Lawyer. Views and tweets are my own.
Joined August 2020
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I can’t believe the establishment dems were brain broken by the “establishment dem bad” narrative. What a tragedy 🤣🤣
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The Trump family is cashing in on the presidency and stealing from taxpayers in broad daylight.
Democrats will investigate their grift and get justice for the American people.
LET'S GO @AaronDFordNV LEGEND.
@DavidCCrowley JOIN THE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT. Opportunity is yours SEIZE IT and become immortal! @JocelynBenson you too!
BREAKING: HELL YES! Nevada Governor-elect Aaron Ford throws his full support behind abolishing the Electoral College with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
The blue tsunami could end MAGA forever...
“I didn’t initially support it frankly because I hadn’t done enough research on it, but I have researched it and looking at the electoral college, understanding the, frankly, racist underpinnings of it in the first place leads me to believe that we need to get rid of it,” said Ford. “Not only for that reason but because we’ve seen several times now the person who wins the popular vote not win because of the electoral college."
The Constitution gives states the power to control their electoral votes and how they're allocated during presidential elections. Currently, almost every state gives its votes to whoever wins the state.
In practice, that means that a candidate can win the national popular vote but lose the election because smaller states exert an imbalanced influence on the outcome. For example, Wyoming has a population of 577,000 people and 3 electoral votes. California, which 39.5 million people call home, gets 54 electoral votes. Essentially, that means a vote in Wyoming is 3.8 times as valuable as one in California.
States that join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact agree to give their electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote, not just their own state. Under this proposed system, a state could go red on the map, but if the Democrat wins the national vote, they'd still get that state's votes.
18 states plus D.C. have already joined the NPVIC, but it doesn't trigger until the member states have a combined 270 electoral votes, the number needed to win the White House.
Thanks to our party's overwhelming success in the midterm elections, Democrats have seized control of the state legislatures and governor's mansions in Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. If all five join, it would push the compact over the 270 threshold.
This would transform the American political landscape and make it much harder for the Republican Party — which is an increasingly unpopular organization — to ever win again. It would incentivize presidential candidates to campaign in every state rather than devoting all of their attention to a handful of swing states.
The Electoral College is fundamentally undemocratic. It's time to hurl it into the trash for good!
Please ❤️ and share if you support abolishing the Electoral College!
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I think Senate Democrats should show they’re willing to work with Donald Trump by embracing his proposal to end the filibuster #bipartisanship
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Well my rationale is that it is correct for them to be there for the following reasons:
(a) as a signaling vote
(b) because we want Democratic politicians to do their job, and it’s their job to vote especially for votes considered by the party to be important.
(c) reputational risk/embarrassment for non-attendance is high, especially with pre-vote virtue signaling by Democrats themselves and others on danger of Hegseth
(d) risk of internal divisions for non-attendance
(e) offchance of defections or exhaustion by Repubs through inability to wrangle absents causing a successful vote
Feel like this is all pretty understandable and reasonable.
Here is Rep. Strickland apologizing for missing the vote, acknowledging that she should have been there since it’s her job.
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This is Rep Horsford also acknowledging this was an “important” vote and that he takes responsibility for not being there, and that he would voted NO (i.e., in favor of impeachment).
Here comes the excuses. @RepHorsford (D-NV) says a personal emergency kept him from attending Hegseth’s vote.
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Rep. Stansbury also apologized, further legitimizing what I think is the proper response from Democrats: disappointment and anger at the failure to have attendance for the vote (though obviously yes, some detractors go too far).
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Further to all the downplayers, the caucus itself appears to be frustrated and disappointed they weren’t there. The whip herself acknowledged they “disappointed the American people.”
NEW: After House Dems’ blunder with the Hegseth impeachment vote last night, Dems are pointing fingers at their leadership for not doing enough to wrangle its members before the vote
This and more in today’s @washingtonsun Stakeout newsletter edition: washingtonsun.com/the-stakeo…
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It’s so bizarre. So the traffic jam wasn’t an impediment for Rep. Jackson. He was there and just . . . didn’t vote. He calls it “inexcusable” (cc everyone who said it wasn’t bad), but offers no real explanation as to why.
😬 Rep. Jonathan Jackson told @hicharliecotton he couldn't wait another day to impeach Pete Hegseth... but somehow couldn't take a few more steps to the House floor for a vote.
Absolute dogshit opinion.
@DavidCCrowley please do not listen. You have the opportunity to be part of a monumental and needed change to how we elect the President. Full steam ahead sir!
So @AnthonyAdragna is it true that the Congressman said they should take a minute as to “WHETHER” they impeach Hegseth or how/under what circumstances? Very key distinction.
I asked @RepAdamSmith for clarification of this. He told me he's still 100% for impeachment:
"I am firmly in favor of impeaching Hegseth in the majority. I think we should do this. I will push for it. We want to do it right, and we want the caucus to be as unified as possible."
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Weak rhetoric @RepAdamSmith. Obviously be smart and strategic, but whether to impeach must not be in dispute. Impeachment must occur. NO WEAKNESS.
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👀 @RepAdamSmith, incoming HASC chair, calls for Democrats to "take a minute" on whether to impeach Hegseth next year.
Says he believes Hegseth has committed impeachable offense and should be removed, but should weigh "what's our best approach to achieve our broader objectives?"
LOSER. FASCIST. TRAITOR. YOU TRIED TO STEAL THE 2020 ELECTION. @cindyhydesmith
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🚨 COMING SOON: the one where @adammocklerr and @MikeNellis join me to talk Hegseth impeachment and what happens when Dems officially take power in January…
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House Oversight Committee top Democrat Robert Garcia on this: "We are a co-equal branch of government and will not be deterred by baseless threats from a weaponized DOJ or from the President’s lawyers."
Letter from WH counsel Will Scharf to incoming House Oversight chair Robert Garcia on future Democratic investigations:
"Beyond being inconsistent with the clear, well-recognized constitutional limitations on your
investigative functions, threats to executive branch officials designed to deter them from public
service, or process designed merely to abuse or instill fear in the recipient may cross the line into
blatant criminality. And issuing unlawful subpoenas with the intention of depriving citizens of their
constitutional rights and privileges may warrant further investigation."
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Agree that the White House Counsel's letter is a strategic blunder. It makes them come off as blustering and weak, it undermines any future attempts to prosecute (Exhibit 1 for vindictive prosecution motions), and as @kyledcheney points out, it bolsters Congress's subpoena plans.
