Bigots!
Republicans attack Jewish candidates across the U.S. with an age-old caricature: Fistfuls of cash https://t.co/EiNgx6XU13
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) November 6, 2018
the results:
Follow up: Results for candidates who were the targets of these anti-Semitic ads:
–Matt Lesser: Won election.
–Kim Schrier: Leading her race.
–Jesse Kiehl: Won election.
–Sara Johnson Rothman: Lost.
–Josh Lowenthal: Lost.
https://t.co/lipdS4FiQb— Paul Farhi (@farhip) November 7, 2018
This is wrong. There are Fox News hosts who report the news but the night time hosts are Trump flacks. At least Fox management knows this is wrong.
Trump doesn't even try to hide the fact that Fox News works for him. https://t.co/5p6UH0qNtC
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) November 6, 2018
A summary: Trump campaign puts out statement saying Hannity will appear with Trump, Hannity says he will only be interviewing him. Trump then calls Hannity on stage, Hannity hugs the president & calls other reporters "fake news," and then Hannity says he was surprised by it all. https://t.co/EcMBCaTzV3
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 6, 2018
Still can’t get over Hannity denying he would be on stage the whole day, getting brought up by Trump, and then pointing to actual news reporters and calling them fake. https://t.co/DZTVw0FWqY
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 6, 2018
Also notable: the use of “talent” for Hannity and Pirro vs. “journalists” for others. https://t.co/JfQg6Bs4ud
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 6, 2018
Fox News gives itself totally over to Trump on election eve in a new propaganda low even for Sean Hannity. That's how it works with a messaging machine run by White House. https://t.co/2DwriSmBoG
— David Zurawik (@davidzurawik) November 6, 2018
Statement from Fox News spokesperson re Sean Hannity and Judge Jeanine appearing on stage at Trump’s rally last night: pic.twitter.com/TLqAbXaONB
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) November 6, 2018
Hannity is also tweeting about his appearance at Trump's election night rally last night pic.twitter.com/Vlk7N8juxz
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) November 6, 2018
Reporting from last night's Trump rally, @PeterBakerNYT said, "The show onstage might well have been called Fox & Friend."
Fox News's Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro joined Trump on stage, where each delivered a short speech backing the president. https://t.co/wIbVwYFtcb
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 6, 2018
Fox chides Hannity and Pirro for participating in last night’s Trump rally: "Fox News does not condone any talent participating in campaign events. … This was an unfortunate distraction and has been addressed.”
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) November 6, 2018
Do not mistake Sean Hannity @seanhannity for a Fox journalist. He is a television host and a performer. John Roberts @johnrobertsFox is a journalist. Shepard Smith @ShepNewsTeam is a journalist. There is a big difference. . . and Hannity lied but hey. https://t.co/MDH6XgfD1f
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) November 6, 2018
Opinion: Fox News’s Sean Hannity is proud to be a Trump operative https://t.co/ouTLUIJvrm
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 6, 2018
Fox News journalists were outraged & disgusted after Hannity campaigned with Trump on Monday night ahead of #ElectionDay, more than half a dozen employees told CNN Business.
Per one senior FNC employee, "a new line was crossed," writes @oliverdarcy.https://t.co/NYYgguVJhY
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) November 6, 2018
Daniel Dale’s thread
It is the last Trump rally*!!! (*Before the next rally.) Tweets in this thread.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 6, 2018
Fox News hosts are now stumping for Trump on stage. Fox News is not carrying it live.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 6, 2018
Trump, in Missouri, says "I'm not on the ticket." Earlier in Cleveland: https://t.co/06KmAFqVrs
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) November 6, 2018
And at 9:30 p.m. here in Cape Girardeau, President Trump calls Hannity on stage. The first words out of his mouth are "fake news" – as he points to the press in the back of the arena. If anything is fake, it would be this tweet Sean sent out earlier today. Fake tweet? https://t.co/hZYcPCwDtI
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) November 6, 2018
The final midterm MAGA rally in Missouri. pic.twitter.com/ahMdKxBmHQ
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 6, 2018
I went through Donald Trump's final campaign rally transcript.
So you don't have to.https://t.co/REH0hMlmCC
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 6, 2018
Since this Trump quote is starting to go around — it was clear to me that it was an inadvertent error. This is his standard line (lie) about Democrats and Medicare, and he said Obamacare by accident. He fumblingly tried to semi-correct it right afterward. https://t.co/VNvSu4FMaP
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 6, 2018
Will Harping on Immigration Do What Trump Wants It to Do? Evidence from @johnmsides, Tesler, and my Identity Crisis in advance of tomorrow’s votes. https://t.co/i9vGF0TnQo
— Lynn Vavreck (@vavreck) November 6, 2018
Yogi Berra famously said: "We made too many wrong mistakes."
People are so spooked by #Trump's unexpected victory that they are making the wrong mistake this year by underestimating the strong tilt to the Democrats. Here's why I think they'll do well:https://t.co/IAjMjHzRAm— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) November 6, 2018
ICYMI
A spate of House polls reinforces good news for the Democratic Party (@pbump) details: https://t.co/7RIc50qKPE pic.twitter.com/VLfIeyKGbW— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) November 6, 2018
Hugely important point just now by @ezraklein: if the outcome of the midterms is that Republicans lose the popular vote for House and Senate, as they did w/ the White House, but due to gerrymandering emerge still controlling all three (and the Supreme Court)? Legitimacy crisis.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 6, 2018
Top 10 Senate races by TV ad spending (gen elex), via @Kantar_Media:
1. Florida: $96.3 M
2. Nevada: $78.7 M
3. Indiana: $76.8 M
4. Missouri: $72.3 M
5. Tennessee: $59.4 M
6. Arizona: $51.7 M
7. New Jersey: $50.5 M
8. Texas: $47.1 M
9. W. Virginia: $33.9 M
10. Montana: $27.8 M— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) November 5, 2018
The inimitable @jmartNYT got a shoutout here in West Fargo at Heitkamp’s last rally of the campaign. As a tribute to her mother (and this article!) she and her daughter wore “SHE MADE US STRONG” sweatshirts https://t.co/B1iy7tTTll
— Catie Edmondson (@CatieEdmondson) November 6, 2018
Long considered a Republican stronghold, there is a razor-thin margin between the candidates competing to be the first female representative in New Mexico's 2nd district https://t.co/MxKdHXbx0P pic.twitter.com/n8sFLs4nd9
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 6, 2018
I guess we're about to find out how good Trump's favorite pollster is pic.twitter.com/Q09EpYFRsB
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 5, 2018
8 big questions for Election Day | Analysis by CNN's Chris Cillizza https://t.co/LJNPMLuZa0 pic.twitter.com/KWaOYfn075
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 6, 2018
Two years later, Trump isn't different. We are. https://t.co/4tylQy07Bd
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) November 6, 2018
Trump effect? Candidates plow record amounts of their own money into congressional bids https://t.co/xZYIEKg4pT pic.twitter.com/nDRhKqNePo
— CNN (@CNN) November 6, 2018
In the midterms, President Trump’s unrelenting focus on immigration may not work the way it did in 2016 because voters have already sorted themselves out along partisan lines, say @johnmsides, Michael Tesler and @vavreck. https://t.co/6brYAY5ExP
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 5, 2018
Stunning. An estimated ONE in THREE black men are barred from voting in Kentucky, the highest rate in the country. Wild guess which veteran Kentucky politician has been a staunch defender of the state’s disenfranchisement law. https://t.co/mTaV45kcax
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) November 5, 2018
Democrats gained by more than 3 pts in our final polls over our initial ones, and this individual-level analysis indicates that's not merely because of identifiable changes in the composition of the sample, like more Dems https://t.co/zv2PSu8neT
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 5, 2018
"While female & minority lawmakers prepare to expand their influence within the opposition party, the House GOP is projected to become more white, male & conservative after its female & minority members face strong challengers at the ballot box." https://t.co/NOEogIQ840
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) November 6, 2018
So who's ahead in each race for governor?
(The closer the dot is to the center line, the tighter the race. And the wider the band, the less certain the model is about the outcome.)https://t.co/CGJ5zpSiPA pic.twitter.com/ZJeI2UC8Kf
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) November 6, 2018
3 bills in 30 years. 17 votes against protections for pre-existing conditions.
No, Mr. President. People in Orange County will replace the production of corruption, mediocrity, and extremism.
See you in January. https://t.co/hsRGQcjc1J
— Harley Rouda (@HarleyRouda) November 5, 2018
Regarding #GA06, it's possible Stacey Abrams (D) & Lucy McBath (D) are better-suited to turning out the Dem base than Jon Ossoff (D) & $30 million ever were. We'll see.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 5, 2018
"Most Americans say Trump is a deciding factor in their vote." @SusanPage on #Midterms2018. #hardball
— Hardball (@hardball) November 6, 2018
— icymi —
INDIANA
U.S. Senate:
Joe Donnelly (D) 45%
Mike Braun (R) 38%
Lucy Brenton (L) 5%
(Fox News Poll, LV, 10/27-30/18)— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) November 6, 2018
Regarding #GA06, it's possible Stacey Abrams (D) & Lucy McBath (D) are better-suited to turning out the Dem base than Jon Ossoff (D) & $30 million ever were. We'll see.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 5, 2018
Daniel Dale’s thread
Trump is doing his third-last rally of the campaign, in Cleveland. Tweets here. (I will skip the second-last one and then do the last one.)
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 5, 2018
.@realDonaldTrump is kicking off his rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Follow this thread for live fact-checks! #ElectionDay2018 pic.twitter.com/6YRgQGpZ4x
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) November 5, 2018
Large, loud crowd awaiting President Trump in Ft Wayne, Indiana pic.twitter.com/Sn85pNXlua
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) November 5, 2018
"In other words, she leaked," President Trump says of Feinstein, acting out the Cornyn/Feinstein exchange on Brett Kavanaugh and the letter as a one-act play. Cornyn said at the time he believed Feinstein when she told him she did not leak the Christine Blasey Ford letter.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 5, 2018
Two other female surrogates for Trump, but also government employees, Sarah Sanders and Kellyanne Conway speaking to rally in Indiana now. https://t.co/0Tk0bVXEhR
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 5, 2018
After Ivanka speaks Trump calls up Kellyanne Conway and Sarah Sanders in Indiana. notably does not use their official titles to avoid Hatch Act. Sanders hints at her "official capacity" but doesn't say "press secretary"
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 5, 2018
Both said they are speaking in their "personal capacity" but you can count on this raising Hatch Act concerns. https://t.co/L3OGw9kqEE
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) November 5, 2018
"You don't need to be a pollster to know how to count," Kellyanne Conway tells crowd in Indiana. "This place is filled to the rafters." Conway and Sarah Sanders are now on stage holding court.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 5, 2018
Just now in Indiana, Trump decried Rep. Max Waters as "a real genius," and told a protester "to go home to mommy." https://t.co/txxxyqWu8V
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) November 5, 2018
Strength is all https://t.co/YAdmxgIVtW
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 5, 2018
Trump is delivering extended remarks on Kavanaugh at the Indiana rally, when he barely mentioned it in Ohio.
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) November 5, 2018
Illegal immigration costs the country more than $100 billion every year, Trump says in Indiana.
And that’s a low number, he says, because “if I’m off 15 cents on the high side" they'll say I exaggerated, he says. pic.twitter.com/6UoJJya8LP
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) November 6, 2018
From WH pool report at his IN rally:
Trump told the crowd to take a look at the "thousands and thousands of people" who were outside and couldn't get in, and said they were lucky. Pool did not see any people waiting outside the coliseum to get in.— Jackie Calmes (@jackiekcalmes) November 6, 2018
Trump in Indiana: “I do eventually want to unite.” (Fact check. He’s been president for almost two years)
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 6, 2018
At last @realDonaldTrump #Trump rally of the season for us in Fort Wayne, Indiana @Acosta got dozens of requests to sign autographs but this one cracked me up. #cnn #realnews pic.twitter.com/XJMQXSfyVN
— Matt Hoye (@mattyhoyeCNN) November 6, 2018
"Outside is even more incredible," Trump says in Fort Wayne, claiming that "thousands and thousands of people" were outside the venue.
Fact: There were no people waiting outside the venue. Here's a shot from outside. pic.twitter.com/T9eiIUuKlR
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) November 6, 2018
Trump prefers to concentrate on white nationalism instead of the excellent unemployment, GDP, and job creation numbers.
"@realDonaldTrump thought his Friday rallies would be boring — and maybe he was right — if he focused on the roaring economy and the likelihood Americans will see it and their fortunes fall if they elect Democrats next week." By @KJTorrance https://t.co/b0B0y8oxJy
— Spectator USA (@SpectatorUSA) November 4, 2018
He may be right in terms of what his cult wants to hear. The economy made a lot of progress under Obama and that didn’t help Clinton and the Democrats in 2018.
Fact-checking Trump's campaign rallies: the final stretch including claims in Cleveland, Ohio https://t.co/nXD9igBwWM pic.twitter.com/jNdSZYK1ma
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) November 5, 2018
.@KatyTurNBC: What I learned at last weekend's rallies with Donald Trump and Barack Obama. https://t.co/yDA1o85f11
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 5, 2018
A spate of House polls reinforces good news for the Democratic Party (@pbump) https://t.co/7RIc50qKPE
— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) November 6, 2018
Here we are! My cheatsheet of all things I'm watching: 410 items, incl. legislatures, referenda, DAs, & far more. https://t.co/NZCp52Hpi7
It'll update live tmrw. And now I also have a printable PDF! https://t.co/Bs6L1eDcWo
Feel free to print, share, follow, save, bookmark! pic.twitter.com/JuJV7jawrU
— Taniel (@Taniel) November 5, 2018
It's not too late. (Depending on where you live.) https://t.co/ATZO8nZkvQ #ElectionDay #ElectionEve pic.twitter.com/sMLNAHcV0A
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 5, 2018
Here are key races to watch as the midterm elections head toward the homestretch https://t.co/CFlT3Jto36
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 5, 2018
AP: Based on reports from 49 states, as of today at least 36.4 million have already voted in the midterms. And 30 states have now exceeded the total number of mail and in-person votes cast ahead of the 2014 midterms
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 5, 2018
U.S. intelligence officials have seen no evidence that any nation state is attempting to tamper with voting systems or election infrastructure ahead of tomorrow's midterm election, intelligence officials told @NBCNews https://t.co/A6fWonRmF0
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 5, 2018
Catching up on the early vote today. As I said a week or so ago, you can slowly rule out different turnout scenarios as the early vote ticks up. In general, I'd say that we're looking very good on the overall partisan makeup of the electorate, but we're too low on overall turnout
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 5, 2018
1/ On the eve of #ElectionDay, here's the latest on #txelex:@nytimes released a new poll that puts @ColinAllredTX at a 4-point lead against @PeteSessions. The poll's ±4.7% margin of error means the contest could be a dead heat.
From @gromerjeffers: https://t.co/IISY5kesDh
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) November 5, 2018
I don't think this is where it will end up, but this would legit open the door to a Dem majority if McDaniel snuck into the runoff with Espy. https://t.co/svrMGXfsF5
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 5, 2018
GOP candidate Kris Kobach “accepted financial donations from white nationalist sympathizers”: report https://t.co/Stcnxcriu5
— Salon (@Salon) November 5, 2018
Meet Kyrsten Sinema, the Democrat vying for Arizona's open Senate seat https://t.co/75yYzJDFNl pic.twitter.com/Bd1z8erFPI
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 5, 2018
6/ In New England a few Republican governors, such as Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Vermont’s Phil Scott, stick to defending their views on gun control and social welfare—and are likely to win reelection as a result. https://t.co/7gl4x8OUD2
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 5, 2018
5/ Former President Barack Obama made it a point, in the final days of campaigning, to stop and stump for Gillum in Miami. https://t.co/voYHDdnkSm
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 5, 2018
Generic Ballot: historical comparisons 1982-2018 by demographic
(GOP minus Dem margin) pic.twitter.com/mxpu6HAzTS— Adrian Gray (@adrian_gray) November 5, 2018
Key Senate races our panelists will be watching https://t.co/07G1Xfg9yB @ScottJenningsKY @Bakari_Sellers @mkhammer @KirstenPowers discuss @TheLeadCNN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 5, 2018
1/ All eyes are on the November 6 midterms, and for many, there’s a particular focus on governorships across the country. https://t.co/pFdz9bixaU
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 5, 2018
Ads flood Florida airwaves where several races are dead heats https://t.co/OzeojZ3FDR @ryanobles reports @TheLeadCNN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 5, 2018
Also in Michigan, but worthy of its own mention, is my time spent in Flint. The water crisis remains very real for many, and with a governor's election Tuesday, the city still struggles with how to trust the same government that oversaw its poison: https://t.co/58KBSUH3Sa
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) November 5, 2018
I think he will use his lie about illegal voting to challenge some of the results where Republicans lose:
Without evidence, Trump and Sessions warn of voter fraud in Tuesday’s elections https://t.co/7R4VzQW87P
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 6, 2018
from the article: “Accusations of voter fraud and voter suppression have roared to the forefront in several closely contested races this year, raising the possibility of recounts and disputed results among dozens of races for House, Senate and governor.”
Trump planting the seeds to contest election results based on the LIE that he “believes” there is “a lot of illegal voting.”
There is NO evidence of this, despite extensive research, including by his own admin.
There IS *ample* evidence of illegal voter suppression by the GOP. https://t.co/8glOirsANV
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) November 5, 2018
He has no proof. He’s just lying again.
I asked POTUS what proof he has that people are trying to vote illegally.
He told me to “just take a look” because “a lot of people in my opinion and based on proof” try to “get in illegally and actually vote illegally.”
Warned of “prosecutions at the highest level.”
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) November 5, 2018
In all of the watching that law enforcement, Trump's own election commission, and outside observers have done, no one has found ANY mass conspiracy around illegal voting. About 10 people vote illegally each election across the Whole Country. Please don't scare voters! Thanks! https://t.co/foM2ZGjoMC
— GovTrack.🇺🇸 (@govtrack) November 5, 2018
Hey, you know what else is illegal?
Any effort to "intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote." (18 U.S.C. 594).
Don't you think you've gotten yourself in enough trouble, already? https://t.co/6ofVE6pWmb
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) November 5, 2018
Trump may push to challenge the legitimacy of the 2018 elections if the Republicans lose
Sad!