One thing the media should have learned from the 2016 campaign season is that reporters really need to hit the road and do more shoe-leather journalism — get in the car and drive to places like downtown Arkansas and talk with the people who live there.
ABC News chief political analyst Matthew Dowd recently had a conversation with a Navy SEAL, and what he learned from that one talk was pretty shocking.
I had a conversation with a Navy Seal the other day here in Texas. He said nearly every Seal is embarrassed by this President/GOP leaders.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) July 3, 2017
As a SEAL myself, this is total bullshit.
— Joel Lambert (@Joel5326) July 3, 2017
Well, he did say nearly every SEAL.
Pretty impressive he knows every SEAL and every SEAL's views and those views happen to align with yours and his. https://t.co/OBfnnLYwyq
— Thankful Muppet Energy (Sunny) (@sunnyright) July 4, 2017
That’s an awfully big claim, but that’s the thing about anecdotes — you can say just about anything.
You sure you weren't just talking to an actual seal?
Did you also talk to a small child that decried the rapid decay in political civility? https://t.co/4ixezfhGwi
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 4, 2017
I'm embarrassed by Trump, but appeals to authority by invoking anonymous statements that supposedly represent a whole group are ridiculous.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/882329273616523264
I had a non-verifiable conversation with an unimpeachable patriot who agreed with all of my personal opinions about politics. https://t.co/MuC04VHtw4
— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 4, 2017
I was just talking to a local Girl Scout troop and they were all horrified capital gains tax rate. https://t.co/VkSgdWAZUh
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) July 4, 2017
I was talking to a bootblack in Western Maryland. He said nearly every bootblack is distraught by Sarbannes-Oxley. https://t.co/y62CkGe9J6
— Crusty Gobblestein (@NathanWurtzel) July 4, 2017
I was speaking the other day to a cement truck driver on a construction site and he said they all are embarrassed about Trump and min wage https://t.co/aVHGYc65TB
— DaveinTexas (@DaveinTexas) July 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/ajabs85/status/882329661191081985
@JohnEkdahl I was talking to a cabbie in Cairo. He said low Brazilian wheat yields are due to gauchos overgrazing in Rio Grande do Sul.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 4, 2017
Had a conversation with one of the original Avengers who just thought some of the new MCU movies are just recycled CGI crapfests https://t.co/sXId3gXsl4
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 4, 2017
Had to have been Ruffalo. It was Ruffalo, right?
I just had a conversation with a diverse group of immigrant scholars working on a cure for hypercancer and they all hated Trump's CNN tweet https://t.co/VkSgdWAZUh
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) July 4, 2017
Last time I chatted with a Navy Seal it was mostly him agreeing that the Green Bay Packers rule.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 4, 2017
As a parent, I think one of my most important responsibilities is to ensure my children don't grow up to be like @matthewjdowd
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) July 4, 2017
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'Have you ever met a veteran?' People at the VA much happier with their care, says Matthew Dowd https://t.co/r1u8fRXJrA
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