'Finally, the Senate sergeant at arms sat down amid the others in the room, saying to no one in particular, “I wish I had just retired last week.”'

Every time I read something more about Wednesday I am more amazed it wasn't a massacre.
washingtonpost.com/politics/insid…
The lack of preparation is astounding. This is how the FBI found out what was happening? Second-hand from a former DOJ lawyer who happened to have previously worked at the same law firm as a McConnell staffer? Image
Every few grafs there's a moment like this where, as bad as reality was, you can see how something much worse was barely avoided.

Seeing how the one officer responded to an attempted incursion into the Speaker's Lobby, it's not hard to imagine how this situation could have gone. Image
Literally a matter of seconds. The officer in the video delayed the oncoming mob by just enough time to seal the Senate chamber. Beyond scary stuff.

(The lead rioter was picked up by the FBI in Des Moines this morning.) Image

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7 Jan
PELOSI SAYS IF PENCE DOES NOT INVOKE 25A, CONGRESS MAY IMPEACH AGAIN
“I join the Senate Democratic leader in calling on the Vice President to remove this president by immediately invoking the 25th Amendment,” says Speaker Pelosi, “If the Vice President and the cabinet do not act, the Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment.”
"Do you expect an answer today" from Pence on whether he will invoke the 25th Amendment, asks a reporter.

"We would hope," says Pelosi.
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"Many times, my state has been the problem," starts off South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham.
"If you're looking for historical guidance," says Graham, referring to Hawley and Cruz's invocation of the 1876 electoral commission that decided the Tilden-Hayes fiasco, "this is not the one to pick." Laughter in the chamber.
"All I can say is count me out," says Graham, before listing off all of Trump's losses in court over the election.

In Georgia, "they say there's 60,000 people under the age of 18 voted. How many people believe that?" asks Graham, as Sen. Loeffler looks on in the background.
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6 Jan
"We will never give up, we will never concede," says President Trump at the rally to overturn the results.
"I hope Mike is gonna do the right thing, I hope so. Because if Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election," says Trump, even though this is false.
"All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the states to recertify...and we become president, and you are the happiest people," says Trump, spreading disinformation and deluding his followers.
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With former Rep. Cleo Fields taking himself out of contention for LA-02, it's likely that Cedric Richmond will be succeeded by another New Orleans-area politician. Fields was viewed as the only Baton Rouge-area pol with enough clout to seriously compete.

theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…
LA-02 is heavily gerrymandered to be a vote sink for Black Louisianans. It stretches all the way from New Orleans through the River Parishes to parts of Baton Rouge.

But 78% of the population lives in the New Orleans metro, compared to just 21% in Baton Rouge, per @DKElections.
Subscribers can read more about the coming fight for Richmond's seat here:

insideelections.com/news/article/l…
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My first-ever article for IE was on Georgia's Senate races, so it's very full-circle that we closing out the cycle here.

All in all, I've written 19,518 words(!) on Georgia's Senate races, more than any other state.

March 6, my first stab at the special:
insideelections.com/news/article/g…
June 19, my deep dive on the regular election featuring Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff, where I previewed how Ossoff's campaign would be different, and stronger, than his failed 2017 bid for Congress.

insideelections.com/news/article/g…
In November, when it became clear that both races, including the Perdue contest, were headed to runoffs, I took a look back at the history of runoffs in Georgia, and why Democrats thought this time could be different.

insideelections.com/news/article/g…
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"There's no way we lost Georgia," says the president, getting off to a good start.
"I've had two elections. I won both of them, it's amazing. I actually did better in the second one," he continues.
As Trump mentions Kelly Loeffler, a "fight for Trump" chant overtakes the crowd and the president pauses to let it wash over him.
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