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6 Jan, 2 tweets, 1 min read
If Warnock wins he will be the first Black American to win a US Senate seat in a former Confederate state since Reconstruction w/o incumbent advantage (Scott was appointed to his seat in SC + later won election as an incumbent). And also only the 11th Black senator in US history.
Five of the 10 Black Americans to serve in the U.S. Senate have done so since Obama won the White House in 2008: Harris, Booker, Cowan, Scott + Burris. senate.gov/pagelayout/his…

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Trump trying to deny what @JeffreyGoldberg reported after making more than 20,000 false & misleading claims since becoming president and calling McCain a "loser" on the record is not credible. After four years, we know who Trump is.
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10 Oct 19
Reup this must read from July: buzzfeednews.com/article/mikesa…
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Maybe someone should hold a hearing into all the different ways Trump has asked people who work for him or the government to break laws.
Here are some reported examples:

1. "Ms. Nielsen had earlier refused to carry through with Mr. Trump’s desire to close the border, telling him it was illegal."
2. "Trump told Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan he would grant McAleenan a pardon if he were sent to jail for having border agents block asylum seekers from entering the US in defiance of US law" cnn.com/2019/04/12/pol…
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22 Feb 19
"On the evening of Dec. 2nd, 2010, a handful of America's media and entertainment elite—including TV anchors Katie Couric and George Stephanopoulos, comedienne Chelsea Handler, and director Woody Allen—convened around the dinner table of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein"
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THREAD: Every so often I volunteer with a bipartisan group that trains young women to run for office. The last time I did this there was one woman who asked how you run for office when there is something you don't want to talk about.
I gave some general insight into how candidates often try to create a zone of privacy while becoming public figures. She didn't get more specific & I didn't ask.
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