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9 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Dems repeatedly fail to acknowledge, no matter how often I or any other journalist explains it, is Republicans support Trump. A handful of wealthy Never Trumpers--all still GOP--distancing themselves from Trump is not the Senate, House & Trump courts. Twitter is not the GOP base.
Of course McConnell and Graham were going to weigh their power. But they both just crushed their opposition in large part because Trump got Republicans voting. It is a grim reminder that half the country-Independents skew right--voted for Trump AND believe he was cheated.
There was bigger turnout than ever since for the 1st time in US history, every state had early voting & no-excuse mail-ins. Trump got nearly 10M more votes than he got in 2016. EVERY demographic went up for him, including BIPOC and LGBTQ. This is why the GOP is standing with him.
So now we have to fight not just a rogue president, but a rogue GOP leadership bolstered by their constituents fed by Trump children on Fox News saying the election was rigged.

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11 Nov
This is stellar reporting & beautifully written. The final quote is extraordinary. Read the whole piece. It's just so heartening about our nation & statewide officials' tranparency.

The Times Called Officials in Every State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud nytimes.com/2020/11/10/us/…
What is most gratifying in this story is how GOP secretaries of state refuse to bolster Trump's narrative. Additionally, the Georgia GOP Secretary of State called Loeffler and Perdue's claims of lack of transparency and fraud "laughable," noting he had posted HOURLY counts.
The story also points out that Trump and his cohort are seemingly unconcerned about voter fraud in states Trump and the GOP won, like SC, OH and KY. But the GOP Ohio SoS was outspoken that there is no voter fraud in his state and he did not support Trump's claims.
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8 Nov
Important clarifying thread from @jbouie. He notes that it would be good if folks read what AOC said rather than hear something else. Why she never gets credit for her work is a factor of misogyny +racism. But she is 100% right that we should be focusing on Democrats not GOP.
It is significant that Kamala Harris worked on bills with her they co-sponsored. One of the critiques of Harris when she was running for POTUS was that she was too left. And her Senate ranking is in the top three. My endorsement of Harris was because of her progressive policy.
Being a progressive senator is not a bad thing. @KamalaHarris's LIFT proposal is something I reported on in depth and it was far more progressive and far reaching than any other anti-poverty program and would radically add to Black wealth by raising people into the middle class.
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8 Nov
The AME church behind our house has a big service every Sunday. Lots of gospel music, lots of preaching. The loudspeaker system puts it right in the room with us. This morning they also have a band. The joyful noise is clear: A new day dawned with the election.
The emotion is palpable. History happened yesterday and today we are living a different reality: A whole new future lies before us. The Wife says everything feels lighter. And it's true--it is a gorgeous sunny morning, unnaturally warm for November. But yes--we can breathe again.
Right now the preacher is singing "Thank you Jesus" repeatedly. "Thank you G-d, we have won the election. We have been given the hope. In this crucial battle between Good and Evil, between Right and Wrong, against Hate."

And now I am crying again.
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8 Nov
THREAD 📌 In 4yrs NO ONE reached out to Hillary voters. We were treated to endless interviews with Trump supporters, but never a word from the people who were cheated out of a president. For 4yrs we were terrorized by the Trump regime and its racist, misogynist, abelist policies.
For 4yrs Republicans and their enabling cohort in the MSM lied to us and about us and never gave us a platform to refute their claims. They continued their assault on Hillary Clinton, whose only seeming crime was calling out white supremacy and institutional racism and misogyny.
While countless Black men, women, children and #disabled were murdered by police, the GOP either sat silent or demonized the victims. While sick and disabled Americans were desperate for #healthcare, Trump and the GOP drove an assault on the #ACA, #Medicare and #Medicaid.
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6 Nov
🚨THREAD🚨
I was paralyzed 2mos before the 2016 election. Every day of Trump's assault on #healthcare has harmed me personally and put terrible stress on my family. Trump ending the #ACA mandate raised the premiums of 56M Americans. Mine went from $231 a month to $1,978.10.
1/x
My wife had to take a 2nd job & take out a loan to pay this incredible amount of money: I was too sick to not have health insurance. The past four years have assaulted our mixed race lesbian family every day. Trump also targeted our sanctuary city and some of our friends.
2/x
I reported so many stories of people getting sicker, poorer, homeless under Trump's dangerous policies. I wrote about the Muslim ban, the trans ban, the kids in cages, the accusations of sexual harassment and assault, the attacks on LGBTQ people. The white nationalism. COVID.
3/x
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5 Nov
#BREAKING
#UPDATE on #Pennsylvania: Trump's edge is being winnowed down. There are now only 142k votes between Biden and Trump. Trump still leads BUT the mail-ins are leaning more than 80% Biden, so we are on board for him to take #PA. More data to come from the SoS late today.
My latest data is that the near #Philly suburbs are trending Biden. These trended Trump in 2016 among white voters.
There will be a #CountEveryVote rally in #Philly this afternoon AND a #STOPTHECOUNT rally.
#Election2020
Also, Trump is working to stop the count in #PA. That may slow counting but won't end it. Right now Biden is over 80% in #Philly. Hillary had 85% in 2016 and we know there were many more votes this year because of mail-in ballots. About 8% more. So that would give Biden 8% more.
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