Here's what I was working on before violent rioters invaded the Capitol...

Chuck Schumer breaks through

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When Stacey Abrams turned Schumer down for Senate, she said there was a candidate just as good as her. Little did he, or we, know at the time that Warnock was the one would finally make Schumer majority leader.

"As usual, Stacey was right," Schumer says
Schumer's job will be difficult, getting Bernie/Manchin on the same page. But maybe not as hard as McConnell's

Schatz: Republicans “divided not by ideology but whether or not one is supportive of the premise of democracy itself. And that seems like a tougher caucus to manage.”
How will Schumer be as majority leader?

“I have a friend where you ask him how he’s doing he always says, 'Compared to what?' So, compared to our current leader, [Schumer] will be a great improvement," Carper says, dinging McConnell. He says more amendments, open floor
Same question, but to Romney: Schumer will not be "as good as Mitch McConnell would have been and has been."

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8 Jan
!!!! Sen. Murray, No. 3 Senate Democrat: "Any Senator who stands up and supports the power of force over the power of democracy has broken their oath of office. Senators Hawley and Cruz should resign.”
from the release: Muray "issued the following statement calling for the resignation of Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), who like the President, incited and supported the violent mob that attacked the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election."
Cruz spox responds: “Cruz has always condemned political violence of all kinds, unlike Sen. Murray, who this summer defended what she called a ‘vital’ and ‘legitimate’ insurrection in her home state that resulted in four shootings, two deaths, multiple alleged sexual assaults”
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Sen. Graham says the rioters yesterday are "terrorists not patriots."

Says "anyone in charge of defending the Capitol failed in their duties."

"It would have been so easy for a terrorist organization to infiltrate this movement"
Now Graham is blaming lack of prosecution in Portland, Ore., and Seattle for leading to yesterday's Capitol breach.

"It's good to hear everybody wanting prosecutions. Some are late to the dance"
Grahams says a lot of Trump's presidency has been "amazing," naming judges, international affairs, etc. "On and on and on was tarnished yesterday."
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6 Jan
The Senate will reconvene at 8 p.m. to continue certification process, per source.
Senate Republicans are hopeful they have convinced senators to remove their objections to allow the debate to be finished quickly on Wednesday night, according to a source familiar with the talks.
Asked what he wants to hear from Trump, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said: “I don’t want to hear anything.”

“It was a tragic day and I think he was part of it,” he said.
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6 Jan
Manchin is gung ho about finishing tonight

"We're going to go back and do our business"

"Whatever it takes. These thugs are not running us off"
"I think so, yes," said Sen. Roger Wick (R-Miss.) when asked if they will finish the certification tonight.
No answer from Cruz and Hawley at this point on whether they will still object.
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McConnell speaking now against Trump's efforts to overturn the election: "I supported the president's right to use the legal system"

"The courts rejected these claims"
"Nothing before us proves illegality anywhere near the massive scale that would have tipped the entire election. Nor can public doubt alone justify a radical break, when the doubt itself was incited without any evidence"
"The voters, the courts and the states have all spoken. They've all spoken. If we overrule them it would damage our republic forever. This election actually wasn't unusually close"
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Schumer on becoming majority leader: “what a good morning it is. We sure did not take the most direct path to be here. But here we are”
Schumer says $2000 checks will be among first agenda items when Warnock and Ossoff are sworn in
Schumer says he spoke to Biden this morning
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