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12 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The DC Mayor’s office was so desperate for help controlling rioters on Capitol Hill on 1/6, aides called Kellyanne Conway at home & asked her to call Trump in the White House.

She immediately did. Trump ignored his former aide.

This story is stunning… washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
2/ Sen. Lindsey Graham called Ivanka Trump’s cell phone — she was in the Oval Office — to tell her Trump needed to tell his supporters to stop their attack.

She had no luck.

This story is stunning…

washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
3/ Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader, found Trump so disengaged when he called from hiding, he did multiple TV interviews to try to get through to Trump via TV.

(Hours later McCarthy would nonetheless vote to invalidate votes from PA & AZ.)

washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
4/ Among those under siege in hiding at the Capitol was Vice President Pence and his family.

The protesters were calling for Pence to be hung.

No one at the White House called Pence or his team at any point to check on his safety or consult on how to best contain the riot.

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14 Jan
This story is small but mind-boggling:

Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner (& their kids) required 24-hour-a-day Secret Service protection.

Their home in DC's Kalorama neighborhood has 6 bathrooms.

But Trump & Kushner wouldn't let agents use those bathrooms.

washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…
2/ Secret Service agents used bathroom at nearby home of former Pres. Obama. Sometimes they went farther afield, to the home of VP Mike Pence.

But no toilet use at their actual posting.

Eventually, the federal gov't rented a nearby basement apartment — for $3,000 a month.
3/ The family of former Pres. Obama was happy to have the agents step inside to use the bathroom.

But Ivanka & Jared were willing for the agents to *die* protecting them — but couldn't figure out how to let them use the bathroom.

washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…
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14 Jan
It’s both naive & obvious, but it is astonishing how dramatically the world — & US politics — have changed by Donald Trump being unable to tweet.

A lot has happened in the last week, but it’s worth reflecting how different the last 4 years would have been with Trump off Twitter.
2/ Trump used Twitter as a weapon.

We knew that in real time.

But it turns out it was an almost unique weapon. Without it, he’s not just silenced. He doesn’t have a tool to attack people he disagrees with.

And signal for others to attack those ‘enemies’ in real time.
3/ Yes, his time in power is ending.

But the key has been taking Twitter away.

The last 7 days would have been far different if Trump had been tweeting.

The last 4 years might have been far different if he hadn’t been — substantively different.
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13 Jan
The US House has voted to impeach Donald J. Trump, seven days after the insurrection at the US Capitol.

435 members

232 to 197 for impeachment

^ ^ ^

222 Democrats vote to impeach
10 Republicans vote to impeach

0 Democrats vote no
201 Republicans vote no

4 not voting
2/ At last December’s impeachment, 0 Republicans voted to impeach (Justin Amash did vote for impeachment, having left ghe Republican Party).
3/ CNN’s Jake Tapper calling this ‘the most bipartisan impeachment in US history.’

• 2021: 10 members of Trump’s Rep Party vote to impeach him

• 2020: 0 members of Trump’s party vote to impeach him

• 1998: 5 members of Clinton’s Dem Party vote to impeach him

—>
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13 Jan
The US House of Representatives is voting now — 3:50 pm, Wednesday, January 13 — on the second impeachment of Donald J. Trump.

The most commonly quoted person was Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the #3 Republican in the House, who is voting for impeachment.

Her statement below. Image
2/ Liz Cheney...

‘The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing.
...

‘There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath…’
3/ The pre-debate count was 7 House Republicans said they would vote to impeach.

The White House said they expected 12 Republicans to vote to impeach.

Ten minutes in: 5 Republicans have voted to impeach.
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6 Jan
LIVE ON CNN NOW:

MAGA protesters storm steps & front of the Capitol Building.

Law enforcement completely retreats. No effort to contain or channel protesters.

So Black Lives Matter protesters: Swept with violence & tear gas from Lafayette Park.

MAGA protests: Occupy Capitol.
2/ To be clear, this part of the protest is not in the control of the DC Metropolitan Police.

The Capitol Building and the grounds are the responsibility of the Capitol Police.
3/ Capitol Police are now trying to restore some order. Have cleared some steps.

VP Pence has been ushered out of the Senate chamber, via CNN.
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5 Jan
The critical Senate runoff elections in Georgia aren't 'happening' today, this first Tuesday in 2021.

The voting finishes today, but most of the votes have long-since been cast — 70% or more.

GA votes cast so far in early voting
• 3 million

Votes expected today:
• 1 million
2/ But the turnout of in-person voting today — what we might come to call the 'final day' of voting — is critical.

In Georgia's presidential voting on Nov. 3, Democrats did better in early voting. Donald Trump won 60% of votes cast on election day.

ajc.com/politics/early…
3/ The early voting in the Georgia US Senate runoff is huge.

Previous record turnout for a GA runoff election:
• 2.1 million (2008)

Early voting this time is up 43%.

Early voting in this 2-race runoff reached 77% of the total for the presidential election two months ago.
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