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Rachael Bade
@rachaelmbade
POLITICO Senior Washington Correspondent. ABC contributing political correspondent. Author of Playbook & book, “UNCHECKED.” WaPo & CNN alum. Mom. IVF survivor.
Jul 18, 2024 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
@SpeakerJohnson sat down with me at the RNC for a newsy -- and colorful -- 40 minutes. If you wanna get to know the man, watch the full interview here...

Full interview here

Some top lines (a thread) -> @SpeakerJohnson claimed the president's team tried to block him from seeing signs that Biden was slipping mentally, refusing to allow the speaker to meet Biden for weeks after he took the gavel.

“Now we know why,” he said.

Clip-> politico.com/live-updates/2…
Apr 26, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This morning's must-read is @bterris's 1st book excerpt. An incredible read about the secret side-hustle of Washington creature SEAN McELWEE, who was making bank by using polling to help him place bets on campaigns.

washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023… Sean McElwee apparently won $14,000 on a bet he'd made against NINA TURNER in the 2021 primary. “I was polling for Nina Turner’s super PAC,” he told friends, per @bterris . "So I knew Shontel Brown was going to win.”
Jan 2, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
NEWS in Playbook: McCARTHY's math problem is actually worse than it seems.

It's not just the 5 hard-no "Never Kevin"ers & 9 fence-sitters who panned his rules changes as not good enough.

1 told me some undecideds won’t support him even if he gives them EVERYTHING they ask That's a huge problem for McCarthy -- something McCarthy allies have worried about for weeks: That some of these members aren't really winnable because of the long-held animosity they've had for the GOP leader.
Oct 18, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: NANCY PELOSI said she wanted to punch DONALD TRUMP in those Jan. 6 videos...

But as @Karoun and I scoop in our new book UNCHECKED, she actually pulled her punches against the former president. Over and over and over again.

Read here ->
politico.com/news/magazine/… The powerful speaker, House Dems privately told us, undercut their own oversight effort by sidelining probes of Trump's misdeeds & putting them on an impossible timeline for the first impeachment.

The end result was that Trump emerged stronger. Then, it happened again...
Oct 16, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: How Hill leaders saved the Capitol on Jan. 6.

New details abt how Rs & Ds got stonewalled by the Pentagon -- then joined forces at Fort McNair to hurry the National Guard.

An adapted excerpt in @TheAtlantic from @Karoun and my new book UNCHECKED

theatlantic.com/politics/archi… When they arrived at Fort McNair, Rs & Ds were taken to separate rooms as they frantically tried to figure out what was happening, an odd setup given the ongoing national emergency.