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16 Jun

President Biden says he brought up Alexei Navalny, human rights abuses, and election interference with Vladimir Putin:

“The bottom line is I told President Putin that we need to have some basic rules of the road that we can all abide by.”

President Biden on meeting with Putin: “I did what I came to do …”

“I must tell you, the tone of the entire meetings — I guess it was a total of four hours — was good, positive.”

Freudian Slip of the Day: Biden refers to President Putin as President Trump, then quickly corrects himself.

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The Recount

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15 Jun

The Republican attacks on Dr. Fauci continue.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA): "The Fire Fauci Act will bring Dr. Fauci's salary down to zero and also will require the Senate to confirm someone to fill his position."

It's (shit)poster time:

Reporter calls out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) about her use of the racist term "China virus" and asks "aren't you just feeding" a spate of attacks against Asian Americans.

Greene says "Absolutely not ... it has nothing to do with anyone's race."

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The Recount

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27 May

“[Brian] was just there for our country."

— Gladys Sicknick, mother of fallen U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, is meeting with some Republicans today and says she hopes she can convince them to support a commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection.

@mkraju

Gladys Sicknick, mother of fallen Capitol Officer Brian Sicknick, leaves Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) office after urging him to support a 1/6 commission.

@mkraju reports Johnson “respectfully disagreed,” but committed to doing “everything” he can to ensure questions are answered.

Gladys Sicknick, mother of U.S. Capitol Officer Brian Sicknick, who died a day after he confronted insurrectionists on January 6, says she’s on Capitol Hill today because “I just couldn’t stay quiet anymore.”

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The Recount

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18 May

Andrew Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani's son, announces his candidacy to become governor of New York.

Andrew Giuliani on whether he'll use his dad Rudy during the gubernatorial campaign:

"You're foolish if you don't use him as an asset."

Andrew Giuliani says he has not been vaccinated, proceeds to explain that antibodies are better than the vaccine.

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The Recount

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17 May

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) suggests the Associated Press colluded with Hamas:

“Did they allow themselves to be used as human shields … ?”

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) doubles down on his criticism of the Associated Press: "I'm not sure what's worse, that the AP knew they shared a building with Hamas, or that they didn't know."

(Biden officials won't confirm whether they have seen intel saying Hamas had an office there.)

@KeithOlbermann

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR): "@KeithOlbermann called me an anti-Constitution, anti-free press, racist fascist."

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The Recount

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17 May

Fritz Scheller, attorney for Matt Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg, on whether his statement about Gaetz “not feeling very comfortable” still stands:

“I had a certain agenda, which I accomplished. This time I will leave that up to Matt Gaetz’s attorneys to answer …”

https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1380223663635623938

A reminder of Scheller's comments last month:

https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1380223663635623938

Fritz Scheller, attorney for Matt Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg, is asked whether he’s been contacted by attorneys of elected officials.

He says, “I’ve had conversations with other attorneys” and adds “the narrative changed to the right narrative.”