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Congressional reporter @washingtonpost covering the House • Previously @NBCNews • Florida bred & Peruvian food fed • Insta 📸: mariannasotomayor
Dec 4, 2020 6 tweets 4 min read
President-elect @JoeBiden begins his remarks on the year's last jobs report noting that the November numbers are "grim" and showed a "stalling" economy

He reminds that this month's report reflects numbers before the expected Thanksgiving virus surge "as we head into dark winter" @JoeBiden .@JoeBiden warns that if "Congress and Pres. Trump fail to act by the end of December, 12 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits they've relied on."

"Merry Christmas," he said sarcastically. "If we don’t act now, the future will be bleak."
Oct 29, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
.@JoeBiden will create a task force to unify the 545 children separated from their parents at the border by signing an executive order on day one of his presidency if elected. It’s a message they’re targeting Latinos with in the final stretch in a new ad: Biden’s announcement is another example of how the he's trying to starkly contrast himself from the consequences of President Donald Trump’s decisions, while also projecting his message as the candidate who unites all people versus someone he has called the divider-in-chief.
Oct 27, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
A casual @JoeBiden with sleeves rolled up tells Georgians "it's go time" with one week to go until #ElectionDay

"I think we’re going to surprise the living devil out of everybody this year," he begins his speech at the drive-in rally, projecting optimism for what could come. @JoeBiden .@JoeBiden immediately makes a pitch directly to Georgians about the importance of turning out to vote.

"I can't tell you how important it is that we flip the United States Senate. There's no state more consequential than Georgia," he said, noting both seats are up for grabs.
Oct 27, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
.@JoeBiden begins his speech in Warm Springs, Georgia noting that he wanted to go there "to talk about how we're going to heal our nation."

"The tragic truth of our time is that COVID has left a deep and lasting wound in this country," he said. @JoeBiden “We’ve stopped seeing dignity in one another," @JoeBiden said. "The divisions in our nation are getting wider...Has the heart of nation turned to stone? I don’t think so. I refuse to believe it."
Oct 12, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
.@JoeBiden brings his economic message to Toledo, Ohio where how main message besides selling his “Build Back Better” plan to union members gathered at the drive-in is promising to never turn his back on them like Pres. Trump has in the last several years. .@JoeBiden attacks Pres. Trump on panicking in response to the coronavirus pandemic and now with his own positive diagnosis.

“His reckless personal conduct since his diagnosis has been unconscionable,” he said.
Aug 31, 2020 8 tweets 5 min read
.@JoeBiden makes his argument against Pres. Donald Trump's leadership during the first four years of his presidency right off the top of his speech:

"The incumbent president is incapable of telling us the truth, incapable of telling us the facts and incapable of healing." @JoeBiden .@JoeBiden reminds how Pres. Trump has not condemned or recognized violence when it happens and immediately utters the names of Jacob Black, George Floyd & Breonna Taylor.
Jun 27, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
In blistering remarks, @JoeBiden sharply reacts to the New York Times' "horrifying revelation" that Russia offered Afghan militants bounties to kill U.S. troops, saying that Pres. Trump's failure to protect troops is a "betrayal"
nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/… "His entire presidency has been a gift to Putin, but this is beyond the pale. It's betrayal of the most sacred duty, we bear as a nation to protect and equip our troops when we send them into harm's way," @JoeBiden said about Pres. Trump still embracing Putin amid these reports.
Jun 1, 2020 7 tweets 4 min read
.@JoeBiden is visiting Bethel AME Church in his hometown of Wilmington to have a conversation with community leaders following the nationwide protests that stemmed from the death of #GeorgeFloyd @JoeBiden Biden listens and takes notes while members of the Wilmington community take turns asking him questions, including how he'll help revitalize housing in his city to his perspective on the differences between today's riots and those during the 1960s.
Apr 17, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
NEW: At his second virtual fundraiser today, @JoeBiden announced he's already putting together a transition team to vet cabinet members, brainstorm possible new cabinet positions and add talent throughout departments. Biden said discussions are underway to see whether several Obama White House offices like technology policy and pandemics should be elevated to cabinet level positions. His transition team would discuss that as well as making a climate change position that goes beyond the EPA.
Mar 1, 2020 7 tweets 3 min read
It is widely striking the difference in which @JoeBiden and @MikeBloomberg are being received at the Brown AME Church service commemorating the 55th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Before taking the stage, Rev. Leondis Strong pointed out that Bloomberg declined his initial invitation to speak because he was “busy defeating Donald Trump”

He later interrupted Bloomberg to clarify that he thinks it’s important he came because “it shows willingness..to change”