Jeff Ackermann
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Producer @CNN for @InsidePolitics Sunday. Previously @WUSA9, @WCPO, @KOAA. NJ native. Proud @elonuniversity grad. @NLGJA member. Coffee addict. Broadway nerd.
Washington, DC
Joined February 2011
New — Aftyn Behn on her Tuesday House special: — Asked her about her views on Dem leaders — if she’s in line w AOC (who campaigns w her tomorrow) — whether she supports abolishing ICE — her past tweets on police and comments on Nashville — if she would have voted to open govt
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SUNDAY 8a & 11a ET: Tennessee State Rep. Aftyn Behn, a Democrat who's hoping to flip a deep-red House seat in a special election next week, joins @mkraju on #InsidePolitics @aftynfortn
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New — Wesley Hunt and shakeup for Cornyn’s seat. R leaders had hoped Hunt would bow out before filing deadline, but he tells us he “absolutely” will file this week. Increases chances of expensive runoff All sides wooing Trump, who is staying out for now https://t.co/zI5oOwrcFF
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New — @InsidePolitics this AM @CNN — Trump v MTG ahead of Epstein vote — New reporting on Schumer’s future with @IsaacDovere post-shutdown — House Rs accuse Senate Rs of self-dealing — D says another D is fixing an election — What a former NFL OT says about new hemp restrictions
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House GOP leaders confident funding bill wil pass tonight, per sources. Could be some defections on both sides — like Golden and Massie. Johnson can only afford to lose two Rs on party lines. Final passage likely around 730-8p House returns today for first time since Sept. 19.
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NEW: "There's no seat that's off the table right now." The Chief of the Democrats' Senate Campaign Arm @SenGillibrand tells @mkraju she thinks control of the Senate is in play, despite the party's daunting map. #InsidePolitics
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SUNDAY 8a & 11a ET: As an emboldened Democratic Party looks ahead to the midterms, @mkraju goes one-on-one with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, on #InsidePolitics
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One of the most significant developments last night: “Latino voters: They swung hard in the GOP’s favor nationally last November, with the president winning 46% support to Harris’ 51% with Latinos, CNN’s exit poll found. On Tuesday in New Jersey, the answer was no: Sherrill won
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Voters up and down the East Coast delivered Democrats a sweep on Tuesday, electing candidates across the party’s ideological spectrum in a vivid show of discontent with President Donald Trump nearly...
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CNN projects Abigail Spanberger will be elected as the next governor of Virginia.
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NEW: "It is politically stupid." GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew tells @mkraju his party could face backlash at the ballot box if it doesn't come up with a "real" plan to address health care costs. But, he adds, "that's not going to happen in a few weeks." #InsidePolitics
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NEW: "If we win, it's extraordinary." New Jersey's GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew tells @mkraju he's confident Republicans will his state's governor's race. Plus, he weighs in on whether he thinks the vote will act as a referendum on President Trump and his policies. #InsidePolitics
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NEW: "Yes." GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew tells @mkraju that he thinks Speaker Mike Johnson should bring the House back in session. "But we cannot make opening government contingent upon getting a health care plan done, because we wouldn't open government for months." #InsidePolitics
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“The president is running a worldwide extortion racket,” @MikieSherrill says at rally in Newark ahead of Obama’s speech, saying that tariffs are hitting consumers while “Trump pockets billions.”
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Abigail Spanberger speaking at length in fluent Spanish at a Latinos campaign event in Alexandria, VA:
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My exchange with Schumer from earlier today
Q: "Mamdani, are you going to vote for him?" @SenSchumer: "Look, the bottom line is very simple. I have a good relationship with him, and we're continuing to talk." Q: "The vote is on Tuesday. What are you going to do?"
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New @InsidePolitics Sunday. 8aET and 11aET — Trump and Xi week - and his feud with Canada — First big elections since Trump’s win just 9 days away — New reporting on GOP health care jitters amid shutdown — One-one-one w Sen. David McCormick — The push to replace Duffy at NASA
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🚨 Excited to announce that “The Story Issue with Elex Michaelson” debuts on @CNN Monday night from 9-11pm pacific! Joining us night one: @GavinNewsom, @larryelder, @GloriaAllred, @andersoncooper & @joshgroban. Joining us week one: @Schwarzenegger, @KevinKileyCA, @AdamSchiff,
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University of New Hampshire releases a Maine primary poll w/ Graham Platner ahead of Mills (the incumbent Gov) by 34 points. 58%-24% https://t.co/QYt5sYrH5u
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Graham Platner posted a lengthy apology for his past Reddit comments. Worth watching this whole thing.
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