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US PoliEra 2019 |OT3| YOU WERE AT MY WEDDING, DENISE
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Erica Werner
✔@ericawerner
TILLIS FLIPS: "Today I come to the floor to say I do not intend to vote for the resolution of disapproval."
2:15 PM - Mar 14, 2019 · Lake Ridge, VA
Lauren Fox
✔@FoxReports
Tillis announces he is changing his vote and will vote "no" on resolution of disapproval. He put out an op-ed weeks ago announcing that he couldn't support Trump on this...He was one of the first to announce he was voting with Dems so this is a big switch minutes before the vote.
2:18 PM - Mar 14, 2019
✔@ericawerner
TILLIS FLIPS: "Today I come to the floor to say I do not intend to vote for the resolution of disapproval."
2:15 PM - Mar 14, 2019 · Lake Ridge, VA
Lauren Fox
✔@FoxReports
Tillis announces he is changing his vote and will vote "no" on resolution of disapproval. He put out an op-ed weeks ago announcing that he couldn't support Trump on this...He was one of the first to announce he was voting with Dems so this is a big switch minutes before the vote.
2:18 PM - Mar 14, 2019
That is a reference I haven't seen in a long time. A long time..
Nah you're interpretation of my thought process is wrong. I don't think Beto and Biden are more electable because they are white lol.
I think Beto is by far the most charismatic candidate. Simple as that. I think Booker has a decent amount of charisma so he is my #2. Nothing to do with race. As Obama proved, charisma can even make a slightly racist white person vote for a black dude.
It's sad, but every single election post Nixon has been won by the most charismatic candidate.
imo Harris is much more electable than most of the field.
Live stream if you click the tweet:
ABC News
✔@ABC
HAPPENING NOW: Senate votes on resolution of disapproval to terminate Pres. Trump's emergency declaration. https://www.pscp.tv/w/b1qUkTM3Mzg2fDFlYUpiT05nYmtveFhjHD2hlk6XXTjVU7ScP9zs3ikWhsS2FUvKi2hChw_Y8Q== …
2:27 PM - Mar 14, 2019
✔@ABC
HAPPENING NOW: Senate votes on resolution of disapproval to terminate Pres. Trump's emergency declaration. https://www.pscp.tv/w/b1qUkTM3Mzg2fDFlYUpiT05nYmtveFhjHD2hlk6XXTjVU7ScP9zs3ikWhsS2FUvKi2hChw_Y8Q== …
2:27 PM - Mar 14, 2019
I'm happy with who ever beats Trump, I just don't necessarily see Beto having a better shot at that than several other candidates so I guess it's hard for me to see his "electability" factor outside the white guy aspect of it. Anyway, didn't mean to single you out, I've seen this sentiment all over the place. I've even had someone tell me in person that they supported Biden because "It's not the time to be nominating some Socialist Jew or some Indian black woman" so hopefully you can understand my apprehension when I hear the electability argument.
Oh, I agree. To the extent that "electability" can really be quantified, I think she's actually the strongest candidate.
This is almost two years old but still hilarious: He's polling as low as 29 percent, but Tillis has more time
On point one-- a life saving operation isn't the same thing as a long-odds candidacy. Which at his best is all her was.
On point two-- agreed, although I don't know that that's the reason. I remember Obama backing off a promise to not take PAC support, but not any change about his position on public financing.
Third point-- candidates publicize it because voters like it. Voters like it because it presumably implies less infulence in politics. Which we should like!
And your point about stopping donating to democrats is a bad one, because it's basically like not voting against Trump. Woo hoo, we'll show those lousy politicians what we think by helping elect the worst candidates! Yay!
Last, people who donate donate. Nobody is forcing them. Nobody is taking away money from the needy.
The cogs of the wheel
Crazy how transparent things are these days
Frank Thorp V
✔@frankthorp
Sens @marcorubio, @RoyBlunt & @SenatorWicker all YES on the resolution to terminate emergency declaration
2:36 PM - Mar 14, 2019
Phil Mattingly
✔@Phil_Mattingly
Sen. @marcorubio votes YES on the resolution to terminate the national emergency.
Sens. Cruz, Sasse and Gardner all voted NO
2:38 PM - Mar 14, 2019
That's exactly what i expected, but it's still hilarious in the context of the op-ed.
I had this discussion with someone last night re electability. I think it's fair to consider it when looking at a candidate but it's such a hard thing to quantify without introducing personal bias. I tend to favor a candidate that I think is "electable" but for me that mostly comes down to charisma, ability to clearly convey their policy points etc. In that respect I think Harris is just as electable as Biden or Beto. Pete for that matter is as well but I don't see him gaining the sort of backing that would be needed to seriously challenge for the nomination.
The person I was discussing this with is a black male so naturally they were apprehensive. I think it's understandable they questioned what someone actually means when they speak to electability because it is often used as a WWC dog whistle
Craig Caplan
✔@CraigCaplan
12 Senate Republicans have voted Yes on disapproval resolution (vote still open):
Alexander
Blunt
Collins
Lee
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Portman
Romney
Rubio
Toomey
Wicker
2:40 PM - Mar 14, 2019
✔@CraigCaplan
12 Senate Republicans have voted Yes on disapproval resolution (vote still open):
Alexander
Blunt
Collins
Lee
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Portman
Romney
Rubio
Toomey
Wicker
2:40 PM - Mar 14, 2019
Tillis probably flipped to keep the yes votes below the symbolically significant threshold of 60 then.
He always sounds reasonable and then votes the exact opposite.
Ernst and Graham just voted no. Only one Republican and four Democrats left. It's going to be 59.
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