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8 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
I covered that race, was one of my favorites of midterms. I found Perdue in my interviews to be a smart guy whose true passion was international corporate tax policy, but had a smart team packaging him as an outsider populist. msnbc.com/msnbc/gop-its-…
Similar to what happened to Loeffler: Perdue was one of the candidates the GOP was desperately hoping would win his primary instead of the tea partiers who would freak out the suburban voters. Six years later, he's tied at the hip to Trump and ousted by the same voters.
Oh and the initial outsourcing story was me (which he graciously sat to talk about). Saw it got blown up as a headline story six years later by the NYT. msnbc.com/msnbc/david-pe…
....and Perdue has conceded.

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10 Jan
Which Corker? The one before and after 2016 who praised his Natsec competence? The one who then was retiring and warned Trump was a dire national security threat who’d start WW III? The one who then reconsidering running and abruptly became an ally again? washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl…
He knew. nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1…
The PR effort by non-Trump R’s to be defined — even praised as prescient! — by their occasional criticism of Trump peppered in between years of supporting, validating, and campaigning for him is predictable and going to be spectacular.
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8 Jan
Speaking of people who warned about Trump fomenting extremist violence in 2016, then joined the administration and campaigned for his re-election, and are now shocked again that extremist violence happened: Nikki Haley. ImageImage
She knew. nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
Nikki Haley 16: “We saw and looked at true hate in the eyes last year in Charleston. I will not stop until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the KKK."

20: "Donald Trump has always put America first. He has earned 4 more years"

21: He will be "judged harshly by history"
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8 Jan
NEW: They knew.

nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
I covered the GOP side in 2016. Republicans warned repeatedly about almost the exact scenario we saw on Wednesday: Trump fomenting a violent mob hopped up on conspiracy theories and lies about his opponents.

Then...they forgot about it.

nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
When Rick Perry gave his "cancer on conservatism" speech about Trump in 2015 what was the example he used to illustrate the danger?

A nativist mob invading Washington, DC to stop a phony plot to overthrow the government.

Then he joined the cabinet.

nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
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7 Jan
So maybe I'm missing it, but: Anyone seeing any statements from prominent R Senators yet saying "Don't use the 25th Amendment, don't impeach?"
Because we're now pretty far into this conversation. There have been reports of 25A talk since yesterday. Impeachment looks increasingly likely, even imminent. Seems like people would have strong reactions?
Graham
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7 Jan
Comes as dozens of members are calling for impeachment or 25th Amendment process to remove Trump (over 70 as of last night), and the number is almost certain to grow. Taking it off the table.
The entire Democratic membership of the House Judiciary Committee called on Trump to be legally removed by his cabinet yesterday. Seems like an odd time to leave.
Going to be lots of tweets like this today, but House Democrats also have the ability to initiate removal proceedings themselves and refer them to the Senate. A lot of statements effectively pawning it off to Pence.
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7 Jan
Person after person getting off the Trump Train at the very last local stop now that there’s nothing to be gained from it also publicly said something like this would happen before they got on it. It seems banal to point out, but it’s poisoned good faith political debate.
This was the crux of Romney and McConnell and others’ speeches yesterday: Trump presents his own challenges to democracy, but the fact nobody believes even some of his most prominent elected supporters are sincere in their support also is toxic. It makes debate impossible.
Hypocrisy is a normal feature of politics. Making alliances with rivals is too. But there’s not much precedent for warning a rival is an immediate danger to democracy, decency, and truth itself THEN getting on board only to complain they did the thing you said they were doing.
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