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@CAPAction VP for Research.
Oct 25, 2022 12 tweets 5 min read
GOP leaders in the House & Senate have explicitly called for gutting Social Security and Medicare... repeatedly. So have their candidates in some of the most competitive races. Let's review.

In February the guy responsible for electing a Senate GOP majority proposed it. The top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC): "entitlement reform is a must"

Jun 24, 2022 8 tweets 3 min read
Trump's co campaign chair at the time Rep. Chris Collins on 4/1/2016:

"Roe v. Wade is not going to be overturned. We all know that." Anthony Scaramucci 2018:

"I do not see Roe v. Wade being overturned... the same arguments came up in the Reagan administration and it didn't happen then and I predict it won't happen now."
Jan 19, 2022 9 tweets 4 min read
Biden at year 1:

3.9 percent unemployment... a 2.5 percent drop... the fastest annual decline on record. Since the passage of the American Rescue Plan, unemployment has fallen much faster than expected.
Oct 30, 2021 17 tweets 4 min read
Under Trump, a shortage of staples crippled supply chains for months. Let’s review: May 8, 2020:

“If You Go to Wendy’s this week, there’s a good chance you won’t be able to get a hamburger.”

“You may also be restricted to buying one or two packs of whatever’s available.”

vox.com/recode/2020/5/…
Aug 27, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
Yes. The Trump economy is the worst in recorded history.

@ryan_zamarripa & I break it down.

medium.com/@CAPAction/pre… 👉6 million jobs lost
Mar 31, 2020 13 tweets 4 min read
🧵 Since the start of 2020 while the COVID threat to Americans grew, President Trump had...

11 golf outings

10 political rallies

1 mega rally in India on a trip that failed to make progress on a trade deal

1 Mar-a-Lago visit w/ Brazil delegation where an outbreak occurred. Ahead of Super Tuesday, Trump held a rally in Charlotte, NC on March 2nd for a Keep America Great Rally. politico.com/news/magazine/…
Nov 12, 2019 6 tweets 4 min read
House Republicans on the Intel, Foreign Affairs, & Oversight Committees railed against the "secret" process too...even though they were assigned to the impeachment inquiry and were welcome to attend and participate. Let's see how many actually did: 1/ There are 48 Republicans assigned to the impeachment inquiry on three committees—Oversight, Intelligence, and Foreign Affairs.

👉12 of these Republicans failed to attend ANY of the 11 depositions whose transcripts have been made public. 2/