I’m at the @Perduesenate@KLoeffler rally. No one has announced yet Sen Perdue is quarantined. Here’s a look at the crowd, yes outdoors, but few masks present. #gasenaterunoffs
Here’s @Perduesenate 2 days ago at an indoor event in Forsyth, GA. @DJJudd shot these pictures. We don’t know when the contact with the #COVID19 positive person on the campaign was. But Perdue and those around him were indoors, not wearing masks
Onstage now, @KLoeffler without @Perduesenate. She’s delivering her stump speech— there’s been no announcement from her or anyone else about Perdue not showing up bc of #COVID19 exposure
Wow. @KLoeffler is done speaking and didn’t mention it.
Have spoken to @Perduesenate supporters as they leave. I’ve been telling them about his possible #COVID19 exposure, since they’re asking us why he didn’t show up. None say it’ll change their support for him or @KLoeffler#gasenaterunoffs
.@GaSecofState Raffensperger says results of audit of voter signatures of absentee ballot envelopes in Cobb County show “no fraudulent absentee ballots,” and found that the Cobb Co Elections Dept had “99.9% accuracy rate in performing correct signature verification procedures”
Of 15,118 randomly selected ballot envelopes examined by GBI investigators, only 2 signatures were identified as a problem— a wife who signed her name to both her and her husband’s envelopes
“In this case, three strikes against the voter fraud claims and they’re out,” said @GaSecofState Brad Raffensperger
A thread about keeping a foreign name in America: I'm not crazy about my name, Kyung. It's a pain in the a** & I have to spell it repeatedly... daily. FYI, it's pronounced 'Young with a K', not Kee-Young, not Kwang, not Koong, though I will answer to anything close (more)
My father, who dropped his Korean name for "John" as a Chicago shopkeeper, urged me in the 2nd grade to change my name as we registered for school. We argued over the name "Lucy" because I loved the Peanuts. But I couldn't fathom being called something different so I refused.
I regretted it. This jerk in the 5th grade called me Egg Foo Young for the entire year. I still bring it up!
Worst economy in history, says Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. "We are going to see economic data for the second quarter that is worse than any data we have seen for the economy," Powell said #coronavirus#economy
#Economy could begin to bounce back significantly in 3Q as businesses reopen, says Fed Chair Powell, adding while we won't go back to pre-#coronavirus levels for quite some time, 3Q could provide some economic relief.
Powell also noted that unemployment shot higher for people of color -- much faster than it has for white Americans. Just a few months ago, the US labor market was the best-ever for #POC, Powell noted. Now, minorities are among the first to lose their jobs.
.@KamalaHarris spends Sunday dinner with the Grimm family in Ames, IA, part of her shift to more intimate meetings with Iowans #IACaucus
Yes, that’s @KamalaHarris, wearing her apron to help w/Sunday supper at the Grimm home in Ames, IA. She’s talking about immigration & education, issues that this family is asking her about #IACaucus
.@KamalaHarris is making her homemade salad dressing with the kids. Sunday supper has always been grounding for this Presidential candidate. The apron? It says ‘Kamala Harris For President,’ handmade by the Grimm kids #IACaucus
.@AndrewYang's tweet lent the highest voice yet on the debate and anger raging on social media this weekend, focusing attention on Yang's identity as a man of East Asian descent running for the highest office in American politics.
From @ewarren campaign manager @RogerLau: "This is absolutely f'ed, but I agree that this can and should be a teaching moment. We can and should be better than this."
.@amyklobuchar says “We have to get to universal health care.” She says US could get there by expanding choice via Medicare and Medicaid & controlling drug prices #cnntownhall
Public option is a part of it, but sees Medicare for all as “something for the future”
In my 1st day of my Pres admin, return US to climate pact, return to fed fuel standards, green jobs. Calls #GreenNewDeal “aspirational” and something to move towards, a debate-starter