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Dec 1, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Georgia Lt. Gov Jeff Duncan (R) just said on CNN he waited in line for an hour to vote today, but couldn’t bring himself to cast a ballot and left without voting.
He says Herschel hasn’t shown he wouldn’t be “Trump’s puppet.”
Duncan was critical of Herschel Walker before the general election, saying back then that Herschel hadn’t earned his vote. So it’s unclear what Duncan had in mind today when he got in line to vote.
Nov 12, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Asked about being antisemitic, Ohio Senate candidate Mark Pukita just doubled down on putting out an ad reminding voters that Josh Mandel is Jewish. “He’s Jewish — everyone should know that.”
Full Pukita quote on Mandel: "In terms of anti-semitism, all I did in an ad was pointed out that Josh is going around saying he's got the Bible in one hand and the constitution in the other. But he's Jewish — everybody should know that though, right?"
May 30, 2020 • 51 tweets • 16 min read
This is not a good view of the crowd, but there are thousands (some estimate 10k) of protesters walking through Nashville. Here’s when I turned the corner to Broadway’s honky tonk strip.
NEW: Protesters and Nashville police are having physica altercations in front of Central precinct downtown. Pepper spray may have just been deployed according to some
Apr 20, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Much smaller crowd at the Tennessee Capitol today for the reopen rally, but @RepMartinDaniel is in attendance. He’s one of at least 2 other legislators who have sent letters to @GovBillLee asking him to lift restrictions. (Lee has set May 1 as tentative start date for that)
This woman, Misty Smith, is a home health nurse in Nashville but she is announcing that “all our hospitals are sitting empty.” (Tennessee reports there have been 724 coronavirus hospitalizations)
Jan 21, 2019 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
New Gov. @BillLeeTN before speaking at the same MLK Day event as @RevDrBarber. "I think he would think we have much to do," Lee says of King. Asked about wage inequality, Lee says raising minimum wage is not "the approach," but "creating opportunity" is.
Gov. @BillLeeTN gets some applause from the audience here when he says he wants to focus on reentry programs as part of his criminal justice reform efforts. He tells the story he frequently referenced while campaigning about mentoring a teen in an urban neighborhood.
Aug 6, 2018 • 37 tweets • 20 min read
Demonstrators are occupying the entrance to CoreCivic, a Nashville-based private prison operator that contracts with ICE. They've shut down multiple entrances, set up tents & replaced CCA/Tennessee flag with "No borders." Employees are just starting to arrive.
They say they're staying out here until CoreCivic is abolished. Demonstrators told me they're prepared to remain out here for days. They also have a trampoline out here. They've been out here for about an hour and cops are just now arriving.
Apr 22, 2018 • 30 tweets • 11 min read
BREAKING: at least 3 dead after a man opened fire in a Waffle House in Antioch. He was naked. A patron wrestled his rifle away from him. Person of interest, Travis Reinking, 29, of IL, still at large.
Chuck Cordero, 50, works at this Waffle House but was there last night when he was off. He was in the parking lot about to go in when shooter pulled up. "I couldn't run I was so scared. I was crawling on the ground." 4 dead now, 4 wounded.
Oct 28, 2017 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
Police and sheriff's deputies are marching over to the side of the road where White Lives Matter group will gather in Shelbyville.
Sheriff's deputies from nearby Lincoln County just suited up in tactical gear to work the White Lives Matter rally in Shelbyville.