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David French

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David French

@DavidAFrench

New York Times columnist, visiting professor @lipscomb, Iraq vet, married to @NancyAFrench. This is a Memphis Grizzlies fan account.

Franklin, TN

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Joined January 2011

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David French
@DavidAFrench
Nov 3, 2024
The people are not always right. Moral courage is always necessary in leadership. And we cannot ever think that we have permanently vanquished the ideas that Trump and so many others before him have used to lead so many Americans astray.
Opinion | There Will Always Be a Trump. That’s Only Part of the Problem. (Published 2024)
From nytimes.com
David French
@DavidAFrench
Feb 28, 2025
Look at these guys brag about bullying an ally under fire. Pathetic. Weak. Shameful.
The White House
@WhiteHouse
Feb 28, 2025
AMERICA FIRST 🇺🇸
David French
@DavidAFrench
Aug 12, 2017
Trump is very, very specific when he wants to condemn someone - ask the Khans, Judge Curiel, Comey, his AG - his vagueness has a purpose.
David French
@DavidAFrench
Jan 10, 2021
Every time Trump hasn’t been held accountable, he’s gotten worse. Every time.
David French
@DavidAFrench
Nov 5, 2018
Comedian Pete Davidson mocked a permanently-wounded veteran. That’s bad. But the actual Republican president of the United States mocked a permanently-wounded veteran for being captured. I’m completely uninterested in GOP crocodile tears over a comedian. Pathetic. Really.
David French
@DavidAFrench
Dec 15, 2020
My daughter Camille just gave birth to our first grandchild, a beautiful baby named Lila. Sweet Lila has a serious birth defect and is undergoing surgery at Vanderbilt. We would appreciate your prayers for Lila, for Lila’s parents, for the surgeons, and the NICU stay to follow.
David French
@DavidAFrench
Jan 7, 2021
Josh Hawley isn't fit for public service.
David French
@DavidAFrench
Sep 11, 2024
It's like she's debating MAGA Twitter come to life. Victor Orban, dead pets, Ashli Babbitt, "J6." She's debating Catturd.
David French
@DavidAFrench
Dec 9, 2017
I promise you this. I have seen American soldiers treat al Qaeda terrorists with more professionalism and less fear than these cops treated a crying, scared drunk guy. It’s infuriating.
Allahpundit
@allahpundit
Dec 8, 2017
Video: The shooting of Daniel Shaver hotair.com/archives/2017/…
David French
@DavidAFrench
Jun 1, 2020
A no quarter order is a war crime, prohibited even in actual insurrection since Abraham Lincoln's signed the Lieber Code in 1863. Such an order is banned by international law and would, if carried out, be murder under American law. avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/l…
Tom Cotton
@TomCottonAR
Jun 1, 2020
And, if necessary, the 10th Mountain, 82nd Airborne, 1st Cav, 3rd Infantry—whatever it takes to restore order. No quarter for insurrectionists, anarchists, rioters, and looters.
David French
@DavidAFrench
Mar 20, 2020
The potential insider trading is dreadful and possibly criminal, but what could elevate this to a historic scandal is the idea that senators may have known enough to be alarmed for themselves yet still projected rosy scenarios to the public AND failed to make sure we were ready.
Sam Stein
@samstein
Mar 20, 2020
One other data point: Loeffler had not made a single stock transaction during the three weeks she served in office prior to this one. This was her first. The day she got the coronavirus briefing.
David French
@DavidAFrench
Jun 23, 2018
Red Hen has a right to refuse service. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a right to complain. Potential customers have a right to make their own decisions. I have a right to try to persuade people to stop politicizing everything. Freedom is easy to figure out-hard to execute.
David French
@DavidAFrench
Aug 21, 2018
There is no universe that exists under which all the MAGA-folks wouldn’t be calling for Hillary’s impeachment or resignation under similar facts. So take that into account when you read their defenses.
David French
@DavidAFrench
Jul 11, 2020
The mask culture war has got to be one of the dumbest and most destructive political/cultural disputes in modern American political history. And we're continuing to pay the price.