Republicans don’t care about election security

McConnell will block bill, the administration has slowed work on election security and Trump would accept foreign help. There will be foreign efforts to meddle in the 2020 election which will undermine confidence in the results. Sad!

.@chriscuomo: 2020 election security bills have hit Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's roadblocks. Why?

The answer may simply be because he and his side benefited in 2016. Could he even be counting on benefiting in the same way in 2020? pic.twitter.com/PmAYVbMmGl
— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) June 14, 2019

Multiple election security bills are being blocked by Senate Majority Leader McConnell. https://t.co/8Zbv8JLYpE
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 15, 2019

There is simply not any legitimate reason to do this. He would have the control to amend it in any way he sees fit. But to not allow it to even be considered – there’s no justification. https://t.co/O7BLnuGgOY
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 15, 2019

My story about EAC Executive Director Brian Newby is now up on our free site! https://t.co/lMfoiS1OjZ https://t.co/obOVFv26Ut
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) June 15, 2019

Trump thanks GOP Senator Marsha Blackburn for blocking legislation that would require candidates to alert the FBI if they were offered aid by foreign governments. https://t.co/JSdOlVHaYP
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 15, 2019

McConnell is resisting calls for election security bills because he believes enough has been done, says Washington shouldn’t have too heavy a hand. But moving bills could amount to implicit rebuke of Trump. House Dems are now planning a new push. https://t.co/tRiA8AIwk0
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 14, 2019

The bills Mitch McConnell is blocking would subject the voting machine vendors to new cybersecurity regulations and could reduce their overall sales to states. McConnell’s campaign gets money from voting machine lobbyists.https://t.co/3OGKHoAunj
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) June 14, 2019

Trump’s words encourage foreign meddling in our elections

Trump is fine with foreign meddling in our objections. This will encourage his Russian pals. This is not alright. Democrats will say it’s wrong. Let’s see what the Trump cult says.

President Trump tells ABC News he'd take information about 2020 opponents from foreign powers pic.twitter.com/r9ZxuW88jQ
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) June 12, 2019

Trump tells ABC News that the FBI director Chris Wray is "wrong" when he says you should call the FBI if a foreign government offers dirt on your political opponents.
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 12, 2019

This is an engraved invitation for foreign powers to interfere in our elections yet again. https://t.co/fX7Q3VeI3I
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 12, 2019

If you’re wondering if the President of the goddamn United States just invited foreign intelligence agencies to hack and spy on his political opponents, he did—PUBLICLY.
— Windsor Mann (@WindsorMann) June 12, 2019

"We're now in unchartered territory. Maybe we've been here for a while, but it's never been so clear before."

Jake Tapper, on President Trump saying he'd be willing to listen to dirt on political rivals as delivered by foreign entities.https://t.co/NgTeIvPFsF pic.twitter.com/leE5k3s0DN
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 13, 2019

Disgraceful yet sadly par for the course for this president.

When the president talks like this, it’s no wonder @SenateMajLdr McConnell is blocking bipartisan efforts to secure our elections from foreign interference. https://t.co/AOHAlS5pOs
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 13, 2019

CNN running the clip of Barr saying that if a "foreign intelligence service" offers info, you should call the FBI.

Wait for it: Whoever comes to Trump from Russia or China, Barr will say: "Not a foreign intelligence service." This man parses words for a reason.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 13, 2019

Remember 12 JUN 2019. Today was the day a sitting President announced he would accept clandestine help from a hostile power to stay in office.

Translation for the cheap seats: Donald J. Trump, our 45th president, admitted that he is a traitor. On camera.https://t.co/C9hLDR4tcj
— John Schindler (@20committee) June 13, 2019

Notice how long Barr thought before answering this question? He carefully qualified his answer by limiting it to a "foreign intelligence service." Had Trump previously discussed with Barr his view that obtaining information from foreign governments is okay? https://t.co/QJSUDrtLLq
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 13, 2019

.@RepAdamSchiff:

“Trump is basically telling the Russian dictator that, if you want to intervene in our election again, as long as you do it to help my campaign, I will never call you out on it."https://t.co/6ZF6RHeBfF
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 13, 2019

The President says the FBI doesn't have enough agents to investigate every report of foreign interference in an election.

A reminder that Counterintelligence is among the FBI's top two investigative priorities across all programs. pic.twitter.com/FrZ0DQ2Oy4
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) June 13, 2019

considering the values embodied in this statement, is there any reason to believe Donald Trump Jr would have hesitated for a second to tell his father about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting w/Russians? https://t.co/w4bVjQKQzl
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 13, 2019

I’ve dealt with oppo research for 30 plus years. Clinton campaign hired a firm that researched Trump’s business. He did business in Russia (lied about it.)That research is standard. Receiving information from intelligence service of hostile foreign power is totally different.
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) June 13, 2019

Trump’s strategy is to distract from this by lying about Democrats.

This never happened. Warner, trying to get in touch with Christopher Steele, texted with a Washington lawyer-lobbyist who has represented oligarch Oleg Deripaska and other Russian powerbrokers. There was no entertainer purporting to be an operative. pic.twitter.com/8xd83ZoO9g
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 13, 2019

There is no bottom.

There is no better Trump.

He will always stoop lower, smear everything around him with excrement, and diminish absolutely everyone and everything. https://t.co/IpnZPRtKCC
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 12, 2019

Remember 12 JUN 2019. Today was the day a sitting President announced he would accept clandestine help from a hostile power to stay in office.

Translation for the cheap seats: Donald J. Trump, our 45th president, admitted that he is a traitor. On camera.https://t.co/C9hLDR4tcj
— John Schindler (@20committee) June 13, 2019

2020 election turnout is expected to be high

Signs are growing that voter turnout in 2020 could reach levels unmatched in over 100 years. Which side will that help most? I take a closer look. https://t.co/oYMBXfljCm
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) June 13, 2019

Polls on Trump vs. potential 2020 opponents

Too early to read too much into these polls.

Stop hyperventilating over polls of Trump vs Biden, etc. – too early to be predictive:
-June 1983: Mondale 49%, Reagan 39%
-June 1991: George H.W. Bush 51%, Democrat 28%, Don't know 21%
-June 1995: Dole 48%, Clinton 44%
-June 2011: Republican 44%, Obama 39%
(all Gallup data)
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) June 11, 2019

This is not the only poll like this, and they all kill the “electability” argument. There are people who would have voters believe that only a white man can win this election. The hopes of some candidates rely heavily upon that notion. Don’t buy it, folks. Choose who you like. https://t.co/XKBapUncmS
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) June 11, 2019

Trump 41% is trending nationwide. So feel free to keep saying it.

Like this:

Americans who want pre-existing conditions to be covered 98%
Trump 41%

Or:

Support for universal background checks on guns 85%
Trump 41%

Or:@Browns win Super Bowl 51% (Sorry I'm a fan)
Trump 41% https://t.co/NhWYa5z3wh
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 12, 2019

There are some… differences by age in new Quinnipiac poll of the 2020 Democratic primary:

Under 50 years old:
Sanders 32%
Biden 18%
Warren 16%
Buttigieg 7%
Harris 6%

50 years old and over:
Biden 41%
Warren 15%
Buttigieg 10%
Harris 9%
Sanders 5%
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) June 11, 2019

Issues voters are concerned about

Worth remembering that midterm voters ranked the Russia investigation dead last in importance out of the 12 issues Gallup asked about: https://t.co/rqZ0PSZWH5
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) May 8, 2019

Trump campaign has not paid El Paso

His campaign has stiffed El Paso just like Trump as a businessman stiffed some contractors. Sad!

Beto O'Rourke and Pres. Trump held events on the same day in El Paso, TX.

O'Rourke's campaign paid his outstanding bill to the city, the Trump campaign has not paid Trump's outstanding bill.

The Trump campaign still owes El Paso $470,417.05. https://t.co/kjPMPVNdap
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 3, 2019

The Trump campaign has not paid the city of El Paso the more than $470,000 it was billed for the costs stemming from a rally there two months ago. The bill includes a $380,942 charge from the police department, ABC-7 reports. https://t.co/gCKopbDZaH
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 3, 2019

Trump may use the government to attack Biden

and the media like the New York Times will help him by spreading what he finds.

This is so unethical and an abuse of the presidency. There’s no bottom for Trump.

Are Trump & Giuliani corruptly pushing AG Barr to weaponize DOJ against the Biden family over matters in Ukraine? Looks like it to me. Unending abuse of power . . . https://t.co/olE4OiZkWJ
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 2, 2019

Yup, as @paulwaldman1 says, the fact that Trump is already mobilizing to turn loose law enforcement for the purpose of damaging Joe Biden should be a scandal right at this moment:https://t.co/7L1wIZRiPB
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 2, 2019

I called this. @realDonaldTrump will call for criminal investigation of all potential opponents in 2020. Next up for @JoeBiden : "lock him up" chants. https://t.co/kxX9EhmPKw
— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) May 2, 2019