This seems...big. Thanks to Republican Ken Buck for getting this on the record:
Buck: "Could you charge the president with a crime after he left office?"
Robert Mueller: "Yes"
There it is. Trump admits he has NOT used the Defense Production Act to get companies to produce the amount of protective equipment American health workers desperately need.
This is a complete failure of leadership. Period .
#coronavirus
#GetMePPE
"You want to honor John, let's honor him by revitalizing the law that he was willing to die for." —
@BarackObama
calls on Congress to expand the Voting Rights Act
Mitch McConnell in 2016: “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president."
Rep. Higgins (R-LA): “[The Ranking member] said, ‘The founders never anticipated this volume of illegals.’”
Rep. Raskin (D-MD): “There was no immigration law when the Constitution was adopted at all. In fact, the only illegals in the country, at least according to the Native…
"While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last. because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities."
@KamalaHarris
NEWS:
@JoeBiden
joins
@danpfeiffer
&
@jonlovett
for a conversation about the 2020 election, and much more. Episode will be live Saturday morning, wherever you get your podcasts.
We went to go knock some doors with
@JoeBiden
. He taught us a lot.
This weekend is your last chance to get out the vote before the midterms! Here's how you can get started:
#votesaveamerica
#PodSaveAmericaHBO
.
@JoeBiden
on wearing a mask (something Trump consistently failed to do):
"So be patriotic. It's not about being a tough guy. It's about doing your part."
Every location has both Democratic and Republican observers.
Every state began counting ballots when state law dictated.
Every lawsuit Trump has filed is designed solely to undermine the election results.
And yet, thanks to poll workers, every vote will be counted.
What is the job of a journalist?
"If person A says it's raining outside, and person B says it's not, your job is not to say 'Person A says it's raining, Person B says it's not raining.' Your job is to open the fucking window and find out if it's raining."
-
@mehdirhasan
"Republicans will never turn a blind eye to unjust acts. "
—KY AG Daniel Cameron has jurisdiction over the Breonna Taylor case.
It has been more than 160 days since Breonna, an EMT and aspiring nurse, was shot in her own home by police. No arrests.
TRUMP: I think mail-in voting is horrible, it's corrupt.
REPORTER: You voted by mail in Florida's election last month.
TRUMP: Because I'm allowed to!
What he's saying makes no sense. What you're hearing is a plan to suppress the vote in November.
Trump does not declare when the election is over. The election is over when the ballots are counted. This year, that might take awhile. Here's how to watch election results.
"When white men storm a government building with guns, there is no need to [Trump] to activate you. But when black people & people of color protest, then you forcibly remove them with armed federal officers...because they're considered terrorists by the president." —
@RepJayapal
NEWS: Tune in for a special pod tomorrow afternoon, as
@BarackObama
joins
@jonfavs
&
@TVietor08
to discuss the state of the election, and what's at stake.
"I don't understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for President of the United States just to talk about what we really can't do and shouldn't fight for."
#DemDebate
Fox News reporter: "Testing is still a big issue in this country. When can hospitals expect to receive a quick turnaround of these test results?"
Trump: Not my job. Stop being so horrid.
Last night in Sacramento, we announced "The Crooked 7," a special fund to unseat 7 vulnerable Republicans in California and take back the House in 2018. Visit to get involved.
@swingleft
#podtoursamerica
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Fetterman:
"Trump's legal strategy is very sad. And desperate. It'd be like putting a carton of sour milk in the refrigerator and checking back to see if it's getting fresher."
Math is math.
We should all be on Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Fetterman's level.
"The president can sue a ham sandwich. He can send a 1,000 lawyers to Pennsylvania, but it’s not going to change."
.
@SpeakerPelosi
announces what will be in the House bill responding to Coronavirus:
-- Free testing for all
-- Paid leave for those affected
-- Funding support for meals, SNAP benefits, and food banks
Trump refused to take the threat of the coronavirus seriously, now he won’t take responsibility as his administration has been totally unprepared for this crisis.
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@ddale8
🔥🔥🔥: "I think it's important for us as journalists to say when both sides are not alike. and they are not alike tonight. we had an avalanche of lying from Donald Trump."
Cory Booker SMOKES Joe Biden on marijuana legalization.
Alts:
Booker LIT him up.
We(ed) did not see that coming.
A JOINT effort to bring some pizazz to this debate.
Reporter: "After 3 1/2 years, do you regret all the lying you've done to the American people?
Trump: "All the what?"
Reporter: "All the lying."
Trump: "That who has done?"
Reporter: "You have done."
Trump: "Uhhh."
"Dad, I'm sitting here today, in the U.S. Capitol, talking to our elected professionals... proof that you made the right decision forty years ago.
Do not worry, I will be fine for telling the truth."
@Yamiche
Also Trump getting caught in a lie is pretty amazing to watch.
Trump: "I haven't left the White House in months."
@Yamiche
: "You held a rally in March."
"When you do testing to that extent, you are going to find more people, you will find more cases. So I said slow the testing down."
—Trump on trying to keep the number of reported COVID cases low
"My Republican colleagues, all they seem to be upset about with this is not that the president sought an investigation of his political rival... Their objection is that he got caught."
@RepAdamSchiff
's closing statement played on all major networks in prime time.
This is how American voters will meet any of Trump's laughable attempts to undermine the carefully delivered election results.
(This is also what we'll be submitting to the Nobel Prize committee.)
.
@Yamiche
: A man said his entire family got sick because they listened to you and didn't stay home. Are you concerned that downplaying the virus got people sick?
Trump: "A lot of people love Trump, right?"
After Jared Kushner said the national stockpile is not for the states, Trump is asked who the stockpile is meant for?
Simple question, meet incomprehensible answer.
"I want a safe America, safe from COVID, safe from crime and looting. Safer from racially violence, safe from bad cops. Let me be crystal clear. Safe from four more years of Donald Trump." -
@JoeBiden
Obama: "Look, I get that this president wants full credit for the economy he inherited and zero blame for the pandemic that he ignored. But you know what? The job doesn't work that way. Tweeting at the television doesn't fix things."
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris received the most votes in history.
Kamala Harris becomes the first woman, the first Black woman, the first South Asian woman, to serve as VP.
History