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Melanie Roussell Newman
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Melanie Roussell Newman
@MelanieRNewman
Chief External Affairs Ofcr @PPFA & @PPact. Obama spox for DOJ, OMB, HUD, ‘08 & ‘12. FAMU 🐍 Delta🔺Ideas expressed are my own.
Washington, DC
Joined January 2017
- I just watched this entire interview and…we need to talk about @BretBaier. In 2016, I ran Comms at DOJ and set up an interview for AG Loretta Lynch with Bret. The Bret Baier who interviewed @KamalaHarris is NOT the man who interviewed AG Lynch. I found the interview. 🪡🧵 1/6Here is the full interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on the Fox News Channel with Bret Baier. Just under 27 minutes in length.
00:00 - Replying to @MelanieRNewmanThat said, @KamalaHarris handled that interview with grace, poise, and the toughness I want to see in my next President. Poor little tink tink @BretBaier wasn’t ready. Bless his lil heart (he’s from NC so he knows EXACTLY what I mean). -Fin-
- Replying to @MelanieRNewmanI don’t watch @FoxNews so I don’t know if he has completely turned into a shill for Trump, but I am honestly surprised by how totally and utterly disrespectful @BretBaier was to VP Harris because I was there for this Lynch exclusive interview. What happened to him? 5/6
- Replying to @MelanieRNewmanHe was direct. He pushed and prodded. But he was respectful. Jovial, even. He never interrupted her once. The difference in his approach to these interviews could not have been more stark. 4/6
- I have known @TiffanyDCross for nearly 20 years, since we were both babies, obviously. The atrocious smearing of her name and reputation is telling me a lot - and none of it is about Tiffany.
- Replying to @MelanieRNewmanThis 19-minute interview was aired at the top of his show with no commercial breaks. It was pre-recorded as if it was live and ran in its entirety. I negotiated the terms, prepped the AG and sat in for the interview. 2/6
- Replying to @MelanieRNewmanBret asked all the tough questions. AG Lynch had lengthy answers at times, but said very little - as was her mandate as AG. She could not talk about the highest profile issue of the time - the Clinton emails. He asks about this at around the 7:20 mark. 3/6
- As a former DOJ Spox, I am flabbergasted by this. Does anyone think I could have gone to CNN after being spox for Loretta Lynch? Anyone? No? Me either. 1/Ex-Sessions spokesperson @whignewtons is joining CNN as political editor, helping coordinate 2020 coverage: politi.co/2NgcSjY w/ @elianayjohnson
- Grassley: "Do you want to go on all afternoon?" Yes. This is a lifetime appointment. We got time.
- Thank you, @chrissyteigen for sharing your story. I also had a medically necessary abortion that I called a miscarriage for many years. Your story is so powerful for helping others to understand the broad impact of abortion bans. 1/2
- Replying to @MelanieRNewmanI could not let Twitter die before saying that I stand with @TiffanyDCross. She’s a class act and she doesn’t deserve this. Also, my Mom is pissed because #crossconnection is one of two MSNBC shows she watches. I’ll let you guess the other one.
- We don't talk enough about the connection between pregnancy loss/miscarriage and abortion. People literally don't know that often the care for a woman after a pregnancy loss is an abortion. I had one after a silent miscarriage. We should talk about it more. Thank you, @GaryPeters
- Replying to @MelanieRNewman.@CNN should answer for this and explain to the public why anyone should trust their coverage in the 2020 cycle. Candidates should question their participation in town hall and debate events. We should all question our engagement with CNN as a “trusted news source.” -FIN-
