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Matthew Gertz

@MattGertz

19 May

I'm fine with extracting a political price for Republican intransigence to investigate Jan. 6, but once that's over Democrats in Congress need to use their power to do the work and get answers through the committee process.

I mean look if you think Kevin McCarthy would fight a subpoena from a House committee because it's "partisan" but would happily talk to a commission if it were empaneled over his objections, I don't know what to tell you.

The one difference is that it's easier for witnesses to run out the clock knowing that if Republicans win in 2022 they'll shut the whole thing down... but if you think they wouldn't do that to a commission, again, I dunno what to tell you.

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Matthew Gertz

@MattGertz

17 May

Ron DeSantis' Fox-focused political strategy that has fueled his rise from backbench member of the House Republican caucus to Florida governor to would-be presidential contender. mediamatters.org/fox-news/ron-d…

DeSantis has appeared on Fox’s weekday programming at least 173 times since August 2017. His last appearances on CNN or MSNBC came in 2017.

DeSantis' campaign team put him on Fox as often as possible during the 2018 gubernatorial primary. Kept him in front of GOP voters, caught Trump's attention (cinching endorsement), won him the support of Fox stars like Hannity and Levin.

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Matthew Gertz

@MattGertz

14 May

https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1393333809991520256

Damn it Matt, I have a family!

https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1393333809991520256

https://twitter.com/sollenbergerrc/status/1393336853827366913

Well this isn’t good.

https://twitter.com/sollenbergerrc/status/1393336853827366913

oh sweet mother of god

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Matthew Gertz

@MattGertz

14 May

1. The GOP responded to Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat by institutionalizing his lie that the election was stolen and laying the groundwork to rig the next presidential election in favor of the GOP.

2. Any such plot revolves around the impermeability of the right-wing media bubble.

Fox News needs to be on board to tell Republicans that the election was stolen and the politicians need to reverse it.

3. That's the role Fox played for Trump in 2020.

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Matthew Gertz

@MattGertz

28 Apr

mediamatters.org/fox-news/tucke…

mediamatters.org/coronavirus-co…

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Matthew Gertz

@MattGertz

27 Apr

Last night, Tucker Carlson said Joe Biden "has no active role in running the U.S. government," promised his show would call it "the Kamala Harris administration" from now on, and added that the (fake) Harris book story suggests we live in North Korea.

Tammy Bruce: "Migrant children get to read Kamala Harris's kid's book, it's included in what can only be called a welcome pack, given to unaccompanied minors at the border, propaganda aimed even to children."