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10 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Sen. Mike Rounds draws an angry rebuke from Donald Trump after he said yesterday, accurately, that the 2020 election was conducted fairly and Republicans lost. Trump says the senator "went woke," vows never to endorse him again. (Rounds just won reelection and is safe till 2026.)
Here's what @SenatorRounds said yesterday on ABC News that drew the former president's ire.
The dynamic is instructive. Mike Rounds was also on the ballot in 2020—the same ballot as Trump. He won his race, as did lots of Republicans running for Congress and state offices. Overall, GOP over-performed. Were their elections fraudulent, too? (Answer: No.)
Mitt Romney sticks up for his colleague against Trump...
.@SenatorRounds responds to Donald Trump: "I’m disappointed but not surprised by the former president’s reaction. However, the facts remain the same. I stand by my statement. The former president lost the 2020 election."

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11 Jan
Joe Biden says it: If the voting rights bills are denied a vote, “we have no option but to change the senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster, for this.”
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“To protect our democracy, I support changing the Senate rules.”

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Joe Manchin tells @LisaDNews on the filibuster: "I truly believe in my heart of hearts, for the sake of our country, that we have to have that ability for the minority — for what we have in this body, the way it works, the way it's always worked. We need to maintain that." 1/
Manchin: "Now with that, I say: To make this place work better, we do need some rule changes and I think the Democrats or Republicans can agree on that, because both are frustrated."

He floats 51 votes to open debate, 3/5ths present, guaranteed amendments, talking filibuster. 2/
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"I wish we'd sit down with our Republican friends."

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10 Jan
New —> 'We need to see outcomes': Voting rights activists demand more action from Biden

Some advocates see him playing catch-up on a cause he relegated to 2nd tier in 2021.

Here's what they want to hear — and don't want to hear — in his speech tomorrow. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
This afternoon, I asked @LeaderMcConnell if he'd support a bill clarifying VP's role in the electoral count process. He said it's "directly related to what happened on January 6 of 2021."

"I think it’s worth discussing because it clearly needs fixing."

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Scooplet: The liberal group End Citizens United is pouring $2.8 million into a new ad campaign to boost Freedom To Vote Act, nationally and in AZ WV NV NH.

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6 Jan
A portion of @JoeBiden’s prepared remarks commemorating January 6:
Biden: Trump "has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. He's done so because he values power over principle, because he sees his own interest as more important than his country's interest... and because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy."
Biden on Trump and 1/6: "He can't accept that he lost."
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5 Jan
NEW: One year after Jan. 6, Congress considers new laws to protect against election coups

The goal is to clarify the role for Capitol Hill + VP and to safeguard legitimate electoral votes.

Crafting this is proving complicated.

They want it done in 2022. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
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4 Jan
.@Sen_JoeManchin says he's having "good conversations" and notes "the need for us to protect democracy as we know it."

"I'm talking, I'm not agreeing to any of this." He says talking filibusters, eliminating first motion to proceed, restoring cmte privileges are being discussed.
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