One year since a horrific day 1/6/21. Here are some photos & videos I took at the US Capitol on the day..
Grateful to the great CNN hill team, hill press corps, the USCP and all those who kept us safe
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The first video I took was around 1pm of staff walking the electoral college votes to the House chamber for a joint session to begin certifying Biden's win; Former VP Pence was asked if he plans to overturn the election results
Mar 16, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Menendez condemns his colleague GOP Sen. Ron Johnson for his recent controversial comments saying:
"I get no one likes to be called racist, but sometimes there's just no other way to describe the use of bigoted tropes that for generations have threatened Black lives"
Johnson defended his cmnts that he might have been concerned for his safety on Jan 6 if the rioters were affiliated with Black Lives Matter/ Antifa instead of being a largely White pro-Trump crowd, telling reporters they were “innocuous” and "there was nothing racial" about it
Mar 16, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
ALL 48 Democratic senators and 2 Independent senators have been vaccinated against Covid-19
Most GOP senators are vaccinated, but at least 4 Republicans senators have said they are not, including: Sens. Ron Johnson, Mike Braun, Rick Scott & Rand Paul
Braun says he would get vaccinated "at some point down the road" but he still wants to “gather a little more information” on the vaccines. He said he's in no rush to get it despite being eligible to do so in his home state for the last several wks.. but he urges others to get it
Feb 11, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
“A number of Republicans just weren't listening, you could see,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown, recalling watching some of his colleagues’ reactions on the floor during the chilling video presentation
For the Republicans that were “actually paying attention, you couldn't help but being pretty shaken by this, pretty sobered by this," Brown said.
Sen. Warren said she tried to make eye contact with GOP senators as the disturbing footage was shown, but they “wanted to look off"
Feb 10, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Some GOP senators react after the House Managers stunning video presentation of the 1/6 riot
Collins: "riveting”, “compelling".. you could hear a pin drop”
Murkowski: " We lived this once and that was awful"
Moran: "Graphic, disgusting"
Sullivan: "It brings back a lot of anger"
Tillis: "It makes me angry."
Portman: "It was reliving a horrible day, a horrible day and that's not easy."
Grassley: "It's a horrendous situation"
Rick Scott, who voted against certifying Biden's Electoral College results in PA, said: "It's disgusting"
Feb 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Trump’s lawyer David Schoen, an Orthodox Jew, said he did not wear his yarmulke on the Senate floor during his arguments in the impeachment trial because he wasn’t sure if it “was appropriate.”
“I just wasn’t sure if it was appropriate, frankly..I didn’t want to offend anyone.”
Asked why wearing a yarmulke would offend anyone, Schoen said he doesn’t know it would offend anyone but “it’s just an awkward thing and people stare at it.”
Jan 5, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
GOP Sen Tim Scott: "As I read the Constitution, there is no constitutionally viable means for the Congress to overturn an election wherein the states have certified and sent their Electors.”
GOP Sen Jim Inhofe: “To challenge a state’s certification, given how specific the Constitution is, would be a violation of my oath of office—that is not something I am willing to do.”
Self-imposed deadline arrives with no sign of a stimulus deal
Congress is gone. McConnell has said the Senate isn't technically in recess.. but most members have returned home
Projections for an actual deal are no better than they were 10 days ago
Multiple aides involved in the talks have told CNN over the last few days that they are now eying the government funding deadline as perhaps the only real remaining trigger for action if things continue to flounder.
That deadline is September 31.
Aug 5, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Postmaster General DeJoy arrives on CapHill, wearing a blue USPS mask, to meet w/ Pelosi, Schumer, Sec. Mnuchin & Meadows, on mail delays & relief funding
Schumer has said he previously called DeJoy 3x over concerns w/ mail delays in NY & ahead of the Pres election
Schumer earlier today said: “The new postmaster general—a big donor to Pres Trump, which many believe is his main qualification as to being chosen—enacted new guidelines at the Post Office that experts say will cause severe delays in mail delivery”
