Erin Burnett OutFront
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Smart and entertaining, @ErinBurnett is always OutFront of the news. Erin Burnett OutFront airs weeknights at 7pm ET on @CNN and @CNNi
Joined August 2011
“He’ll get six to nine on this.”. Former Trump WH lawyer Ty Cobb says Trump will see prison time from the new indictment in the federal election subversion case
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David Plouffe, senior adviser to the Harris campaign, says the VP could win all 7 battlegrounds—and that she’s “positioned to win” undecided voters. Hear why
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A CNN investigation: a Trump official -- who works at the agency helping to execute the DOGE cuts -- has been trying to build her online brand -- while on the clock. All from inside her government office.
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"Not only does she not have credibility, she lied. She out and out lied. the American people can’t trust her," says @AprilDRyan of Press Sec. Sarah Sanders. "She should be let go. She should be fired, end of story. it’s fire me Thursday or fire me Good Friday. She needs to go."
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Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu tells CNN's @ErinBurnett that if Attorney General Bill Barr doesn't appear before the House Judiciary Committee, "then we're going to enforce a subpoena and we're going to hold him in contempt"
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Former high school linebacker on how Coach Tim Walz saved his life: "I would not have finished high school without Coach Walz."
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Cramer and Burnett together again! And tonight on OutFront, Jim Cramer is going OFF about tariffs. Here's a #TBT
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Ret. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says the military hasn't properly supported him following his testimony in Pres. Trump's impeachment trial. "No, they haven't… At no point did any senior leader, civilian or military… indicate that I was still in good standing in the military."
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Tonight: "more to come." The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg says there are MORE messages from that now-infamous Signal group chat. And Trump’s special envoy was in Moscow—with Putin—when the group was created. @ErinBurnett breaks it down in tonight's #A3
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New reporting on the Mark Robinson fallout: now other Republicans are frantically deleting posts and pictures with Robinson. @KFILE shows you what they didn’t want the world to see
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CNN's Erin Burnett challenges acting US Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli on the Trump administration's new immigration regulation, saying her grandparents came to America with no education and that the rule would exclude people like her.
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"It's not surprising that Donald Trump is increasing his attacks (on the Russia probe). The walls are closing in on him. When defendants can't rely on the facts or the law they resort to attacking law enforcement." - Rep. @tedlieu
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Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg rises in the polls as husband's popularity grows. CNN's Kate Bennett has more.
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"Many people tuned in last night and joined the 'Yang Gang' [and] sent us 5, 10, 20 dollars.". Businessman @AndrewYang on the $750K he says he raised following the debate, adding "we are a purely people-powered grassroots campaign.".
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The granddaughter of Billy Graham, who founded @CTmagazine, says the Christian magazine's recent op-ed calling for Trump to be removed is "courageous.". Jerushah Duford says she disagrees with her uncle Franklin Graham, who slammed the article.
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“The most important thing they can inherit is living in a constitutional democracy.”. George Conway gets emotional telling @ErinBurnett why he’s taking nearly $1 million out of his kids’ inheritance—and donating it to Biden
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“The President seriously thinks that Democrats are dumb enough or desperate enough to vote for a steel slat barrier when they will not vote for a wall,” says @ErinBurnett.
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"Never, ever has any president come even close to saying if my side loses there's going to be violence. I think it is irresponsible. It demeans the presidency." - David Gergen, former presidential adviser on Trump warning of 'violence' if GOP loses in the midterms
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“I served on active duty in the United States military to defend the right of any American to say stupid, racist stuff. I just never imagined it would be the President of the United States saying it.” - Rep. Ted Lieu on Pres. Trump using a racist term to refer to coronavirus
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"He'll have to confront his maker for those lies." Dr. Peter Marks speaks out for the first time, exclusively to @ErinBurnett after RFK, jr. told him to resign or be fired. Hear why he thinks RFK’s position on vaccines is "dangerous."
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"Good for you Jim, standing up for yourself, for this organization" @ErinBurnett to @Acosta re Trump news conference
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“Guess who’s back, back again.Erin’s back, tell a friend. Guess who’s back, guess who’s back?” .Join us at 7p as @erinburnett returns to the anchor chair with Trump’s take on the Florida elections and the Dems. plan to investigate his hush money payments.Let’s Go #OutFront
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Democratic Rep. @tedlieu says he doesn't believe Pres. Trump, when he says he never spoke directly to DOJ officials about the Roger Stone case.
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"He lashes out at journalists, he lashes out at the media in particular when he feels under pressure. I think that's what he did today.".- @jeffmason1, @Reuters White House correspondent who had heated exchange with President Trump during press conference.
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"I'm a former prosecutor and I can tell you the actions of Donald Trump are not consistent with that of an innocent person." Rep. Ted Lieu says the president's firings - and attempted firings - of government officials "are the actions of a guilty person"
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"Our message is hitting home, Erin. Americans realize we need to think bigger about solutions. We're in the greatest economic transformation in our country's history.".@AndrewYang explains his fundraising surge, which includes $10M in the third quarter.
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"The President is trying to smear the Department of Justice and the FBI, and that is harming our nation." Rep. @TedLieu responds to Donald Trump's "spying" accusations
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"The situation is Vladimir Putin wanted Donald Trump to hand me over to Vladimir Putin so they could kill me, and it took him three days to decide that maybe he wouldn't do that." - Bill Browder
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"He's either lying then, or he's lying now. I think he needs to come clean to the American people" - Rep. Ted Lieu on Attorney General Jeff Sessions
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"I could hear my fellow officer screaming in agony," says Capitol police officer Aquilino Gonell of the Jan. 6 riot in Washington, DC. "All I could think of was we can't let these people in. It's going to be a slaughter inside."
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WaPo Reporter @gregpmiller reacts to McMaster denial:"WH playing word games" says "absolutely" stands by the story
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Tonight: a wipeout. $2.5 trillion disappearing from the stock market. J.P. Morgan upping the odds of a recession. And don’t get us started on the White House’s nonsensical tariff math. @ErinBurnett breaks it all down in tonight’s #A3
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VP JD Vance said it’s "cold as sh*t" in Greenland. He was talking about the weather, but his reception there wasn’t much warmer. One official tells OutFront his visit "was as welcome as a snowstorm in summer." @ErinBurnett breaks it down in tonight’s #A3
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"The actions and statements by Donald Trump show evidence of guilt, it shows conscientiousness of guilt. Because an innocent person would not be acting the way our President is," says Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu
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"It's not clear what experience Ivanka Trump brought to this other than being the daughter of the American President." - Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu on Ivanka Trump's role at the G20 summit
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"I wrote to her and I said. 'I really think that I could show the human side of what it's like to be targeted by the President of the United States.'". - @MollyJongFast, who interviewed former FBI lawyer Lisa Page for The Daily Beast.
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With James Mattis quitting, @RepSwalwell says the only "adults in the room" remaining in the Trump administration are Stephen Miller and Kellyanne Conway, adding "that should terrify everyone.". Swalwell notes: "We do have an executive branch in crisis.".
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"Richard Nixon tried a line that if a president does it, it's not illegal. That did not work out well for him." Rep. Ted Lieu reacts to the White House turning to an above-the-law political defense
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"Regardless of your points about slavery, which are nonsense. I hope that you RIP those talking points tonight, they should never be resurrected." @angela_rye engages in a fiery discussion w @RealDrGina re: the number of black staffers in the White House
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Evelyn Yang says she was denied justice when the OB-GYN she accused of sexually assaulting her managed to avoid jail time despite pleading guilty. Her case is putting renewed scrutiny on how the justice system handles accusations against powerful men.
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"I think if he were to do that, that would absolutely be grounds for removal from office." - @RepSwalwell on the prospect of President Trump turning former U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul over to Russia
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Erin Burnett asks former GOP Governor Christine Todd Whitman if she regrets backing Justice Samuel Alito during his confirmation hearing; "Absolutely, without question."
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"This isn't King Donald Trump, it's President Donald Trump. He's responsible to us and it's a valid question: Where are we morally as a country?" -CNN political analyst Brian Karem on asking WH press secretary Sanders about separation of families at border
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“If they make poor decisions in a particular month, they’ll get the $1,000 the following month.”. 2020 presidential candidate @AndrewYang says his plan to give Americans a universal basic income of $1,000 a month would spur job growth and even “Jeff Bezos can have it if he wants”
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"The President is trying to smear the Department of Justice and the FBI, and that is harming our nation." Rep. @TedLieu responds to Donald Trump's "spying" accusations
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"This is what they came up with? Jeez, come on, have some gumption! Have some math!". CNBC’s Jim Cramer—who doesn’t believe in free trade—on why he feels "like a sucker" over Trump’s tariffs
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"That would be the patriotic thing to do.". Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu calls on former Amb. Bolton to do the right thing and testify in the House impeachment inquiry.
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2020 presidential candidate @AndrewYang on his “Yang Gang” supporters: “I'm talking about the real problems facing the American people … It makes politics actually exciting for them and relevant.”
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Rep. Ted Lieu: "The President's comments are un-American and disgraceful. Fundamental to American democracy is the rule of law. What the US attorney's office for the Southern District of New York did today was a vindication of the principle that no one is above the law"
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"I have a very high standard. I have a very high bar for any nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States." - Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the only Republican set to vote 'no' on Brett Kavanaugh
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Pres. Trump says he will no longer deal with UK ambassador who called him "inept". “If you’re an American ally and you criticize the President and the administration . you’re done. But if you’re literally a murdering dictator, you get love letters,” says CNN's Erin Burnett.
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Clap once if you saw Nancy Pelosi's two hands steal the #SOTU show. In between leafing through a wide swath of white papers, the white-clad House Speaker clapped back at the President, in the process orchestrating a moment worthy of a million memes. 👏🏻.
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"I am highly critical of Jeff Sessions. I think a number of his policies, especially the xenophobic, anti-immigrant policies are bad for America. But in terms of what he's doing now in preserving the independence of the Department of Justice that's a good thing" - Rep. Ted Lieu
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Republican Strategist Stuart Stevens tells OutFront why he'd "rather be Joe Biden in this race" and that Democrats need to chill out.
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After meeting with North Korean dictator, Trump calls press America's 'biggest enemy' "Attacking the press is not the American way, asking dictators hard questions about nuclear weapons that is the American way," says Jim @Acosta
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"Former President Obama's voice is profoundly important," says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who also hopes "primary wins like mine and Ayanna Pressley's add to that tapestry of voices that . together make a very strong layered argument for change."
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“Even after two years of having worked in this White House, I was still shocked,” says Olivia Troye, a former top adviser to VP Mike Pence, about President Trump removing his mask as he returned to the White House despite having coronavirus. “It was deplorable what he just did.”
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"The President is asking for help against one of his political rivals and asking a foreign government for a thing of value for himself personally.". Elizabeth Warren says that for right now, the impeachment inquiry should focus on "the Ukraine issue.".
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"The President can say all he wants. He can summon people to the White House all he wants. He can try to interfere. but the fact of the matter is Joe Biden won this state and won big," says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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"For the longest time Trump officials said he was just a low level staffer, a coffee boy. This Washington Post article shows that they were lying" - Rep Lieu on report George Papadopoulos was encouraged to push US partnership w Russia ahead of the election
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Tonight: Trump’s world war. Slapping tariffs on 185 countries—including the world’s poorest. Absent from that list? Russia. @ErinBurnett breaks it down in tonight’s #A3
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Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu says he fully support House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan for a 9/11-type commission to investigate the Capitol attack. “January 6 was a horrific day and we need to investigate all aspects of it," Lieu said.
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Former President Jimmy Carter is turning 100. His grandson tells OutFront "what he's really excited for is to go cast his ballot for Kamala Harris."
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Mary Trump, the President's niece, writes that Trump "destroyed my father. I can't let him destroy my country," in a new book obtained by CNN.
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Democratic nominee Ayanna Pressley says Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation is a "permanent black eye" on the Senate and believes Sen. Collins' support of Kavanaugh will be "the ending of her senate career"
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"I've never seen this level of volcanic anger at a Democrat, ever." CNN senior political commentators Van Jones calls out Chuck Schumer for helping push forward a GOP spending bill and thinks the Senate Minority Leader "has radically misread the room."
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CNN exclusive: Trump campaign aide emailed about effort to meet Putin
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"In terms of the Comey firing . Mr. Rosenstein has every right to feel used and be angry," says Rep. @TedLieu
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"I would hope that as a congressman you would be incredibly disturbed.". Former FBI Special Agent Asha Rangappa challenges GOP Rep. Mike Turner as US intelligence officials ask Congress not to hold public hearings for fear of angering the President.
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"Bowing to a bully is like drinking poison to quench thirst. It only deepens the crisis". China vowing not to bow down in the midst of Trump's trade war as retail prices begin to rise in the U.S. In tonight's #A3, @ErinBurnett illustrates how the Trump administration is not
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.@kayleighmcenany: Clinton has tried to blame Comey, Colin Powell, her aides; "Hillary Clinton owns this all"
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Rep. Ted Lieu: "If I were China, I would be pretty happy right now. Because the President of the United States has already signaled that he wants to withdraw US troops in South Korea if not now, at least in the future. That would cede US influence to China."
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom says "not one person" in his administration "has ever" used the word "Latinx." But our @KFILE found one person who has: Newsom himself
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"This is folly . political distraction of the highest magnitude." Fmr Sec. of Defense Chuck Hagel condemns Trump's moving of US troops to the southern border, telling @JakeTapper the decision "casts a lot questions about the competency of his leadership"
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"What happened to. 'America First?'. in what ways is America first? First to be held hostage by this administration?".@AyannaPressley on Trump and the shutdown. "This Republican Senate needs to do its job, they are not employees of Trump Tower," she adds.
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"We really have to look at the bigger picture here of what's been going on for a long time. It's time for Bill Barr to resign as attorney general," says former Deputy AG Donald Ayer, who was senior to Bill Barr in the George H.W. Bush administration.
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"They objected to everything about her tenure at the White House, but she did confirm. Donald Trump directed her to make this massive lie," says @RepTedLieu on Hope Hicks confirming she was asked to publicly deny Trump's relationship with Karen McDougal .
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"Time's ticking and guess what's going to happen? Shortages. Massive price increases.". @ErinBurnett pulls out the whiteboard to show why "blank sailing" is an economic warning sign you need to know about.
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Rep. Ted Lieu on Pres. Trump using a racist term to refer to Covid-19: “I’m not a virus. We know that there has been an increased number of hate crimes against Asian Americans across America. We are now at about 1,900 hate crimes across the country since the pandemic began.”
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Rep. Ted Lieu says he believes that "if Donald Trump either pardon Paul Manafort or fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions that would cross a red line"
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"No one is above the law. As a former prosecutor, defendants don't get to set preconditions, so the President shouldn't be setting any preconditions." - Rep. Ted Lieu on a potential Trump-Mueller interview
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"Trump chickened out!". The people of China slamming President Trump for softening his tone amid his trade war as he awaits a deal with the country. Erin Burnett looks at Trump's change in tone in tonight's #A3.
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The former Treasury official who the Trump White House used to justify its tariffs says they his formula very wrong." Watch @ErinBurnett break out the white board and crunch the numbers.
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.@ErinBurnett breaks out the white board to explain how the whole premise of Trump’s trade war with China is flawed.
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Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman tells @ErinBurnett why he thinks Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is a "giant rug pull scam."
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“It shows that the establishment is coalescing around Joe Biden," says David Sirota, speechwriter for the Sanders campaign, about the former candidates who have endorsed Biden. "It's not just those candidates . Big money is flowing to Joe Biden"
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"It didn't work," says @RepSwalwell of President Trump's attempts to intimidate Marie Yovanovitch. She "proved herself to be fearless, committed and a tough, tough anti-corruption diplomat working on all of our behalfs.".
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"We won't be comfortable until we have a chance to speak with her directly.". The head of the Women's Tennis Association has cast doubt on an email claiming to be from Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, saying it only raises further concerns for her safety.
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"You as a white man don't get to tell me as a black woman what is racist, and what is offensive. I am telling you, and I got history to back me up." Fmr Ohio State Sen. @ninaturner challenges @JasonMillerinDC over Rep. Ron DeSantis' "monkey this up" remark
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“It's not surprising the Russians are trying to build a new class of nuclear weapons. Donald Trump has been very weak toward Vladimir Putin.” @RepTedLieu on the reported nuclear-powered missile explosion in Russia.
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Jacob Blake is “chained up” and when he woke up, he asked why he was shot so many times, his father told @AndrewYang. “His message to us was to say, ‘my son is a human being.’ It made me very heartbroken,” Yang said about his conversation with Blake’s father
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"This is what happens when you elect a fascist, racist bigot" - Nationwide protests erupt following #Trump's win
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Former Sen. John Danforth, an early supporter of Sen. Josh Hawley, says the Missouri lawmaker was a "critical player" in inciting the Capitol riot. "But for Josh Hawley this would not have happened."
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"Michael Anton was going to be here . he canceled, and he knows I'm going to tell you this, because he said he could not defend the president on his actions today." - Erin Burnett explains the absence of Trump's fmr. National Security Council spokesman
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President Biden offered his most extensive comments since taking office on President Trump's impeachment trial, telling CNN's @kaitlancollins, "I think it has to happen."
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“Sen. Graham became the sycophant-in-chief under President Trump.”. CNN’s Erin Burnett discusses the evolution of Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was critical of Donald Trump before he was elected president, but has since been an ally to Trump.
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Former Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson calls Sen. Amy Klobuchar and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg's endorsements of Joe Biden "a huge stop Bernie movement."
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The CIA has determined that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post reports
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Democrat @RepRaskin: Congress has a duty to set up a bipartisan commission to review Pres. Trump's fitness to serve
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.@JasonKander: “You are more likely to be struck by lightning. than you are to commit voter impersonation fraud”
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