Robyn Patterson

Texan. Former Spox for @WH46, @SpeakerPelosi, @Commerce46 @DCCC, @BetoORourke

[Mark Warner @MarkWarner]

It seems there is an entirely different set of rules for Republicans and Democrats.

[Robyn Patterson @RM_Patterson]

Facts. But also why make this quote anonymous lol

[Alex Thompson @AlexThomp]

Another former Biden WH staffer tells me:

“The former First Lady would still be known as the former Second Lady without Andrew Bates.”

[Senator John Cornyn @JohnCornyn]

Rut roh

Libertarian Ted Brown courts disaffected conservative voters in Texas’ U.S. Senate race – Houston Public Media https://t.co/wZ9ipRviE1

[Robyn Patterson @RM_Patterson]

Tough day for people who beat police officers with flag poles

[Christian Datoc @TocRadio]

Trump admin statement confirming President Trump is backing away from the $1.8 billion lawfare fund: “The Department will abide by the Court’s ruling”

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Crazy detail in day 2 of the Minnesota GOP Convention

[Robyn Patterson @RM_Patterson]

When you spend your whole oppo budget trying to get Cornyn through the primary

[New York Post @nypost]

Dem. Senate candidate James Talarico's mysterious girlfriend revealed - and she's vegan https://t.co/O5LPDKuQDD

[Robyn Patterson @RM_Patterson]

If the Biden White House had done this for Hunter, there'd be WSJ/WaPo/NYT editorials calling for resignations and riots in the briefing room.

[Robert Faturechi @RobertFaturechi]

New: A top White House aide intervened to get a $620 million Pentagon loan for a company tied to Donald Trump Jr.

“The call came from the White House: We have to get this done,” said one person involved.

https://t.co/duvJ0cQ9bH

[Heather Long @byHeatherLong]

This is stunning.
Personal savings rate April 2025: 5.5%
Personal savings rate April 2026: 2.6%

That's a sharp plunge.
It underscores how squeezed Americans are right now with higher prices and incomes not keeping up.
Maybe you can explain some of this away by Baby Boomers retiring, but not all of it.

[Robyn Patterson @RM_Patterson]

It actually speaks volumes that these are the only tweets the NRSC could dig up to pitch Fox

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

This is what I mean when I say the storyline's being forced.

Fox News headline: "Democrats break with scandal-plagued Graham Platner, warn of 'civil war' in party"

Okay. Who are the Democrats breaking with Platner?

- "Melissa DeRosa, former New York Mayor Andrew Cuomo’s chief of staff"

- "Former Biden press office chief of staff Yemisi Egbewole"

- "Michael LaRosa, former spokesperson for former first lady Jill Biden"

As Norm McDonald would say: All the stars are here!

The other quotes are the fresh Auchincloss criticism from CNN, which he has partially walked back, and a mid-April quote from Fetterman.

No criticism from Maine Dems, and just one from an elected New England Dem this month. CiViL wAr!!!!

https://t.co/3IGKqIVCVK

[Captain Obvious™️ @TheFungi669]

I hate to admit this but Trump was right.

He said that if I vote for Kamala Harris gas prices, groceries prices and my utility bills will go through the roof.

I voted for Harris and my gas, groceries and utility bills have gone through the roof.

[Jesse Lee @JesseCharlesLee]

Ballrooms and slush funds have put “government corruption” as people’s 2nd highest concern, a very close second to cost of living now. And the two of them together might be the most toxic political combination possible.

[Robyn Patterson @RM_Patterson]

I’m a believer in traditional media, but at a certain point these kinds of takes just sound self serving. It’s not serious to claim AOC is “under-studied” or hasn’t had to respond to criticisms of her policies or ideas.

[Jim Geraghty @jimgeraghty]

It was only a month ago that Axios was telling us that while the AOC is a ubiquitous social media presence, she doesn’t like doing sit-down interviews, and when she does, “it’s usually with an ideologically sympathetic outlet or reporter.”

We saw this with Joe Biden, and we saw this with Kamala Harris. We are beset by overambitious, under-studied politicians who are absolutely convinced they’re ready to sit behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office and order U.S. troops into combat when needed, but not ready to sit down for an hour with a major cable news host who’s going to ask them tougher-than-usual questions. If you want to be president of the United States, then you need to be able to sit down with someone who’s going to say some variation of, “your policies, ideas, and agenda stink, and you should not be trusted with power” and you need to be able to respond, “no, my policies, ideas, and agenda are the right answers, and here’s why” in a persuasive matter. This is Politics 101.

[Robyn Patterson @RM_Patterson]

It really does suck that this man does some of the funniest bits.

[CNBC @CNBC]

Trump skipping wedding of son Donald Jr. to Bettina Anderson https://t.co/j0osgfGeNC

[Robyn Patterson @RM_Patterson]

Actually kinda shocking Daily Mail or TMZ haven’t gotten to the bottom of this one yet

[Andrew Kaczynski @KFILE]

Tom Kean did an interview with a local publication, though it’s short on details and doesn’t explain his absence.

[Ben Jacobs @Bencjacobs]

Would also effect 5 Republicans currently serving on Capitol Hill: Bernie Moreno, Juan Ciscomani, Carlos Gimenez, Young Kim and Victoria Spartz

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

BREAKING: GasBuddy Forecasts Most Expensive Summer at the Pump in Years Amid Strait Closure... possibly touching $5/gal, setting new record average of $4.80 per gallon, exceeding 2022's summer average of $4.43 if the Strait remains closed

[Trip Gabriel @tripgabriel]

Listening to NPR interview a Georgia voter this am, who rated Trump A+ and was asked how he was managing higher food prices. His answer: My wife and I fast.

[Robyn Patterson @RM_Patterson]

I pray I never have this little self-respect

[Senator John Cornyn @JohnCornyn]

I have worked closely with President Trump through both of his Presidential terms and voted with him more than 99% of the time. He has consistently called me a friend in this race. It is now time for Texas Republican voters to decide if they want a strong nominee to help our GOP candidates down ballot and defeat Talarico in November, or a weak nominee who jeopardizes everything we care about. I trust the Republican voters of Texas.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Mayor @ZohranKMamdani: Ronald Reagan famously said, 'the 9 most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."' I disagree. 9 more terrifying words are actually "I worked all day, and can't feed my family." We are going to use the power of government to lower prices and make it easier for New Yorkers to put food on the table.

[CNN @CNN]

Key Biden-era regulations designed to protect the nation’s drinking water from the most dangerous cancer-causing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have been removed by the Trump administration. https://t.co/yCfj23xnfH