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Jake Sherman

8 months

An all-time line from Coco Gauff “Thank you to the people who didn’t believe in me. To those who thought they were putting water on my fire, you put gas on it.”

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Jake Sherman

@JakeSherman

3 years

I get the sense that the White House has absolutely no clue the extent to which the mob riot at the Capitol has shaken the city and the country to the core. No clue. Useless. Clueless. Lawmakers are absolutely shaken. Members of press corps going through various degrees of ptsd

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

The House Rules Committee will move Wednesday to begin the process of removing @mtgreenee from the Ed/Labor committee.

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

🚨🚨BREAKING … SEN. RON JOHNSON has Covid. 3rd Senate Republican to test positive

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

A lot of anger on the Dem Caucus call that 75-year-old @RepBonnie got Covid after being in a room with maskless Republicans. BWC is a cancer survivor.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

Pelosi will now fine people if they don’t follow screening protocols. $5000 for the first offense, $10,000 for the second offense. It will be docked from their government salary

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Jake Sherman

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2 years

PELOSI in closed House Dem caucus meeting this am: “The Republicans are not capable of governing a democracy”

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Jake Sherman

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2 years

That was Lauren Boebert who shouted out during the State of the Union to say that 13 people had died in Afghanistan.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

I’m putting this in Playbook this morning … it must be said: for all the talk in GOP circles about the genius in the president’s political orbit, dumping on mail-in and absentee balloting for months will go down as one of the dumbest political decisions of all time.

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

PLAYBOOK PM: After we reported that @replouiegohmert was positive, we got an email from a Gohmert aide.

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Jake Sherman

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MANCHIN on gun talks: “I’ve never been in this frame of mind, I can't get my grandchildren out of my mind.” Manchin said talks this time around feel very different.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

What an unbelievable cave by Democrats here. They cleared the first witness vote — and then decided that they wouldn’t call witnesses.

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Jake Sherman

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7 years

this is not a partisan statement: taxpayers should know who the president is meeting with in the taxpayer-funded White House. period.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

Hoyer with a quite powerful floor speech. Walked around the floor w a picture @mtgreenee posted of herself holding w gun next to a photo of @RashidaTlaib @AOC and @IlhanMN . Said they aren’t the squad, they are rashida, Alexandria and Ilhan. Added they are our colleagues.

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Jake Sherman

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5 years

Because you signed a legislative branch appropriations bill already.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

5 years

Why is Nancy Pelosi getting paid when people who are working are not?

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

We are getting more and more messages from deep inside the Trump administration from aides and senior officials who feel like they cannot work safely during COVID, and are being told not to wear masks Pls, pls continue reaching out. We want to tell you story in Playbook.

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

Chris Wallace on the mental acuity test that Trump brags about acing: “It's not – well it's not that hardest test. They have a picture and it says “what’s that” and it’s an elephant."

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Jake Sherman

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1 year

Pelosi is hosting a dinner tonight for newly elected members. She's sitting next to @MaxwellFrostFL , the 25-year-old Gen Z'er elected to Congress

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Jake Sherman

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2 years

in response to a question about whether Clarence Thomas should resign, Pelosi says he shouldve never been appointed

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

GOP Rep. Tom Rice of S.C. , who surprised everyone when he voted for impeachment: "I have backed this President through thick and thin for four years. I campaigned for him and voted for him twice. But, this utter failure is inexcusable."

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Jake Sherman

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1 year

NEWS: TRUMP loses the speaker election by hundreds of votes.

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

In the last 24 hours, I’ve spoken to lots of sources on the Hill and in the White House and I’ve become convinced that Washington’s response to coronavirus is going to be a massive massive story.

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

PELOSI: “I yearn for other Republican presidents. While we may disagree on many points, at least we had a shared commitment to the governance of our country."

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

This was a big, big miss by the Trump wing of the House GOP. Big. Big. Big. Big. Big.

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

I cannot believe I am writing this, but here it is: My reporting would indicate there’s probably more bipartisan energy behind cutting $1,000 checks to people than enacting a payroll tax cut.

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Jake Sherman

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2 years

PELOSI on abortion: Some republicans think life begins at the candlelight dinner.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

🚨🚨A helicopter just landed on the east front of the Capitol. I’ve never seen anything like this before. ever.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

It’s never the White House’s fault. Never. It’s always someone else. A system that’s unfair. Big tech is biased. Media is bad. People are disloyal. Republicans on the hill weak. What a joke. Take some responsibility. Own up to your actions. Honor the fallen.

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

Matt Gaetz. “Maybe it’s a different president we should be impeaching.” We only have one president, so im not sure how this would work.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

> @PressSec says Trump was never given an orderly transition, which is not true.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

Mark Kelly will be sworn into the Senate Wednesday at noon.

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

CONGRESS NEEDS TESTING! Not a partisan topic. Mike Lee was with Amy Coney Barrett this week! He was around all of us reporters too! This is crazy

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Jake Sherman

@JakeSherman

4 years

The White House spent yesterday saying this was a joke.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

4 years

Cases are going up in the U.S. because we are testing far more than any other country, and ever expanding. With smaller testing we would show fewer cases!

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Jake Sherman

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7 months

the strongest candidate for speaker right now is Hakeem Jeffries, who will have all 212 Democratic votes on the House floor.

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Jake Sherman

@JakeSherman

3 months

I've seen a lot of embarrassing days for different House Republican leadership teams. This one is pretty high on the list. They lost a vote to impeach Mayorkas. And then they lost a vote to send $17.6 billion to Israel. They didn't need to vote on the israel bill today. They…

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Jake Sherman

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2 years

Goodness gracious — 13 Republican yes votes. katko bacon van drew young upton kinzinger gonzales reed smith garbarino Malliatokis Fitzpatrick

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

SCHUMER says one of the first things he will do is pass $2,000 checks.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

Someone has just made a great point to me: much of the foreign spending the president is complaining about was in his budget request to congress.

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Jake Sherman

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2 years

THE SENATE has blocked on the abortion bill. 49-51

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Jake Sherman

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5 years

THE PRESIDENT has just robbed Republicans of the ability to say Democrats are shutting down government. This is going to be quite the month

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Jake Sherman

@JakeSherman

7 years

the former immigration adviser to House Speaker John Boehner —>

Becky Tallent

@beckytallent

7 years

To be clear, Arpaio was convicted of a fraction of crimes he actually committed. His abuse of power was astounding & this pardon is absurd.

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

The filing deadline in Kansas has passed. Mike Pompeo will not be a candidate for Senate.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

So let’s recap where we are on Christmas Eve. — Unemployment expires Saturday. — Government funding expires Monday. — House Rs blocked Dem 2k check bill. — Senate R leadership says 2k check bill cant get 60 in the Senate, unlikely to bring it up. — No plan to keep govt open.

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Jake Sherman

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7 months

“Fucking chaos” … “a total shit show” Two texts I’ve gotten from inside the House Republican leadership in the last few minutes.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

🚨CHENEY SURVIVES. 61 vote to oust her 145 vote to keep her 1 present

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Jake Sherman

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5 years

Senators cannot be impeached.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

5 years

I’m hearing that the Great People of Utah are considering their vote for their Pompous Senator, Mitt Romney, to be a big mistake. I agree! He is a fool who is playing right into the hands of the Do Nothing Democrats! #IMPEACHMITTROMNEY

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Jake Sherman

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7 months

The Democratic side of the House erupted in laughter as Gaetz left the floor,.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

McCarthy says Pelosi has created a “sham process.” A reminder that Rs rejected a different committee where they would’ve had equal say.

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Jake Sherman

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2 years

So McConnell and republicans said they wouldn’t pass chips if reconciliation was alive. They passed chips Dems revived reconciliation hours after chips passed.

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Jake Sherman

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2 years

BLINKEN stepped onto Ukranian soil today. Here he is with @DmytroKuleba (Getty photo)

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SENATE CANCELING RECESS next week to deal with voting rights debate

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Jake Sherman

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5 years

NEWS ... Texas GOP Rep. Mike Conaway is retiring after 15 years in Congress. This is the fifth retirement in two weeks.

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL will meet tomorrow with Schumer, pelosi, meadows and mnuchin.

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2 years

SCHUMER JUST NOW: “We are GOING to vote on gun legislation."

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

The Afghanistan briefing this afternoon at the White House is for House Rs only.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

Complete nonsense. I live in dc and it was totally normal last night. People out walking around, others eating dinner outside. Not sure what she’s talking about.

Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸

@mtgreenee

3 years

DC is completely dead tonight. People stayed in and were scared to go out because of fear of riots. Police are everywhere and have riot gear. #BLM is the strongest terrorist threat in our county.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

It’s a pretty big deal that Schumer has called for Trump to be removed from office. Pelosi is holding a 1 p.m. presser.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

No exaggeration: I’ve seen several police officers watching the Jan 6 hearing on their phone in the halls of the Capitol.

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Jake Sherman

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7 months

700 dead is a great opportunity for no one.

DNC War Room

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7 months

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel says the deadly attack on Israel is a “great opportunity” for Republicans

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

Ever since PM came out, Ive gotten a flood of emails from republican staffers who say they too are being forced to come to the hill without a mask now. If you’re one of those people, email me or dm me.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

NEWS HERE: Pelosi says ethics cmte should probably look into the @mtgreenee screaming at @AOC situation calls @mtgreenee ’s screaming at @AOC :“verbal assault” “abuse”

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

I still don’t believe that happened here. That video was really something.

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

There are still a few members of Congress walking around the Capitol without masks on. I’m standing outside the House floor. The building is filled w hundreds of people who are trying to do their job and not get sick. I’m gonna keep a list of people not following this guidance

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Jake Sherman

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6 months

JORDAN LOST — Jim Jordan lost a secret ballot. He’s no longer the speaker designate for the House GOP

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

Lauren Boebert has sent a release calling to impeach Biden, but she has messed up the logo here

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

HAS A PRESIDENT ever been so absent during a crisis? CONGRESS has been struggling with a Covid-relief deal, and the man who got to the White House on his deal bonafides has been completely silent, uninvolved and seemingly uninterested. …

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Jake Sherman

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4 years

Maybe I shouldnt be saying this —but you know what? I don’t care It’s nuts that Congress is not testing members for COVID before they come into the Capitol they are traveling from all over. Some cannot be trusted to follow safety protocols. Why should the rest of us be at risk

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

NEWS: PELOSI has appointed @Liz_Cheney to the select committee

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Jake Sherman

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5 years

Nixon won 49 states and he was impeached.

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Jake Sherman

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6 years

and there it is. showing that @jaketapper was absolutely correct when he said Miller was speaking to an audience of one.

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6 years

Jake Tapper of Fake News CNN just got destroyed in his interview with Stephen Miller of the Trump Administration. Watch the hatred and unfairness of this CNN flunky!

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

Amy McGrath and Jaime Harrison raised a combined $199,004,686 and lost to Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham by a combined 35 points.

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A source describes the Jordan meeting with the holdouts like this: A direct, precise meeting in which JORDAN was told he will never be speaker. This group doesn't want anything. They want Jordan to understand he will not be speaker.

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Jake Sherman

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1 year

excuse my language, but this is fucking insane. ive never seen anything like this in my life

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1 year

THE HOUSE has passed a resolution creating a committee to investigate China. It passed 365-65.

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🚨NEW — @SpeakerPelosi just announced on call with House Democrats that she’ll be announcing a mandatory mask policy for the House floor

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2 years

BIDEN is giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Gabby Giffords, Simone Biles, Steve Jobs, John McCain, Megan Rapinoe, Alan Simpson, Richard Trumka and Denzel Washington. Among others

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Jake Sherman

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NEWS — House Minority Leader @hakeemjeffries was briefed last night on the situation in Israel. He is working on scheduling a briefing for all members of the House this week. The House is without a speaker — the speaker would usually get briefed.

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Jake Sherman

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Playbook: Trump got nothing. THAT’S IT? President @realDonaldTrump made all this noise about the Covid relief and government funding bill only to sign it and get nothing in return? TRUMP got taken to the cleaners.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

MTG STRIPPED OF COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS … 230-199

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Jake Sherman

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INSIDE THE JORDAN MEETING -- Every Republican who met with Jordan today told him they would not back his candidacy for House speaker, according to multiple sources in the room.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

Tommy Tuberville has said on the record he alerted Trump to the fact that Pence was removed right after he was removed.

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Rand Paul, per hill pool, says he does not think there will be any more objections to Joe Biden’s electoral college victory

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On another note: @GlennYoungkin has sent @SpeakerPelosi a hand-written note apologizing for his remarks about the speaker in the wake of the attack on Paul Pelosi.

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5 years

Pelosi has told democrats they’re moving to impeach the president.

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Here’s the wild thing about @replouiegohmert . The only reason he found out he was covid positive was because he happened to be going to Texas with trump today. Otherwise he likely wouldve been all over the capitol without a mask all day.

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Romney, per hill pool: “It turns out that telling the voters that the election was rigged is not a great way to turn out your voters”

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SENATE OVERRIDES TRUMP VETO — 81-13.

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Here’s the upgrade list for this afternoon’s flight from Cancun to Houston. Looks like ⁦ @tedcruz ⁩ is on his way back, ⁦ @danpfeiffer ⁩. He’s just narrowly missing the upgrade list That’s assuming that “cru, r” is him. And I do.

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President Biden has signed a bill that allows Cap Police to request Natl Guard. A big deal.

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

Corporate America is moving against republicans here. Massive storyline.

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(Bloomberg) - Marriott International Inc. will suspend donations to Republican senators who voted against certifying President-elect Joe Biden, after considering the “destructive events” at the Capitol last week. $MAR ⁦ @business ⁩

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Jake Sherman

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5 years

Republicans are not speaking out publicly against Trump — that has not changed. But in the last 24 hours or so, many senior Republicans who are very friendly with Trump have completely shut down and stopped defending Trump off the record.

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3 years

The Trump team is disputing that Tuberville spoke to the president on the day of the riot. Tuberville told a bunch of us this story, and it didnt seem like it was a lie.

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Jake Sherman

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Here’s a statement from @Liz_Cheney comms dir @JeremyAdler : “This is about whether the Republican Party is going to perpetuate lies about the 2020 election and attempt to whitewash what happened on Jan 6. Liz will not do that. That is the issue.”

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PGA will strip Trump Bedminster of 2022 PGA Championship, insider says

UPDATE: PGA has stripped Trump Bedminster of 2022 PGA Championship | Trump responds

The golf major will be moved, according to a report.

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Jake Sherman

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6 years

today is holocaust remembrance day. Nazi secret police took people of my faith to death camps across eastern Europe. Families were destroyed. a generation of Jews died. The FBI raid was actually nothing at all like Nazi secret police.

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Gingrich compares FBI raid of Trump lawyer to Nazi secret police

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3 years

This is the fbi swat team in the capitol.

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3 years

A brutal lead in @PhillyInquirer

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4 years

Someone tell me this: how can the senate come back into session next week under these circumstances without universal, mandated testing. None of us want to be sick. Thanks.

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Jake Sherman

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7 months

In an hour and a half, House Republicans will head to 1100 Longworth to elect a speaker. I've never seen the House Republican Conference so discombobulated, rudderless and confused in my time covering Congress. They said they'd spend the fall passing bills using regular order,…

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Jake Sherman

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3 years

We posted the whole document.

Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸

@mtgreenee

3 years

Did you miss me this week Fake @JakeSherman ? Taking #AngloSaxon out of context to mean racist is the same as the idiots that lied about me and #JewishSpaceLasers . Jake, how about you tell your favorite communist @AOC to debate me and I’ll teach her about #AmericaFirst . K?

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> @AOC is a yes on chips. So is Barbara Lee. Jayapal. Progressives in the house are lining up behind leadership.

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