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News -- McConnell on Senate map and engaging in primaries
- Sees four states as key: OH, MT,
WV and PA (wants McCormick in)
- Still assessing WI, NV
- Likely to wait until after AZ primary to decide whether to spend there
- Doesn't see Sinema joining Rs
cnn.com/2023/05/08/pol…
- Sees four states as key: OH, MT,
WV and PA (wants McCormick in)
- Still assessing WI, NV
- Likely to wait until after AZ primary to decide whether to spend there
- Doesn't see Sinema joining Rs
cnn.com/2023/05/08/pol…
“No, no -- I'm not," McConnell said with a laugh when asked if he were confident they'd take back the majority next year. "I just spent 10 minutes explaining to you how we could screw this up, and we're working very hard to not let that happen. Let's put it that way."
On Sinema flipping to GOP: “I think that decision was made when she ended up continuing to caucus with the Democrats. We would love to have had her, but we didn't land her."
Congratulations on your victory @RonJohnsonWI!
Ron will continue to stand with pro-life Wisconsinites for common sense & popular pro-life measures #WISen #LifeWins22 1/
Ron will continue to stand with pro-life Wisconsinites for common sense & popular pro-life measures #WISen #LifeWins22 1/
Senator Johnson went on offense, defining Mandela Barnes as an abortion extremist:
"The most extreme position here would be no limits on abortion whatsoever — allowing abortion right until the moment of birth, which is what [Barnes] supports." 2/
"The most extreme position here would be no limits on abortion whatsoever — allowing abortion right until the moment of birth, which is what [Barnes] supports." 2/
Together with our partner org, Women Speak Out PAC, we fought hard to elect @RonJohnsonWI.
Total WI efforts:
-522K voters reached
-300,000 visits to voters
-700K mail pieces sent
-5M digital ad views
-214K texts sent
-267K calls made
Here's one of our WI door hangers:
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Total WI efforts:
-522K voters reached
-300,000 visits to voters
-700K mail pieces sent
-5M digital ad views
-214K texts sent
-267K calls made
Here's one of our WI door hangers:
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Good evening from Milwaukee, where @michelsforgov is holding his election night party.
The Republican construction exec is challenging Dem Gov. @Tony4WI, who’s seeking a second term. It’s a dead heat race.
The Republican construction exec is challenging Dem Gov. @Tony4WI, who’s seeking a second term. It’s a dead heat race.
I'll be in Milwaukee at @michelsforgov's election night party, while @byjackkelly holds down the fort with @Tony4WI in Madison.
My election night snacks include water, two flavors of Red Bull, beef jerky, chips, almonds, chocolate and a sammich.
My election night snacks include water, two flavors of Red Bull, beef jerky, chips, almonds, chocolate and a sammich.
Spotted at @michelsforgov’s election night party: Timothy Ramthun, who ran in the GOP gov primary on a push to overturn the 2020 election
We watched 135+ debates so you didn’t have to — and Democrats said some crazy things.
Here are some of the most insane debate moments from Democrats this cycle.
🧵 THREAD.
Here are some of the most insane debate moments from Democrats this cycle.
🧵 THREAD.
Minnesota Democrat Rep. Angie Craig: “I will never stop standing up for Big Pharma and standing against my constituents!” #MN02
Oregon Democrat Tina Kotek called for "meth stabilization center[s]" in Portland — "in addition to making [full drug decriminalization] work." #ORGov
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. @AVindman testified to hold Trump accountable because, “Here, right matters.”
There are few Senators who are a bigger threat to democracy than Ron Johnson.
Which is why we stopped by his hometown in #WI to talk with veterans about the opportunity to defeat him on Nov 8. 🧵
There are few Senators who are a bigger threat to democracy than Ron Johnson.
Which is why we stopped by his hometown in #WI to talk with veterans about the opportunity to defeat him on Nov 8. 🧵
Recent polling has this race as a dead heat. @TheOtherMandela has a huge opportunity to defeat Republican Ron Johnson, which would flip this Senate seat and expand the Democratic majority.
Ron Johnson is complicit in the violence that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. He contributed to the distrust, the conspiracy theories and the unrest that led to the attack. And then he defended and downplayed those who attacked us.
We've shifted three races since our last temperature check in the Senate @SplitTicket_:
#OHSen: Likely R -> Lean R
#WISen: Tossup -> Lean R
#NHSen: Lean D -> Likely D
With that said, we wouldn't bank on an upset here, and these are not core battlegrounds split-ticket.org/2022/10/18/wha…
#OHSen: Likely R -> Lean R
#WISen: Tossup -> Lean R
#NHSen: Lean D -> Likely D
With that said, we wouldn't bank on an upset here, and these are not core battlegrounds split-ticket.org/2022/10/18/wha…
@SplitTicket_ The environment looks materially better for Republicans now than it did a month ago, especially on a statewide level. I don't think anyone can realistically argue otherwise. This update has two shifts to the Dems and one to the Republicans, but the overall picture gets more R.
@SplitTicket_ Why? Because the one tossup opportunity that is getting moved goes in the GOP direction. We don't expect Republicans to win NH or Democrats to win Ohio...but we never really expected that to begin with, so this shifts the median outcome to be more Republican.
As I've done this 18 months or so of book talks for Of Thee I Sing (many traced below, w/links to videos for a lot of them!), I've focused more & more on one of my book's four categories of contested American patriotisms: mythic patriotism. Quick thread:
americanstudier.blogspot.com/p/book-talks-p…
americanstudier.blogspot.com/p/book-talks-p…
So mythic patriotism is still a celebration of America (a la my 1st category, celebratory patriotism), but it's one that's exclusionary in two key & interconnected ways.
1) It celebrates a particular vision of US history, identity, etc., one I'd call overtly white-centered.
1) It celebrates a particular vision of US history, identity, etc., one I'd call overtly white-centered.
& 2) It defines anyone who disagrees with, critiques, challenges that particular vision of the US as not only outside that vision or narrative, but also & especially as outside of both patriotism (unpatriotic, treasonous) & the US (un/anti-American).
.@RonJohnsonWI is an extreme anti-abortion Senator. While he tries to run and hide from his record, this is who he is:
#WISEN
#WISEN
Ron Johnson said he believes life begins at conception and in 2011, Johnson was a co-sponsor of a personhood bill. #WISEN americanindependent.com/anti-abortion-…
Johnson has co-sponsored a national ban on abortion at 20 weeks' gestation introduced by South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham six times, in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. #WISEN
Here's a supercut of #WISen candidate Mandela Barnes (D) bragging about how he & #WIGov Tony Evers (D) worked to cut Wisconsin's prison population in half by releasing convicted felons back onto the streets of Wisconsin. 1/6
To meet their political goal of cutting Wisconsin prison population in half Evers & Barnes released murderers & rapist back onto the streets of Wisconsin. In 1st half of 2022 they were averaging granting early release to 2 murderers & rapist per week👇 2/
wisconsinrightnow.com/2022/10/11/eve…
wisconsinrightnow.com/2022/10/11/eve…
#WIGov Tony Evers (D) appointees granted early release to a stranger who grabbed a UW-Eau Claire college student off the street & raped her and to a man who hacked a gas station clerk to death with a hatchet and blamed it on a fictional black suspects. 3/6
He's been getting a pass on this kind of extremist crap for a long time
This is a guy who doubled his net worth while in office, who thinks that minimum wage is "price fixing"
First question: marijuana legalization. Ron Johnson says it should be decided state by state, and that states should "look seriously at the harm being done by the legalization of marijuana."
Mandela Barnes is clear—"I've long supported the full legalization of marijuana" #WIsen
Mandela Barnes is clear—"I've long supported the full legalization of marijuana" #WIsen
Second question on bail reform. The question (accurately!) frames the choice—should pre-trail detention be based on question of whether the accused might be dangerous and/or might skip trial... or based on their ability to pay?
RoJo goes for diversion/fear, predictably.
RoJo goes for diversion/fear, predictably.
Recapping the Senate spending over the last few hrs, Chuck Schumer's Senate Majority PAC and its Georgia Honor affiliate dropped $16.27M in 7 races....
#PASen $4,264,866
#GASen $3,227,382
#AZSen $2,076,036
#NVSen $2,017,685
#WISen $1,777,623
#NHSen $1,733,888
#NCSen $1,175,122
#PASen $4,264,866
#GASen $3,227,382
#AZSen $2,076,036
#NVSen $2,017,685
#WISen $1,777,623
#NHSen $1,733,888
#NCSen $1,175,122
...Democratic group Future Forward PAC logged $2,046,894 in the #PASen race...
#WISEN: Barnes campaign goes on attack against Ron Johnson on abortion in new ad — the first time the campaign has aired abortion-themed ad in general election.
Was surprised that Barnes hadn’t used the abortion attack until this point against Johnson — per a campaign source, only one abortion ad overall has been aired against Johnson until now.
One possibility why: Wisconsin, despite its battleground status, is more rural and somewhat more culturally-conservative than many of the other big Senate battlegrounds.
Gun violence and crime are key issues for voters this cycle – and Democrats are effectively flipping the script by highlighting that it's the MAGA Republican agenda that puts profits for gun manufacturers ahead of public safety that’s responsible.
(h/t @POLITICOPro) 🧵
(h/t @POLITICOPro) 🧵
Last night, @Everytown released a new ad in #WISen highlighting how @RonJohnsonWI has enabled rising violence and new polling that shows the vast majority of Wisconsin voters support stronger gun safety laws that he’s continually opposed.
In #SC01, pediatrician and @MomsDemand vol @AnnieAndrewsMD’s first TV ad shows how gun violence devastates families and erases far too many lives – and yet her opponent @NancyMace votes against bipartisan gun safety bills.
Following a slew of Democratic overperformances (#NY19, #NY23, #MN01, #NE01) and a polling surge for them post-Dobbs, we have some ratings changes @SplitTicket_ to announce.
#WISen: Lean R -> Tossup
#PASen: Tossup -> Lean D
#AZSen: Tossup -> Lean D
split-ticket.org/2022/08/24/tem…
#WISen: Lean R -> Tossup
#PASen: Tossup -> Lean D
#AZSen: Tossup -> Lean D
split-ticket.org/2022/08/24/tem…
@SplitTicket_ I'm not saying Oz can't win. Nor am I saying Masters cannot. I'm simply saying that you cannot create a credible case at the moment to say either of those two candidates is favored, and that's what you'd need to keep a race at a tossup. Rs have a chance, but Ds have the edge.
@SplitTicket_ I will not be moving NH until the primary. If Bolduc wins, #NHSen is Likely Democratic.
Anyways, I'm sure this will produce well-reasoned, good-faith discourse!
Anyways, I'm sure this will produce well-reasoned, good-faith discourse!
Starting soon! Make sure to tune in - we have important issues to discuss for working families. #MedicareForAll, #GreenNewDeal, #PROAct, and #StopLine5 are all on the line. LINK:
#Proven #ProWorker #Progressive @OurWisconsinRev
#Proven #ProWorker #Progressive @OurWisconsinRev
@OurWisconsinRev I will never take fossil fuel money. Fossil fuel interests are holding us back from real progress on fighting climate change, including passing a #GreenNewDeal - @OurWisconsinRev #WISen
“Don’t forget. This is the senate seat of Russ Feingold. There is an obligation for the next Senator to continue his legacy.”
THREAD: @RonJohnsonWI is one of the WORST senators. An apologist for Jan 6 insurrectionists — and for Putin interfering in our elections.
Here’s some good news: A bold progressive just stepped up to run against Johnson in 2022 — @ChrisJLarson!
#WISen
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Here’s some good news: A bold progressive just stepped up to run against Johnson in 2022 — @ChrisJLarson!
#WISen
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.@MehdiHasanShow told @chrislhayes, "When I saw Putin speak about 1/6, I thought, 'Wow, the President of Russia is doing his best impression of Sen Ron Johnson of Wisconsin!'"
In reaction, @ChrisJLarson called out Johnson as a "Trump/Putin puppet":
In reaction, @ChrisJLarson called out Johnson as a "Trump/Putin puppet":
Chris has a long history of activism: Back in 2011, Chris was a leader of the Wisconsin 14 — a group of state senators who left WI to block then-Governor Scott Walker from attacking workers and democracy.
npr.org/2011/02/17/133…
npr.org/2011/02/17/133…
.@SenRonJohnson is the guest at the @MKEPressClub's newsmaker luncheon.
"My purpose here isn't trying to make headlines; my purpose is to convey to the American public information and truths that I believe are important."
"My purpose here isn't trying to make headlines; my purpose is to convey to the American public information and truths that I believe are important."
.@SenRonJohnson on whether he'll run again for #WISEN in 2022: "I don't feel any pressure to make (a decision) anytime soon."
.@SenRonJohnson on his promise in 2016 that he wouldn't run for a third term: "When I made that pledge, I meant that pledge." But he says he didn't realize at the time that Democrats would take majorities in Congress.
NEW: The Recombobulation Area is BACK and answering YOUR questions, featuring a breakdown of the 2022 #WISEN race (with Alex Lasry officially in).
Plus: Ron Johnson and what continues to be the biggest story in Wisconsin politics.
Let's recombobulate: recombobulationarea.substack.com/p/reader-mailb…
Plus: Ron Johnson and what continues to be the biggest story in Wisconsin politics.
Let's recombobulate: recombobulationarea.substack.com/p/reader-mailb…
Other questions answered include: Gov. Evers' budget, a proposed minimum wage increase, State Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn, gerrymandering, and the end of a 300+ day streak of inaction.
Also: A ranking of Wisconsin bakery items (h/t @aluthern @TosaAmyLee)
It’s not surprising that @SenRonJohnson is pushing another delusional conspiracy theory w/o evidence. It’s his third favorite thing to do, right after outsourcing jobs and blocking COVID relief stimulus.
Here’s a little thread of his other conspiracy obsessions:
Here’s a little thread of his other conspiracy obsessions:
2/Ron Johnson was the guy doing Russia and Rudy’s dirty work on Ukraine this fall.
Wisconsin was peaking in COVID cases and he obsessed over a laptop. Here he is getting grilled by @chucktodd about it:
Wisconsin was peaking in COVID cases and he obsessed over a laptop. Here he is getting grilled by @chucktodd about it:
(Side note: Even Ron Johnson's own committee said that he got duped and *President-elect* Biden didn't do anything wrong: nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/…)
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Newsday --- October 25th, 2018 --- Thu
Nov 6th, 2018
12 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
.
Newsday --- October 25th, 2018 --- Thu
Nov 6th, 2018
12 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
1/
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Newsday --- October 25th, 2018 --- Thu
Nov 6th, 2018
12 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
.
Newsday --- October 25th, 2018 --- Thu
Nov 6th, 2018
12 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
2/
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Newsday --- October 25th, 2018 --- Thu
Nov 6th, 2018
12 Days Until Mid-Terms
I am adopting "The Wictor Block" Rule:
Be smart/playful/sincere....Feels Good Man
You come at me too hard and aggressively....looking for a response:
I will Block and Move On.
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Newsday --- October 25th, 2018 --- Thu
Nov 6th, 2018
12 Days Until Mid-Terms
I am adopting "The Wictor Block" Rule:
Be smart/playful/sincere....Feels Good Man
You come at me too hard and aggressively....looking for a response:
I will Block and Move On.
1/
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Newsday --- October 20th, 2018 --- Sat
Nov 6th, 2018
17 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
.
Newsday --- October 20th, 2018 --- Sat
Nov 6th, 2018
17 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
1/
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Newsday --- October 20th, 2018 --- Sat
Nov 6th, 2018
17 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
.
Newsday --- October 20th, 2018 --- Sat
Nov 6th, 2018
17 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
2/
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Newsday --- October 20th, 2018 --- Sat
Nov 6th, 2018
17 Days Until Mid-Terms
I am adopting "The Wictor Block" Rule:
Be smart/playful/sincere....Feels Good Man
You come at me too hard and aggressively....looking for a response:
I will Block and Move On.
.
Newsday --- October 20th, 2018 --- Sat
Nov 6th, 2018
17 Days Until Mid-Terms
I am adopting "The Wictor Block" Rule:
Be smart/playful/sincere....Feels Good Man
You come at me too hard and aggressively....looking for a response:
I will Block and Move On.
1/
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Newsday --- October 19th, 2018 --- Fri
Nov 6th, 2018
18 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
.
Newsday --- October 19th, 2018 --- Fri
Nov 6th, 2018
18 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
1/
.
Newsday --- October 19th, 2018 --- Fri
Nov 6th, 2018
18 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
.
Newsday --- October 19th, 2018 --- Fri
Nov 6th, 2018
18 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
1/
.
Newsday --- October 19th, 2018 --- Fri
Nov 6th, 2018
18 Days Until Mid-Terms
I am adopting "The Wictor Block" Rule:
Be smart/playful/sincere....Feels Good Man
You come at me too hard and aggressively....looking for a response:
I will Block and Move On.
.
Newsday --- October 19th, 2018 --- Fri
Nov 6th, 2018
18 Days Until Mid-Terms
I am adopting "The Wictor Block" Rule:
Be smart/playful/sincere....Feels Good Man
You come at me too hard and aggressively....looking for a response:
I will Block and Move On.
The big #wisen story this week: "There may be no US Senate race with a starker contrast on health care than in Wisconsin"
So what exactly does that mean?
madison.com/wsj/news/local…
So what exactly does that mean?
madison.com/wsj/news/local…
1-Affordable Care Act #wisen
@tammybaldwin wants to protect our care. She led the popular pre-ex condition and age 26 reforms in the ACA.
@leahvukmir would repeal the ACA, ripping health care away from millions, gutting pre-ex condition protections and raising costs for all.
@tammybaldwin wants to protect our care. She led the popular pre-ex condition and age 26 reforms in the ACA.
@leahvukmir would repeal the ACA, ripping health care away from millions, gutting pre-ex condition protections and raising costs for all.
2-Pre-existing conditions #wisen
@tammybaldwin is leading the effort to keep the protections people have.
@leahvukmir wants to go backwards & throw people into expensive high-risk pools that left half a million in WI uninsured, had lifetime caps & a 6-month waiting period. Yikes.
@tammybaldwin is leading the effort to keep the protections people have.
@leahvukmir wants to go backwards & throw people into expensive high-risk pools that left half a million in WI uninsured, had lifetime caps & a 6-month waiting period. Yikes.
