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16 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
New - Months ago, McConnell made clear to Trump and others that GOP needed to unite behind one candidate in GA. Now, the Loeffler-Collins battle has turned into a race to the right, with GOP fears they’ll alienate swing voters in runoff. w/⁦@arogDC⁩ cnn.com/2020/10/16/pol…
“No one in Georgia cares about the QAnon business," Loeffler said after touting Marjorie Taylor Greene’s endorsement this week at a news conference.
A Georgia Republican strategist, not affiliated with either camp, said: “I think it's devastating to her in a runoff.”
Asked about Collins, @HolmesJosh said: “In a difficult election cycle like this one, you really need candidates to avoid making selfish decisions that further complicate your party's ability to win. Clearly that didn't happen in Georgia."
Asked about QAnon and Greene’s history of xenophobic remarks, which are on tape, Loeffler said: “Look, I don't know anything about QAnon. I know how the media twists people's words, they do it over and over, they even make up things."
Collins announced on Thursday a "Trump Defender Statewide Tour," with some of the President's staunchest allies, including Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Andy Biggs of Arizona and former Trump advisers George Papadopoulos and Carter Page

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8 Oct
New - Pelosi and Raskin to introduce bill creating a commission to review President’s health and fitness for office. This is what she was referring to when she referred to 25th Amendment. She’s having a press conference tomorrow Image
They're introducing a bill that appears to be based on what Raskin has proposed in the past.

In Raskin's previous bill, it would establish a bipartisan commission that would -- at the direction of Congress -- carry out a medical examination of the President
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2 Oct
New: In S.C., Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham says this morning that confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barett are “on track.” He said they are still going to start Oct. 12. He said he spoke this AM to Trump who was in “good spirits” and Trump asked about the hearings
“I talked to President Trump this morning. ... First thing I asked him about was the First Lady. She’s doing good. The President was in good spirits. The first thing he asked me is how’s the hearings going? I said we’re on track. We’re going to start October the 12th,” he said
Graham: “And we’re going to work hard to get this wonderful conservative young lady talented beyond belief, Amy Barrett, on the Supreme Court.”
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30 Sep
Sen. John Thune, majority whip, tells us he hopes WH doesn’t cut a stimulus deal with Pelosi that the Senate GOP wouldn't be able to support.

"As the price goes up, the Republican vote total goes down.”
Thune says if the WH goes above $1 trillion, “I think it gets much harder to get Republican votes."

Thune said of WH: "I hope they would consult with our leaders and the leader's office before they move forward and agree to anything.”
“It depends on how you want to pass something here. Could you pass it, maybe? But you're going to pass it 47 Democrats and 13 Republicans."

Thune said that depending on what the price tag is, "I don't know where the 13 Republicans would come from.”
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24 Sep
GOP reaction to Trump refusal to commit to a peaceful transition: Many downplaying it, insisting there will be a peaceful transition while others point to Hillary Clinton’s remarks suggesting that Biden “should not concede under any circumstances,” though she’s not the candidate
Tillis on Trump: “Look there's going to be an orderly transition of power but if you've got spare time today go ask every Democrat member and ask them if they stand with Hillary Clinton who says that Biden shouldn't accept the result under any circumstances if he doesn't win.”
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham downplayed it, saying: “It will happen,” referring to an orderly transition. “I’m not worried about that. It’s the least of my concerns,” he told me
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24 Sep
Gardner in March 2016: “The next election is too soon, and the stakes too high.”

Asked today about that: “If you didn't see my statement, I'll send it to you.”

His statement didn’t address his 2016 stance.

GOP on its 2016 vow to “let the voters decide”
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Ernst in 2016: “In the midst of a critical election, the American people deserve to have a say in this important decision that will impact the course of our country for years to come.”
Asked by @tedbarrettcnn multiple times about that past statement, Ernst ignored the questions
Rubio in the Capitol in 2016: "I don't think we should be moving forward on a nominee in the last year of this President's term. I would say that if it was a Republican president."
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21 Sep
After saying in late July he wouldn’t favor moving ahead with a nomination this election year, Grassley signals he’s on McConnell’s side. “If the shoe were on the other foot, Senate Democrats wouldn’t hesitate to use their Constitutional authority ... to fill this seat.”
Grassley: “The circumstances are different in 2020, where the American people elected a Republican President and Senate in 2016 and expanded the Republican Senate majority in 2018.”
Grassley told me in late July when asked if he would support filling a vacancy this year: “My position is if I were chairman of the committee, I couldn't move forward with it.”
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