Ben Siegel
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@abc supervising producer & off-air reporter covering 2024, Congress & the White House. @uwmadison grad, Knicks fan. benjamin.r.siegel(a)https://t.co/tGj1XfCCq5
Joined December 2008
Police outside the WH just repeatedly bashed a cameraman as they pushed back protestors - just now on @ABC7News
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A Democrat just shouted "Stop the Steal!" as Perry begins a nominating speech for speaker. "Order for the traitor!" another yelled.
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NEW: The Biden administration will return $14 billion+ in military funds to the Pentagon, money seized by the Trump administration to build the border wall. They'll also cancel those contracts, repair levees in the Rio Grande Valley, and erosion near San Diego.
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One by one, Democrats are coming over to introduce themselves to former VP Dick Cheney and shake his hand. There aren’t any GOP House members on the floor.
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George Santos is sitting by himself in the back of the chamber. He appears to be the only person sitting in silence/not talking to someone else. One member went over to say hi - Rep. Ken Calvert - and as soon as Santos introduced himself, Calvert bolted away.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in his first directive since taking office, has given his senior leaders two weeks to send him reports on sexual assault prevention programs in the military, and an assessment of what has worked and what hasn’t.
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.@AOC on @ThisWeekABC: “If another foreign head of state ordered an attack . would we not prosecute?”.
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.@SenJoniErnst says Trump's team "entirely shredded" the case from the House managers. "It was full of truths and facts, as presented from the House managers' own witnesses.".
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.@SpeakerPelosi asked to respond to Kellyanne Conway’s criticism at the Atlantic Festival. “Why do I have to comment on something she said?”.
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Joe Biden, April 23: "Mark my words: I think he is going to try to kick back the election somehow; come up with some rationale why it can't be held.". President Trump, April 27: "I never even thought of changing the date of the election. Why would I do that?" . July 30:.
With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???.
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JUST IN from @houstonpolice, via @emcabcnewsprod: . "Cruz’s staff contacted HPD personnel at IAH on Wednesday . and requested assistance upon the Senator’s arrival at the airport.". "HPD officers monitored his movements through the terminal.".
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — More than 5,000 medical masks that Montgomery County received from the national stockpile were rotted, the local emergency management director said Thursday.
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Trump tells ESPN "nobody's gotten to the bottom of 9/11, unfortunately" when asked about criticism he's received from 9/11 families for hosting Saudi-backed golf tour at his Bedminster club. "Nobody’s gotten to the bottom of 9/11, unfortunately. And they should have.".
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Donald Trump Jr has now been behind closed doors with the Senate Intelligence Committee for more than seven hours.
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On @ABC @donnabrazile tells @DavidMuir Joe Manchin called her to “inquire about” the DNC nomination process. “I had to remind him that to put his name in nomination he has to sign a form that he’s a Democrat,” she says.
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New: Rep. Mo Brooks told ABC Trump asked him repeatedly - “off and on since Sep. 2021” to “rescind” the 2020 election results, “remove” Biden as president and re-do the election.
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Thompson on Mark Meadows: . "This is his legacy now. His former colleagues singling him out for criminal prosecution because he wouldn’t answer questions about what he knows about a brutal attack on our democracy. That’s his legacy.".
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News: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Monday, August 24th.
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Kash Patel was behind closed doors with @January6thCmte investigators for nearly five hours today.
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First on ABC: Dick Cheney on 1/6 anniversary to @jonkarl:. “It’s an important historical event. You can’t overestimate how important it is.”. He added:. “I’m deeply disappointed we don’t have better leadership in the Republican party to restore the Constitution.”.
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Aurora’s Republican Mayor Mike Coffman on Trump’s Friday rally:
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This appears to be the second time the White House has sent impeachment talking points to House Democrats - this time on Yovanovitch:
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.@RepJayapal is the second lawmaker to test positive after sheltering during the siege w/ members who refused to wear masks. She wants them to be fined for not wearing masks at the Capitol, something Dems have discussed.
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.@POTUS tells @GStephanopoulos his dog Major “did not bite someone and penetrate the skin.”. “85% of the people there love him. All he does is lick them and wag his tail,” he said. “We’re in the process of having a training session.”.
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Rep. Lynch on Taylor: “This testimony is a sea change,” adding that it could “accelerate” impeachment timeline in the House.
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Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill, after classified Afghanistan briefing: “I've been doing this over 12 years, most of these briefings are horrible. This was very good,” and “detailed.”.
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Inbox: Fired Bloomberg Staffers Call on Perez to Remove Bloomberg From DNC Stage.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans who oppose making it easier for people to vote absentee have taken advantage of the opportunity to vote by mail in recent elections, with more than 80% of GOP members of the state Legislature doing it in April.
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Greg Jacob, an attorney who worked for former VP Pence in the White House, met with the @January6thCmte for at least 8.5 hours Tuesday, per pooler @HolmesLybrand . He’s at least the second senior Pence aide to meet w/ the panel, after chief of staff Marc Short appeared last week.
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Biden says he supports reforming Senate filibuster in ABC News exclusive interview - ABC News - via @ABC.
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Last night on CNN former GOP Rep. Charlie Dent said GOP is "losing" the shutdown and have a crisis in leadership, comparing the GOP to the Black Knight in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail.". “People pretend they’re winning when they’re having their arms and legs hacked off.”.
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.@RepJoeKennedy becomes the 85th House Democrat, by our count, to support opening an impeachment inquiry:
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Sen. Cornyn tells @rachelvscott he “absolutely” wants to review the House Ethics Committee’s investigation of Matt Gaetz during the AG confirmation process.
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The Trump campaign is discontinuing its voter fraud hotline - the one flooded with pranks calls - and planning to downsize its staff beginning next week, per @wsteaks + @KFaulders.
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"U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday that Donald Trump should resign the presidency immediately and that if the Republican Party cannot separate itself from Trump, she isn’t certain she has a future with the party.".
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Grassley: I’d hate to have someone ask me what I did 35 years ago.
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Schiff tells @MSNBC he and Conaway are willing to go to London to meet with Chris Steele on unverified Trump/Russia dossier.
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Moderate Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-VA, unloads on call w/ Dems: "We need to be pretty clear … it was a failure. It was not a success. We lost incredible members of Congress.".
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Rep. Charlie Dent, R-PA, formally comes out against AHCA. Moderate who has had reservations on GOP course for weeks.
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Goodman is working today, posted outside of the Senate chamber.
In a new video, Officer Eugene Goodman is seen sprinting across the Capitol, rushing to the first floor of the Capitol - where he later encountered rioters - and warning @MittRomney to get to safety.
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Looks like Gaetz and McCarthy just reached a deal to stay and vote. On CSPAN looked like McCarthy said “thank you” and Gaetz appeared to mouth the word “committee.” . (He currents sits on Armed Services. The chairman of that committee, Mike Rogers, just lunged at him.).
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.@RepMattGaetz says he’s filing this complaint against @RepAdamSchiff with the Ethics Committee:
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.@RepAdamSchiff: “The president's decision to disclose a trip that the speaker is making to a war zone is completely and utterly irresponsible in every way.”.
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.@MoBrooks now talking on-camera about Trump asking him to 'remove' Joe Biden from office. "He always brings up, 'We've got to rescind the election, we've got to take Joe Biden out and put me in now.'". Reporter: "He still says that?" . Brooks: "Yes.".
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.@RepLizCheney: "In the days after January 6th, almost no one of any political party would defend President Trump’s conduct. And no one should do so today.".
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.@jonkarl says White House “wouldn’t allow” Dr. Fauci or any medical experts on the Coronavirus Task Force to appear on @ThisWeekABC.
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NEW: House impeachment managers will use evidence that hasn't been seen before during the trial, according to senior aides on the team.
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ABC: Federal agents raided the home of ex-Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark Wednesday morning. Clark worked w/ Trump on a plan to replace the acting attorney general & pressure GA legislators to overturn Biden's victory. via @KFaulders @LukeLBarr @MLevineReports @alex_mallin.
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Rep. @BillPascrell, D-NJ: "In 2021 the entire Trump administration must be fully investigated by the Department of Justice and any other relevant offices. Donald Trump along with his worst enablers must be tried for their crimes against our nation and Constitution.".
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"The White House says they support peaceful protests. Tell that to Colin Kaepernick," @patrickgaspard says on @ThisWeekABC of the former NFL quarterback, who first led the anthem protests Trump has criticized. "We're rewriting history here.".
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Inbox: @SenThomTillis tests positive for COVID-19: "I will be following the recommendations of my doctor and will be self-isolating at home for 10 days and notifying those I’ve been in close contact with. Thankfully, I have no symptoms and I feel well.".
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.@RepMikeQuigley, holding a candy bar, said he offered Republicans a Snickers to stop protesting “because you know you're just not the same when you're hungry.”.
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Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-OR, tells House Dems he is against impeaching Trump after the riot at the Capitol, likening it to a "lynching," per a source on the call.
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Some context: There are 108 members -46 Republicans and 62 Democrats- on the three committees leading the impeachment inquiry. That's roughly a quarter of all House Republicans, House Democrats and the entire House taking part in proceedings.
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DOJ responds to Chairman Jordan’s request for info on the Biden special counsel probe: . “Disclosures to Congress about active investigations risk jeopardizing those investigations and creating the appearance that Congress may be exerting improper political pressure…” 1/2
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Dems no longer pursuing records of Trump-Putin meetings . “The Biden administration is looking forward, not back,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks told ABC News. - via @ABC.
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.@RepSwalwell: "The famous phrase from Senator Howard Baker was, 'What did the president know and when did he know it?' There is a reason that no one here has repeated those questions during these hearings. We know what the president did. And we know when he knew it.".
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.@RepSwalwell: "I would like to hear someone dispute the fact that Rudy Giuliani is President Trump's personal lawyer.".
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BERLIN (AP) — The scientist who won the race to deliver the first widely used coronavirus vaccine says people can rest assured the shots are safe, and the technology behind it will soon be used to fight another global scourge — cancer.
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Special Delivery: After doing some trash cleanup at national park sites in their districts, @RepSpeier and @RepHuffman plan to hand-deliver some of the garbage that has piled up during the shutdown to the White House this afternoon.
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MIAMI (AP) — Former Trump adviser Paul Manafort was removed from a plane at Miami International Airport before it took off for Dubai because he carried a revoked passport, officials said Wednesday.
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Chris Christie, on @ABC, says he could “definitely” see Trump encouraging primaries against any GOP senators up for re-election who vote with Dems to back witnesses in the trial.
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New: @January6thCmte says @RepLoudermilk gave a tour on 1/5 to a man who marched to Capitol on 1/6 & threatened @SpeakerPelosi, @AOC & @SenSchumer. Surveillance video shows him taking photos of tunnels used by members to walk to the Capitol:
'No evidence' GOP Rep. Loudermilk gave reconnaissance tours before Jan. 6: Capitol Police
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Trump campaign foreign policy advisor Carter Page has spent more than five hours behind closed doors w/ House Intel Cmte, w/o a lawyer.
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New: Former Pence staffer Olivia Troye, who advised VP on coronavirus, endorses Biden in new @RVAT2020 ad. She claims Trump called COVID a "good thing" because he wouldn't have to shake hands of "disgusting people" (his own supporters):
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“Failure of leadership!” chants against Perez after he says he plans to vote against a climate debate-related rule.
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New: Biden's transition team has made contact with both Drs. Birx and Fauci, per transition official. Birx met with members of Biden's team yesterday to brief them on the coronavirus response. They had a separate convo w/ Fauci.
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INSIDE THE ROOM: Rep. Connolly said two-dozen Republicans “stormed” into the SCIF, delaying the start of the Cooper deposition. He said a few, including Rep. Gohmert, were “screaming,” and all brought phones into the secure SCIF room. (Rep. Conaway ended up collecting them.).
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Georgia’s secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude legal ballots
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“No one is safe,” one Dem strategist tells ABC News in response to Crowley loss.
JUST IN: Incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley defeated by younger challenger, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in the Democratic primary in New York's 14th Congressional District, the Associated Press projects.
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Maricopa County will release a "significant" number of ballots this morning at 11a ET. The MC Recorder's Office say this will be the last major drop for the county, which currently has 92,000 outstanding ballots. via @JennaEsseling.
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ABC scoop: Federal agents searched the home of former Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark Wednesday morning, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the activity. @KFaulders @alex_mallin @LukeLBarr @MLevineReports.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Organizers have scrapped plans to mandate social distancing during President Donald Trump’s appearance at a July 3 Mount Rushmore fireworks display and won’t limit the crowd due to coronavirus concerns, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Thursday.
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Did President Trump learn anything from the impeachment trial?. @AmbJohnBolton: “He didn't learn lessons from it, other than that he could get away with it, which leaves only the last guardrail -- is the election this November.”.
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“Lay off Bernie, Pete!” Someone screams on the Edmund Pettis Bridge. “Stop being so nasty to Bernie.”.
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The White House has refused to say when Trump last tested negative for COVID-19 at least seven times since Friday.
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On @ThisWeekABC leading GOP moderate Rep. Dave Joyce did not rule out supporting Trump as the GOP '24 presidential nominee despite his call to suspend the Constitution.
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The Secret Service is quietly planning for Trump’s transition to private life as POTUS refuses to acknowledge the election results.
NEW - Secret Service members asked about protecting soon-to-be-former president Trump full time in Florida: Sources @JoshMargolin @KFaulders @AaronKatersky
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JUST IN: Trump Jr. leaves the Senate Intelligence Committee after more than nine hours behind closed doors. Will he be back on the Hill to give more testimony?. "You never know," he tells @ajdukakis.
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Brooks: “The word he used was ‘rescind,’” he said. “We didn’t get into the details [of how it would work] because it’s legally impossible. And I explained that fairly promptly.”.
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Rep. @StaceyPlaskett: "This is not about one speech. Most of you men wouldn't have your wives with one talk with her.".
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Pelosi: Trump "is a very dangerous person who should not continue to serve in office.".
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Sondland put his luggage in the wrong overhead bin, and said "my whole day has been like this"
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.@RepSwalwell on Roger Stone lying to House Intelligence Committee: “You have to be straight with Congress. He wasn’t. And he’s paying the price now. And I suspect he won’t be the last.”.
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.@RepRubenGallego to R's: "Today there was treason in this House. Today there were traitors in this House.". "It is time for you to save your soul. Is it time for you to save your country . that man will leave. Your soul will stay with you for the rest of your life.".
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is expected to approve the deployment of 700 to 800 unarmed National Guard troops to the nation’s capital, a U.S. official said Tuesday, in the face of trucker convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning next week.
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Inbox: @RepPressley and @RepSpeier introduce resolution to censure @DrPaulGosar after he tweeted edited Japanese cartoon showing him stabbing Rep. AOC and POTUS.
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A rare @PRyan statement denouncing GOP plans to challenge the electoral college and Biden’s victory on Wednesday:
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American Bridge is rolling out a six-figure digital campaign attacking Trump's coronavirus response aimed at voters in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. It includes memes like this -
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Q: What should Americans do about upcoming vacation plans?. President Trump: “I would recommend that they enjoy their living room.”.
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The National Archives has turned over taped up and torn up Trump WH records to 1/6 committee, agency confirms in a statement - noting Trump’s reported habit of ripping up official WH docs. First reported by @JaxAlemany @jdawsey1 @AmyEGardner
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"Joe Biden has a mandate," Speaker Pelosi tells House Democrats, predicting his win and pointing to the popular vote margin.
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.@LindseyGrahamSC: "Here’s the bottom line. I am more intent on ending this thing now with my vote.".
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.@MoBrooks: “When the President calls me ‘woke,’ there’s not anybody in Alabama with a brain larger than the size of a pea who believes that Mo Brooks is a woke liberal.”.
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