RIGHT NOW-> Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who has bragged about her desire to carry a weapon on Capital Hill is currently in a standoff with Capitol Police at the newly installed Metal Detectors outside the chamber doors.
Boebert walked through with her bag which set off the mags. She refused to offer the bag over to be searched and is now in a standoff with Cap Police.
Capitol Police won’t let her in until Boebert shows them what is in her bag, she won’t and is now standing by the entrance of the chamber. She is respectful but defiant.
Boebert has now been let into the chamber it was unclear from my vantage point if the Capitol Police searched her bag before she went in.
In addition to the Boebert standoff, several House GOPers expressed their anger over the new metal detectors.
Here is the setting for today’s drive-in car rally w/ @KamalaHarris in support of Jon @Ossoff & @ReverendWarnock.
This event was supposed to be at 5pm but was moved up to Noon so that Harris can get back to Washington to vote on the Covid-relief package. #gasen
This is my first “drive-in” rally. It is very unique and requires a different level of logistics planning. Planning that is heightened because of the Secret Service protection of VP-Elect Harris.
The VPE Harris motorcade just arrived. “Sound On” for the full drive-in rally experience. #honk
The AJC's great reporter Greg @Bluestein presses @KLoeffler twice on wether the November election was "rigged". She refuses to answer directly- but pivots to stay that there are "issues" that need to be looked into.
Asked pointed questions about his remarks about police and the military from the pulpit of his church, @ReverendWarnock promises that he will be an ally of law enforcement and work to bridge gaps between police and the community.
As @KLoeffler attempts to fire up the crowd in Valdosta - asking them to “vote early” and “request an absentee ballot”.. the crowd responds with chants of “stop the steal!!” #gasen#gapol
Today in series of tweets President Trump has attacked the signature match system in Georgia- a key part of its absentee ballot process.
Sign at tonight’s rally reads:
“Request your absentee ballot right now!”
The two candidates on the ballot in this vitally important #GASen runoff, spoke from the stage for a grand total of roughly 10 minutes. Their speeches came an hour and a half before Trump is expected to take the stage.
On the ground in Georgia today in support of the GOP Candidates in the #GASen runoff- @GOPChairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
McDaniel speaking to a crowd in Marietta. Neither of the two Republicans candidates are here with her.
She promises “I’m gonna be in your state so much.”
Mocking Dem candidate @ReverendWarnock- McDaniel tells the crowd not to be swayed by Warnock’s ads with his dog.
“Just because there is a nice looking man with a dog licking his face- that doesn’t mean we should vote for him.”
McDaniel now taking questions from supporters.. and they are ALL about Trump’s claims the election was run fraudulently.
We are awaiting President Trump in Macon, GA for what will be his third event of the day. State Rep. Vernon Jones- a noted Trump supporter who is black and a Democrat proclaimed that “President Trump has created more jobs for African-Americans going back to probably slavery.”
Sen. David Perdue in a tough re-election fight just told the crowd that President Donald Trump's election was "providential" and suggested God had a hand in electing Trump as President.
Perdue then warned the crowd of a potential liberal take over of government with "Bernie and Elizabeth and Kah-mah-la or Kah-ma-la or Kamamboamamla or however you say it." (Perdue has served with Kamala Harris in the Senate for 3 years)
Scenes from today’s Trump rally in Greenville, NC:
*A sign asking people to wear masks (few are)
*A t-shirt touting “herd immunity”
*A t-shirt calling for the US to “invade Greenland”.
Not pictured- organizers asking rally goers to cover up shirts that say “F**ck your feelings.”
North Carolina is as important as any state on the map for President Trump. He won here by 4pts in 2016. A NYTimes/ Siena poll this morning shows him trailing by 4pts.
President Trump just called former North Carolina Congressman Mark Meadows on stage to cheers. Touting Meadows.. Trump said “I just test positive and Mark didn’t care he jumped on that helicopter. Why? He’s from North Carolina!”