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Jun 16 • 13 tweets • 10 min read
🧵Is Mike Pence really Theon Greyjoy in disguise?

Watching the #January6thCommitteeHearings focused on the pressure campaign against former VP @Mike_Pence and it occurred to me that he is effectively a real, live version of our maligned #GOT character.

#ReekPence
/2 Both Pence and Theon start off as smug, punchable asshats, but nothing much more dangerous.

#ReekPence #January6thCommitteeHearings
/3 But at some point they saw themselves deserving of the big chair (king/president) and were willing to lick their Daddies' boots.

#ReekPence #January6thCommitteeHearings
/4 It turns out they both were effectively held hostage by a crazed, sadistic autocrat who both took pleasure in torturing them.

#ReekPence #January6thCommitteeHearings
/5 They simply betrayed their allies and morals time and again in search of power and put themselves in position to be humiliated over and over and over again.

#ReekPence #January6thCommitteeHearings
/6 At this point, we know neither Pence nor Theon has any balls.

#ReekPence #January6thCommitteeHearings
/7 But here is the thing ... for all their failure, both Pence and Theon had one, bright shining moment at the very end.

#ReekPence #January6thCommitteeHearings
/8 If Theon did not stay by Bran's side - and die in the process as he was mobbed by dead men - then the world would have ended.

#ReekPence #January6thCommitteeHearings
/9 If Pence did not resist Trump - upon threat of death as the US Capitol was mobbed by braindead men and women - the our democracy would have ended.

#ReekPence #January6thCommitteeHearingssu
/10 Here is the takeaway:

Very flawed people can be heroic in a moment. And we need those heroes in those moments.

Thank you for putting our country first, #ReekPence.

#January6thCommitteeHearings
/11 Hoping I can get confirmation on this theory from @netw3rk or @MalloryRubin
/12 I also feel like this is a thread several folks @ProjectLincoln (or alums) could appreciate ... @TheRickWilson @reedgalen @stuartpstevens @ZackCz @FPWellman @Philip_Germain @SteveSchmidtSES @TaraSetmayer
/13 It totally forgot ... Pence 2024 campaign slogan is already written!

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Jun 15
🧵on Colorado Primary Voting

I received my ballot in the mail a couple days ago and this thread will be an "unboxing" and explanation of voting in the primary for unaffiliated voters with sprinkles of how well our #VoteByMail systems work.

#copolitics #Vote
/2 So we are all on the same page, Colorado has a universal vote by mail system.

That means a ballot is mailed out to every registered voter. They can return it in multiple ways:
- by mail
- drop it in a drop box
- drop it off at a polling place
/3 Upon opening the envelope, one of the first things to come out is a handy instruction pamphlet.

It explains LOTS OF STUFF! What is in the packet, how to vote, where to return your ballot, how to track it, and how to determine the security of the election.
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Nov 2, 2020
THREAD 1/ Late last week several prominent members of the Texas GOP filed a lawsuit to disenfranchise more than 127,000 voters in #HarrisCountyTX.

@ProjectLincoln filed an amicus last night opposing their attempts at #VoterSuppression

#DontBeDeterred #WeWillVote #Elections2020
2/ The #HarrisCountyTX Clerk added drive-thru polling places in June to provide safe, efficient voting options for voters in Houston.

After more than 127,000 Texans took advantage of that option, the plaintiffs want the practice declared illegal and the ballots thrown out.
3/ The @ProjectLincoln could not stand by and watch #VoterSuppression in #HarrisCountyTX without speaking up.
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Oct 8, 2020
Yesterday I filed an amicus brief on behalf of @ProjectLincoln in the US District Court of Western Texas.

We argued that @GovAbbott's proclamation limiting counties to one ballot return drop-box both hinders voting and poses a risk to voters.

#VoteByMail2020
#BallotDropBox
2/ The proclamation equated to #VoterSuppression, particularly in counties with huge populations like Harris, Travis, and Fort Bend.

#VoteByMail2020
#BallotDropBox
3/ @ProjectLincoln refused to stand by and watch while @GovAbbott undermined the election in Texas.

We support the Texas League of United Latin American Citizens, @LWVTexas and other plaintiffs' request for relief from his unconstitutional order.

#VoteByMail2020
#BallotDropBox
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Oct 8, 2020
@realDonaldTrump won’t participate in the second debate - not because it is virtual, but because he is scared of @JoeBiden.

#ChickenTrump
#CowardTrump
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Sep 27, 2020
States seeing a surge in #VoteByMail ballots during an election year MUST allow election officials to begin processing and counting before #ElectionDay.

Colorado has done this for multiple elections and it works.

@ProjectLincoln also sounded the alarm.

coloradosun.com/2020/09/27/col…
2/ The bottleneck created by the signature and ballot verification process for #VoteByMail takes more time than traditional in-person voting because fewer resources are devoted to it.

But those votes ARE VALID AND MUST BE COUNTED.
3/ @realDonaldTrump and his cronies will claim this delay proves fraud.

It is actually the exact OPPOSITE. Carefully reviewing and verifying #VoteByMail ballots ensures that there is virtually no fraud.
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Aug 28, 2020
Yesterday as @realDonaldTrump dismissed the #COVID19 pandemic from the White House lawn, I made funeral arrangements for my wife's only brother.

He spent nearly a month on a ventilator which caused the underlying condition that led to his death.

#WeWillVote in honor of him.
2/ While my brother-in-law will not be counted among those who died from #COVID19, it certainly killed him.

He wouldn't have spent nearly two months in an ICU, dropped from 277 lbs entering the hospital to 155 lbs exiting, or required extensive rehabilitation.
3/ And he wouldn't have needed to relearn to swallow - a common challenge for anyone spending significant time on a ventilator - or aspirated Wednesday night, which blocked his airway and eventually killed him.
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