2-"“Republican recalcitrance about the virus persists even as GOP faces growing turmoil”: “Widespread Republican recalcitrance about federal health guidelines showed few signs of waning on Monday, even as the party faces growing turmoil following President Trump’s hospitalization
3-"and as more White House aides test positive for the novel coronavirus. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and at least two of her deputies have now contracted the virus, further derailing the functioning of a West Wing plunged into crisis and adding to a long list
4-"of top Republicans who have been infected. But many Republicans continue to dismiss calls for alarm — and for changes to the party’s message on the virus and its operations.
5-"Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who tested positive last week, said in an interview with a conservative talk-show host that there is ‘a level of unjustifiable hysteria’ about a virus that has killed nearly 210,000 Americans and asked,
6-"‘Why do we think we actually can stop the progression of a contagious disease?’” ~WaPo
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2-"Harris’ tone toward the laid-up president is expected to mirror Biden’s of late, according to aides and allies. The Democratic presidential contender and Harris have wished the president a speedy recovery. Their campaign pulled negative TV ads and implored staff to refrain
3-"from piling on to reporters and on social media, though as Trump emerged from the hospital late Monday, Biden suggested he would not let him off the hook for not wearing a mask and flaunting social distancing protocols.
Word this am that Pelosi & Mnuchin met for 90 min yest @ a new CR deal, McConnell still saying too high but Mnuchin & WH & NP want something, so they'll meet again this am.
If nothing Dems will put new deal on floor, pass it & walk.
Dems want this new lower $2.2T deal
Incl $ for Stim, States & Schools, expanded u/e & more SNAP
McConnell won't budge far past his original $1T
So they're far away
Trump doesn't care @ details-just wants to send $ to voters now
It doesn't look good
But Meadows could force it
McConnell is said to be refusing to put a bill on Senate floor that exceeds his $1T by much, & doesn't have full GOP support bc GOP are 'tired of spending'
He's saying they're 'very far apart' & won't nec respond to WH pressure at this point
We'll see ..
Per NBC: CDC Dir Rob't Redfield is now expressing 'alarm' about Trump Covid advisor Scott Atlas
They're reporting Redfield told a colleague on Fri
"Everything [Atlas] says is false" news.yahoo.com/redfield-voice…
2-"Dr. Robert Redfield, who leads the CDC, suggested in a conversation with a colleague Friday that Dr. Scott Atlas is arming Trump with misleading data on a range of issues including questioning the efficacy of masks, whether young people are susceptible to the virus and the
3-"potential benefits of herd immunity. 'Everything he says is false,’ Redfield said of Atlas during a phone call made in public on a commercial airline and overheard by NBC News. Redfield acknowledged after the flight from Atlanta to Washington D.C. that he was speaking about
Pelosi sent a ltr to Dem Caucus yesterday telling them to focus on flipping House STATE delegations in case neither Trump nor Biden win the EC majority
BC the election then goes to the winner of the majority of House delegations #TrumpTaxes
The letter: crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF…
2-"[Trump] was suggesting that if GOP leaders can hold up the final election results so that Joe Biden doesn’t get 270 electoral votes certified, the 12th Amendment would require the House to decide the presidential contest. But instead of giving every Member of Congress a vote,
3-"the 12th Amendment gives each state one vote, which is determined by a vote of the state’s delegation. In other words, how many state delegations the Democrats win in this upcoming election could determine who our next President is.
Good point here:
Trump's been working overtime to convince his stupid followers that Biden's 'addled and incoherent' which of course, Joe is not
This could backfire on him.. but not with his base #VoteHimOut nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/…
2-"President Trump has framed the first general election debate as a test for his opponent, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Yet he has simultaneously set the bar so low for so long that many of his supporters — having watched unflattering, often manipulated clips of
3-"Mr. Biden in Trump campaign advertisements or on Fox News — are now expecting the president to mop the floor with an incoherent opponent in something resembling a W.W.E. match.
Pelosi to Tapper today on status of CR talks with Mnuchin:
"I have been willing to come below $3.4 trillion. We have come all the way down. So, I don’t know why the press decides that it’s equivalent for me to come down further, while they’re not going up any further.
2-"So, we are having our conversations. And when I have a conversation with the administration, it is in good faith. I trust Secretary Mnuchin to represent something that can reach a solution. And I believe we can come to an agreement.
3-"However, at some point, the public is going to have to see why 2.2 or now 2.4, perhaps, trillion dollars is necessary, because -- because the president’s denial of the virus and just resistance to doing anything to crush it has made matters worse in so many ways for