Speaking on CNN yesterday about Gaetz & Bannon's remarks @ Pence fmr GOP Rep @BarbaraComstock said:
"These are the lowest of the low, these are the only people left in the Trump circle..Look at who didn't speak up yesterday.
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"There were not people out on Fox all day defending this resolution or pushing back on Mike Pence, or defending the former president and his talk of pardons. Republicans are now silent. So if you're Donald Trump, that means you don't have a lot of support.
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"You may intimidate people, but these are all people who really ultimately hope you go away. It's all closing in on him, and these desperate people who he still has around him themselves may be in need of, hoping for, pardons or power from Donald Trump
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"something that will never come because he never will be re-elected..But it is a pathetic group who is still around him, and Republicans should not fear a man who has people around him you wouldn't hire to run for a dog catcher's race, so why would you fear these people now?" //
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Per WaPo:
"..Trump tore up briefings and schedules, articles and letters, memos both sensitive and mundane.He ripped paper into quarters with two big, clean strokes — or occasionally more vigorously, into smaller scraps. .."
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Tantrums .. or mob boss?
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2/ "He left the detritus on his desk in the Oval Office, in the trash can of his private West Wing study and on the floor aboard Air Force One, among many other places.
3/"It is unclear how many records were lost or permanently destroyed through Trump’s ripping routine, as well as what consequences, if any, he might face. Hundreds of documents, if not more, were likely torn up, those familiar with the practice say.
WOW!
NEW Per NYT:
Trump told Giuliani to call DHS re seizing machines in swing states
Giuliani did it
They're getting closer to actual proof
every. single. day!
Thread: nytimes.com/2022/01/31/us/…
2/"Six weeks after Election Day, with his hold on power slipping, President Donald J. Trump directed his lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, to make a remarkable call. Mr. Trump wanted him to ask the Department of Homeland Security if it could legally take control of voting machines
3/"in key swing states, three people familiar with the matter said. Giuliani did so, calling the department’s acting deputy secretary, who said he lacked the authority to audit or impound the machines.
Trump ripped up presidential records
"well into the latter stages of his presidency"
Which is unlawful when you're sitting in the Oval
Records management analysts taped them back together
J6 committee has them
No wonder he's so scared!
Thread washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01…
2/"When [NARA] handed over a trove of documents to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, some of the Trump White House records had been ripped up and then taped back together, according to three people familiar with the records.
3/"Trump was known inside the White House for his unusual and potentially unlawful habit of tearing presidential records into shreds and tossing them on the floor —
Growing chatter that -at McConnell's behest- a bipart gp of Senators will propose Electoral Count Act (ECA) reform
Giving Manchin cover
& avoiding filibuster reform & passage of actual voting rights
ECA is *very* narrow
It won't fix what GOP are doing in states
Not good
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ECA is a relatively arcane 19th Century law that governs how Electoral College votes are tabulated & certified
-which is what Trump tried to get Pence to corrupt on 1/6
Has *nothing* to do with state level issues at the core of voter suppression & a lot more that vrl covers
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Make no mistake:
Manchin said yesterday he is only in favor of making minor filibuster change
And he wants 2/3 (GOP) agreement to make the change
He's obfuscating again
This ECA thing is McConnell throwing Manchin a bone
And it's very, VERY dangerous
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Per Daily Beast:
Peter Navarro's new book:
Bannon coordinated w/ over a HUNDRED Republican MOC & Bannon on a "hail Mary" attempt to stop Biden cert
Called the mission "the Green Bay sweep"
He names Gosar & CRUZ as officials who spearheaded this
READ THIS! thedailybeast.com/trump-advisor-…
2/"'We spent a lot of time lining up over 100 congressmen, including some senators. It started out perfectly. At 1 p.m., Gosar and Cruz did exactly what was expected of them,' Navarro told the Beast.
3/"'It was a perfect plan. And it all predicated on peace and calm on Capitol Hill. We didn’t even need any protestors, because we had over 100 congressmen committed to it.'
Jen Psaki today on what Biden's phone call with Manchin will be:
“The president looks forward to speaking directly with Sen. Manchin and making the case for why the president feels this legislation should move forward.
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"He feels that their conversations have always operated in good faith, and he expects this to follow that same approach.
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"I would note that Sen. Manchin has been in touch over the course of the last several weeks closely with senior members of the White House staff and we expect this just to be a continuation of that conversation.”