Trump should just ask his pal Putin.
The Washington Post criticized Nelson for not providing any evidence.
Category: 2018 elections
Four Republican candidates who had criticized Trump over the Access Hollywood tape lost in the primaries
The base demands total loyalty to Trump whether he is right or wrong
I've discovered a pattern.
By my count, four GOP primary candidates this cycle have found themselves on the defensive for criticizing Trump *over the Access Hollywood tape.*
This is what counts as a badge of shame in today's GOP.
Here are the examples: https://t.co/hltQnWVWCB
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 15, 2018
Trump’s base will not rule the US forever
Trump’d hard core base will not rule this country forever, via @ThePlumLineGS: https://t.co/pCvN3LQijU
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) August 11, 2018
The redistricting battle
States don’t redistrict until after the 2020 Census, but the battle for who draws congressional lines is happening now. https://t.co/i2wS8jSQyZ
— Post Graphics (@PostGraphics) August 10, 2018
Who are Trump’s voters?
New data is challenging the popular portrait of Trump voters https://t.co/579606JlAp
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 10, 2018
Will Trump sign an order on election interference
Trump's White House is preparing an eight-page executive order on election interference, calling it a "national emergency." But will he sign it? Latest w/@shaneharris & @nakashimae: https://t.co/KOuWgrg0bq
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 8, 2018
2018 House races
There are 435 House races. Need to keep track of what's in play? Here's a presentation-ready PDF of our House Ratings at @CookPolitical: https://t.co/BrEb4Kn8ne pic.twitter.com/v0EwsIOKcj
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 9, 2018
Trump makes an endorsement error but blames the media
Pathetic! Liar!
Before Trump's Ohio rally, he tweeted to tell people to vote Steve Stivers. Stivers isn't running. Trump deleted, posted a Vote Troy Balderson tweet.
Then, at the rally, he pretended his own error was a media error for which he was owed an apology. The crowd chanted CNN SUCKS. pic.twitter.com/thmGfTyxW7
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 7, 2018
Voting Rights Act
53 years ago today, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Johnson. I shed a little blood on that bridge in Selma and friends of mine gave their lives so that no person would be denied their right to vote. Now do your part—get registered, and vote. #goodtrouble pic.twitter.com/wgKUs37JAG
— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) August 6, 2018
53 years after the passage of the #VotingRightsAct, our rights are under attack. In 2013, #SCOTUS decided 5-4 to strip critical protections of Section 5 of the VRA. With the Kavanuagh nomination, even more Americans could be at risk of being disenfranchised. #WhatsAtStake
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 6, 2018
#OTD: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act prohibiting voting discrimination against minorities. The 1965 Voting Rights Act was designed to enforce the right to vote of all US citizens promised by the 14th and 15th Amendments. #CivilRights pic.twitter.com/I1TT6g6DXS
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) August 6, 2018
The Voting Rights Act makes our democracy stronger, giving every American, from all walks of life, the right to vote. But the work is far from finished. Join me and @WhenWeAllVote for a Week of Action to get folks registered and ready to spread the word. https://t.co/C4obhrVHLp https://t.co/aAb1dS80Yv
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) August 6, 2018
53 years after the passage of the #VotingRightsAct, our rights are under attack. In 2013, #SCOTUS decided 5-4 to strip critical protections of Section 5 of the VRA. With the Kavanuagh nomination, even more Americans could be at risk of being disenfranchised. #WhatsAtStake
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 6, 2018
Today’s anniversary of the Voting Rights Act is a reminder that we still have so much more to do to protect voting rights for all Americans.
Please honor the legacy of this landmark bill by exercising your democratic right—register & commit to vote! https://t.co/2iF7y7QLdZ
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) August 6, 2018
Because the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, 17 states with 189 electoral votes had new voting restrictions in 2016. h/t @BrennanCenter pic.twitter.com/tzl0QFNbWA
— Democracy Awakening (@DemAwakening) August 6, 2018
The Voting Rights Act was signed into law on August 6, 1965.
53 years later, we're still fighting for fair and equal access to the ballot. #VRA53 pic.twitter.com/NriZ7NmgHu
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 6, 2018
Because the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, in 2016, there were 868 fewer places to vote in states that previously had to approve voting changes with the federal government: https://t.co/CPdBWqdLa4 #RestoreTheVRA #VRA53 pic.twitter.com/nevBWSh0Oc
— Courtney Fuller (@courtneygfuller) August 6, 2018
US President Lyndon B Johnson, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martin Luther King Jr, and Rosa Parks at the signing of the Voting Rights Act on 6 August 1965.#OTD pic.twitter.com/tc8CnzEmd3
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) August 6, 2018
Martin Luther King’s invitation to LBJ signing of Voting Rights Act at US Capitol today 1965: pic.twitter.com/t6ivtfrhxU
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) August 6, 2018
The Trump administration has the Voting Rights Act on life support | By Kristen Clarke and Ezra Rosenberg via @CNNOpinion https://t.co/fQcheMpgx4 pic.twitter.com/XqhlYKoGJw
— CNN (@CNN) August 6, 2018
Thanks to Trump for endorsing Kobach
Trump endorsed Kris Kobach for the Republican nomination for governor of Kansas in spite of recommendations of his advisors. I think this is great – Kobach will probably do worse in the general election than the incumbent Republican governor. Good job, Trump!
What a disaster for the KS-GOP https://t.co/fI089F2mr6
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) August 6, 2018
Trump's endorsement of Kris Kobach could cost the GOP a governor's race in red Kansas https://t.co/QIN7Dza98T | Analysis by Harry Enten pic.twitter.com/p03vWVFBFG
— CNN (@CNN) August 6, 2018
Republicans were fearing this, worried Trump would push Kobach through in Tuesday primary – and thereby give Democrats a shot to win a gov race in a red state https://t.co/wraEYSbGdd
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) August 6, 2018
President Trump has backed Kris Kobach in his race to be governor of Kansas. it was a move that Republican governors and some of Trump's aides tried to avert. https://t.co/FN4SjaTLJ4
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 6, 2018
'Strong on crime'? Kobach was in contempt of court. https://t.co/o2ehKFqAr6
— Pitt Griffin (@pittgriffin) August 6, 2018
Kobach led Trump's voter fraud commission which disbanded having found no evidence of the president's long-debunked 3-5 million fake voter claim. https://t.co/LpL5vLxSIE
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 6, 2018
I have a section on Kris Kobach in my new story on ICE–he's the intellectual architect of Trump immigration policy; he popularized the theory of "self-deportation" and wrote the pernicious laws that provided the spiritual model for the administration. https://t.co/MTZjPKhVNd
— Franklin Foer (@FranklinFoer) August 6, 2018
Kris Kobach's record speaks for itself: He's defrauded taxpayers to enact his racist agenda, losing continuously in court. As Secretary of State, his office carelessly posted thousands of social security numbers online.
Voters will remember tomorrow. https://t.co/aCepSUyYIm https://t.co/inEsXor0T2
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 6, 2018
Kobach led Trump's voter fraud commission. Along with the president, who claims 3-5 million people voted illegally, Kobach said there was widespread voter fraud, but he never provided any evidence. The commission met twice and faced multiple lawsuits before disbanding. https://t.co/DeMWO7Eni3
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 6, 2018
WHAT A STORY, by @ProPublica: Kobach went around helping towns pass anti-immigration ordinances, & then got himself hired to defend them in court. Towns then spent millions on legal fees, faced financial crisis, & usually lost—while Kobach earned $800K. https://t.co/usaRYSn7RU pic.twitter.com/0JIMoOBrs4
— Taniel (@Taniel) August 1, 2018
Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Kris Kobach’s gubernatorial campaign employs three men who are members of a white nationalist group: https://t.co/RqhpaslTgX
— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) August 3, 2018
How Kris Kobach could make Kansas crazy again https://t.co/PnuHE0lSKW pic.twitter.com/mjBTwmdZcn
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 6, 2018
Kansas is struggling financially. But for Republican Kris Kobach, the race for governor is all about illegal immigration https://t.co/uqR5b7XpuA pic.twitter.com/iXAU7cMXK7
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 6, 2018
Source tracking Kansas gov race saw polls last week that had Kobach up narrowly but then Colyer pulling even by end of week.
The Monday track after Trump got behind Kobach?
Kobach +7
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) August 7, 2018
update after the primary which is still too close to call:
He is simply a slimy, awful, racist, lying excuse for a human being. Shameful to all those who voted for him https://t.co/gExK2eqrAr
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) August 9, 2018
Well that seems like maybe kinda a big deal, no? https://t.co/CoBmuy1rsI
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 9, 2018
Sad! 