During his ice cream stop in Ohio, a reporter asks Biden: "What's your message to Republicans who are prepared to block a Jan. 6 commission?"
Biden holds up his ice cream cone: "Eat some chocolate chocolate chip." 1/2
He then answers more fully: "I can't image anyone voting against the establishment of a commission on the greatest assault, since the Civil War, on the Capitol."
Biden then adds, lifting up his cone to the crowd of onlookers: "But at any rate, I came for ice cream." 2/2
The most astounding thing about this (and there are many) is that these lawmakers are denying a violent insurrection that took place *at their own place of work.*
They were there! Their own lives, and their own staffers’ lives, were literally in danger.
An excellent fact check by @GlennKesslerWP that I somehow missed two years ago! Many of McCarthy's claims about his small business experience don't add up...
Late to this, but the news that No Labels has hired Mark Halperin is an outrage. More than a dozen women have accused Halperin of sexual misconduct. Halperin still refutes many of the accusations — so how can No Labels claim that he’s done his time and made amends? 1/x
I think there’s a general lack of understanding about what going through a traumatic response is like. So I just want to share a few thoughts/observations in case it’s helpful for anyone out there — someone you love or work with may be going through it at some point. 1/x
The first and biggest point is that there’s no one, overarching model for what a traumatic response looks like. It’s a personal phenomenon that can vary widely based on the individual, what they’ve gone through and what their circumstances are. 2/x
Some people may experience shock and feel numb for days. Some people may experience personality swings and not feel like their usual selves. Some people may find themselves “all over the place” emotionally. Some people may be overwhelmed by fatigue and unable to do anything. 3/x
Hours before the 3/16 Washington Post town hall that @politico reported on, I had a session with a therapist I hadn’t seen for more than a year (I had changed insurance).
I caught him up on the events of the past year, including all the threats, my doxxing and suspension. 1/x
At one point, he asked me whether I feel supported by the Post’s current management, now that the editor who oversaw my suspension had retired.
And I just burst into tears. 2/x
It was the directness of his question that I think really caught me off guard. I’ve tried to keep my head down and just do my job the best I can, despite having to take myself off sexual assault-related stories at least once every week or two, sometimes even more often. 3/x