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My statement on the recent firing of Michael Atkinson, Intelligence Community Inspector General:
“Right now, our nation is dealing with an unprecedented threat in the form of COVID-19. Thousands of Americans have died, over a million individuals around the world are infected.
“Right now, our nation is dealing with an unprecedented threat in the form of COVID-19. Thousands of Americans have died, over a million individuals around the world are infected.
This disease is still rapidly spreading. Our communities are scared, as people are not only concerned about catching or spreading the disease; but, also how to take care of their families as our economy is collapsing.” #COVID19Pandemic #MichaelAtkinson
“With all of this chaos occurring throughout the country, I don't understand why the President decided that now is the proper time to fire an employee he doesn't like. Now is not the time to be focusing on politics.“
Hey Virginia – it’s #supertuesday2020 Tuesday tomorrow! Here's a quick explainer #VAPolitics #VADems
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Tuesday March 3 is "Super" because 14 states, including big guns CA & TX, hold primary elections. (Plus American Samoa has a caucus.) President Trump is going for re-election, so only the Dems are having an election
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Reminder: this is a PRIMARY election, where party voters choose candidate for Nov. general election. More accurately, voters choose DELEGATES to national party convention; these dels are the people who actually vote to select the nominee (A messy process to be sure)
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Improved Dave's #Redistricting App brings me joy! (Gratefully anticipating post-2020). @davesredist @mikemathieu #ElectionTwitter 1/27
@PoliticsWolf @ecaliberseven @DKElections @JMilesColeman @SenhorRaposa @Center4Politics @Redistrict @fairvote @jbview
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@PoliticsWolf @ecaliberseven @DKElections @JMilesColeman @SenhorRaposa @Center4Politics @Redistrict @fairvote @jbview
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Tested it out with this new KY map. Based on 2016-2019 results, intrigued how it would do in 2020. The #KY04 (R+7 PVI) seems more competitive than the real #KY06 (R+9), with the movement in the Cincinnati and Lexington suburbs. 2/27 davesredistricting.org/join/d389d8e2-… 
However, I also did a bunch of Democratic gerrymanders after 2012 redistricting to compare with the real Republican ones. Thought I’d review how my designs performed in light of 2016. The contrast shows just how much of a difference partisan control makes (spoiler: a lot). 3/27
#Election2019 for @VaGenAss is less than 2 weeks away. I have thoughts.
#Thread #VAPolitics #VAGeneralAssembly
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#Thread #VAPolitics #VAGeneralAssembly
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As I wrote for @RVAmag this week, I think #BlueWave is (probably) still cresting, with @vademocrats likely to take back #VAGeneralAssembly
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Basic numbers still favor Dems by far. Dem fundraising is good, including record haul for @debrarodmanva; still getting tons of outside $$, as I told @vpm earlier this month
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I still see a lot of calls for #Impeachment of @LGJustinFairfax , or even @GovernorVA , including @JamilSmith last week in @RollingStone . It's not going to happen, at least anytime soon. Here's why #thread 1/
First of all, is what @LGJustinFairfax did even impeachable? Events happened long before he got into office, right? Well, VA Constitution defines offense as "malfeasance in office, corruption, neglect of duty, or other high crime or misdemeanor" law.lis.virginia.gov/constitution/a… 2/
What does this mean? Nothing and anything. The only true definition of an impeachable offense is that you were impeached for it. It's a political, not legal standard, and it is solely up to the legislative body with the power of impeachment 3/
