protected]
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What’s New About Andrew Yang
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Henry J. Gomez
Whatever the top 4 or 5 looks like to you in this presidential primary, this @katherinemiller piece on @AndrewYang, he of the “rising new Political Type,” is a good time.
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Joe Biden’s Powerful Weapon In His Fight With Bernie Sanders: Vulnerable House Democrats
A Bernie Sanders nomination “probably does put our House majority in jeopardy,” the co-chair of the DCCC’s Frontline program told BuzzFeed News.
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Biden ally (and Frontline co-chair) Ami Bera: “I think that if Bernie Sanders is our nominee, it’ll make a lot of these Trump districts that we picked up extremely competitive and probably does put our House majority in jeopardy."
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Biden pollster John Anzalone: The real story of 2018 wasn’t the AOCs. Most of the people who helped take back the House were moderates, and Biden is a moderate.”
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Joe Biden's aggressive campaigning for and courtship of Frontline House Democrats has paid off in the early weeks of 2020. I talked to some of those allies about the electability pitch and the increasing clashes with Bernie.
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"Why Are We Not Winning Them?": Pete Buttigieg’s White Supporters Don't Get His Lack Of Black Support
"To him, all lives matter," said an Iowa voter who likes Buttigieg.
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Henry J. Gomez
When it comes to Pete Buttigieg's struggle to win over black voters, his white supporters say — almost to a person — that they just "don't understand" why. New one from @mollyhc and me in Iowa.
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Sherrod Brown Is Still Having An Impact On The 2020 Campaign
A new trade deal has the populist Ohio senator's seal of approval and his colleagues running for president are looking to him to define their own stances.
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But the big 2020 Politics of USMCA takeaway here, for Sherrod Brown and his team, were these words from Amy Klobuchar at last month's debate: “I'll go with my friend, Sherrod Brown ... He's voting for this, and I am, too.”
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USMCA question! I caught up with @SherrodBrown last week about how he's been trying to move this debate with a pro-union compromise (that isn't good enough for Sanders).
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Joe Biden’s New Plan To Win Iowa Voters: Gun Control
Joe Biden's presidential campaign is targeting a new series of digital ads at teachers, parents, first responders, and those supportive of gun safety legislation.
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Henry J. Gomez
New this morning: @JoeBiden is launching a very targeted digital campaign in Iowa, centered on gun control.
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Trump’s Strike Has Drawn A Sharp Line Between The Democrats Running For President
Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang come out unequivocally against the attack that killed Iran's Qassem Soleimani.
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Henry J. Gomez
Sharp differences between how Sanders and Yang have responded to the Trump-ordered Soleimani killing and how the other 2020 Dems have. And still nothing from Buttigieg.
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The Fight Between Elizabeth Warren And Pete Buttigieg Blew Up Over A “Wine Cave”
“Billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the United States," Warren said at the Democratic presidential debate.
More Black Leaders In Indiana Are Endorsing Joe Biden For President
The Biden endorsements come as Pete Buttigieg’s black allies are trying to show he has support at home.
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Henry J. Gomez
NEWS from @darrensands and me: Biden is rolling out more endorsements from black leaders in Indiana — home of 2020 rival Pete Buttigieg.
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You Don't Know Bernie
Bernie Sanders — the guy who admits he can be grumpy and “nasty” and a “real son of a bitch,” the guy who’s known for giving the same speech over and over again — that guy is trying to win this campaign, maybe his last, by making people feel less...
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Henry J. Gomez
So much great writing, reporting, and detail in this @rubycramer piece on Bernie. buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycr… pic.twitter.com/gHqjWpvMjT
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Pete Buttigieg's Campaign Says He Had Nothing To Do With A Canadian Bread Price-Fixing Scandal
A Buttigieg spokesperson said the presidential candidate only learned of the scandal recently.
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Henry J. Gomez
Any way you slice it, this is not where I expected our Buttigieg-McKinsey reporting would lead, but we don't loaf it at BuzzFeed News, and now I shall see myself out.
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Deval Patrick Said His Record Of Fixing Problems Other Candidates Only "Have Plans For" Is Resonating In New Hampshire
“For me it’s not about having a plan or an ambition — it’s about having results. In New Hampshire, folks know what I’m talking about," the presidential candidate told BuzzFeed News.
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Henry J. Gomez
“A lot of the stuff that voters say they're interested in, and that candidates have plans for, I’ve already done,” @DevalPatrick tells @darrensands
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There’s A Persistent Idea That Pete Buttigieg Ignored Black South Bend. It’s Not True.
“I had access to Pete not because I searched it out, but because he opened the door," one neighborhood activist said.
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There’s this idea that Pete Buttigieg has been bad for people of color in South Bend. I spent last week talking to a bunch of people there, including his close black allies, and came away with a different view.
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"It’s kind of like everybody...does not understand the years of intensive labor that it took to create an unjust system. To try to unravel systems and institutions in an elected term is next to impossible."
On Buttigieg and South Bend
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Buttigieg, asked about his lack of black support, points to his black allies in South Bend. "The black voters who know me best are supporting me."
Wrote about those allies here
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Pete Buttigieg Released Some Detail Of His Work At McKinsey But Still Is Not Naming Clients
"I am asking McKinsey to do the right thing in the name of transparency," Buttigieg said in a statement calling on the firm to release the clients’ names.
Buttigieg’s Untenable Vow of Silence
He needs to give voters more information about his work for the consulting firm McKinsey.
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The New York Times editorial board wants Pete Buttigieg to disclose his McKinsey work
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A Protester Disrupted Pete Buttigieg’s Black Allies’ Attempt To Show Their Support And It Was Really Tense
A person whose race or identity could not immediately be verified took the microphone from a black South Bend leader at a Buttigieg campaign event.
Jim Jordan was imposed on us for egregiously partisan reasons. Now he’s afflicting the nation.
Everything about Jim Jordan reeks of a man willing to cast aside common decency and fairness in service of a corrupt and cruel president. He may be the most unfit man to ever represent part of Greater Cleveland in Congress, writes Brent Larkin.
The Republican National Committee Bought Nearly $100,000 Worth Of Donald Trump Jr.’s Book Last Month
“We have netted $500,000 for the party fundraising off the book,” an RNC spokesperson said.
How Pete Buttigieg Courted The Tea Party In His First Race
Buttigieg’s appearance at a 2010 forum is being seen in a new light as he presents himself as a moderate Democrat upset with the “failures of the old normal.”
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Henry J. Gomez
Pete Buttigieg made some overtures to the tea party when he ran for Indiana state treasurer in 2010. Here's my look at what he said — and how it's coming back at him now
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Pete Buttigieg’s Work At McKinsey Is A Secret
Buttigieg’s campaign says it has reached out to the company about the possibility of being released from a confidentiality agreement, but the mayor is so far staying quiet.
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Henry J. Gomez
NEW: Pete Buttigieg's work for McKinsey remains a big secret. But his campaign asked the elite consulting firm this week about releasing him from his NDA.
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McKinsey story was key to Buttigieg's 2010 campaign. “The Harvard, and Oxford, and McKinsey background made him stand out," his old campaign manager told me. "I was telling my parents all the time: ‘He’s going to be president one day, just wait and see.’”
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“They’ll try the socialist thing, but the thing is: I got started in the private sector.”
On Buttigieg and the McKinsey mystery
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Deval Patrick Is Telling Democrats He Will Run For President
The former governor said last year he wouldn't run. He's now saying he has changed his mind.
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via @darrensands: "In conversations, Patrick has suggested part of the reason he is deciding to jump in now is that he is concerned about the trajectory of former vice president Joe Biden's campaign, sources said."
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