gov_tweets: 80761

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rowid		id	user	created_at	full_text	retweet_count	favorite_count	State	Abbreviation	Governor	Party	Handle
80761	80760	1328379569137721347	280121510	2020-11-16T16:49:04+00:00	"Americans are not as divided as politics and social media would suggest...The problem is that politicians think the only way to get elected is to feed the extremes to fire up the base. And that the only way to govern is through winner-take-all combat."	6	19	Maryland	MD	Larry Hogan	R	LarryHogan