Republicans lie about voter fraud

George W. Bush, who lost the popular vote, carried Florida by 537 votes, won the Electoral College and became the 43rd president with a key assist by the Supreme Court. https://t.co/hVEAIhuQz2 pic.twitter.com/EHRSrLqBIM

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) September 8, 2018

Lou Dobbs calls George W. Bush a liberal

This shows how extremely conservative the Trump cult is. Bush was very conservative by any objective standard.

Fox host Lou Dobbs called George W. Bush a “radical” liberal. It would be funny if it wasn’t yet another indicator of how detached Trump’s GOP is from reality. https://t.co/q2QDhYWcd0

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 11, 2018

61% say respectful political debate is important

Good luck with that in the Trump era!

Obviously, it’s not that important since Trump was elected and no politician is less civil.

A majority of Americans (61%) say it is very important that the tone of debate among political leaders is respectful. https://t.co/6LxJD2WgjU pic.twitter.com/WLu5pYrVcH

— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) August 29, 2018

McConnell slows effort to name building after McCain

Looks like many Republicans would rather keep it named after a racist.

I assume Trump will oppose it and his cult will fall in line.

Today, I am circulating a letter with Senator Flake asking all of our colleagues if they’d be willing to join us in a resolution to officially rename the Russell Building the McCain Building.

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 28, 2018

Richard Russell was a white supremacist who fought desegregation. It’s fitting to rename that building after John McCain, a man who actively resisted inciting racism when he ran against the first African-American presidential candidate. https://t.co/hTQnpFDKKk

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 26, 2018

NEW: GOP lawmakers pushing back against plan to rename Senate office building after McCain https://t.co/7bLPGMvpK9 pic.twitter.com/7Y9GImzm8A

— The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2018

McConnell will honor McCain in the most McConnell way possible: killing a bipartisan idea by forming a commission that will go nowhere so that he can placate the base. https://t.co/2PukY9qgrd

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 28, 2018

Bipartisan support is building for a plan to rename the Russell Senate Office building for John McCain: https://t.co/oViEYEHTvW pic.twitter.com/RtIX4vy2X8

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 28, 2018

update

Sen. Schumer wants to rename the Russell Senate Office Building for John McCain. Who was Richard Russell? https://t.co/eSIYUCZh9n

— TIME (@TIME) August 28, 2018

Republicans don’t want Democrats to rename a building to honor John McCain. https://t.co/81zzINSZnb pic.twitter.com/nAv4Nw1ffg

— The New Republic (@newrepublic) August 28, 2018

Mitch McConnell said he'll convene a bipartisan “gang” of senators to determine how to honor Sen. John McCain, leaving in limbo a bipartisan bid to rename the upper chamber's Russell Office Building after the late Arizona Republican https://t.co/QJrJqhf6ry

— POLITICO (@politico) August 28, 2018

And it's the current position of many 2018 senators that such overt racist beliefs were simply another policy position, and not a question of morality https://t.co/eT7jWlvMQ1

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) August 29, 2018

McConnell will honor McCain in the most McConnell way possible: killing a bipartisan idea by forming a commission that will go nowhere so that he can placate the base. https://t.co/2PukY9qgrd

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 28, 2018

The time McCain corrected the woman who thought Obama was an Arab

The racism from 2008 is much stronger today – look at the third tweet.

McCain fought racism. Trump encourages it.

I was actually at this event, and this is a much more accurate unspooling of the exchange than McCain simply saying “he’s not an Arab.” I’d add even more context: the McCain campaign was HYPER AWARE of the birther/racist attacks on Obama being made elsewhere. https://t.co/TaJWpZXdjT

— ana marie cox (@anamariecox) August 26, 2018

Right. I’ve been trying to figure out how to say this. https://t.co/snkN7Houqr

— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) August 26, 2018

“When McCain responded to Quinnell, polls showed that about 12% of Americans thought that Obama was a Muslim. By late 2015, as Trump campaigned for the presidency, the number had surged to about 30% … 45% of Republicans and 54% of Trump supporters said Obama was a Muslim.” https://t.co/MYWanG8nBm

— Mark Berman (@markberman) August 27, 2018

McCain stayed constant as Congress became more polarized

This is about how often senators voted with their party.

Sen. John McCain never wavered too much in how often he broke ranks with the GOP, but over the course of his Senate career, his colleagues became much more partisan in how they voted: https://t.co/Mb4S2odlcO via @FiveThirtyEight pic.twitter.com/iHsDra6jab

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 27, 2018

“The bankruptcy of the Republican Party”

They are enabling Trump

Pleasant surprise to see this great op-ed from Tom Mann (author of the excellent book "One Nation After Trump" with @NormOrnstein & @EJDionne) in the @BostonGlobe. It explains how we got here, and how we can get out of this ongoing political crisis.https://t.co/yCSfidnDNb pic.twitter.com/YHXD948aIl

— Jake M. Grumbach (@JakeMGrumbach) August 24, 2018

Pardons after charges – timelines

I would not be shocked in Trump pardoned Manafort. Since Cohen implicated Trump, he won’t be getting a pardon.

Source close to the White House says what a lot of people are thinking, with Trump on his way to W. Va.: "What if he pardons Manafort live on television? This is crisis PR firms worst nightmare.."

— Tarini Parti (@tparti) August 21, 2018

https://t.co/d1pQ1TACK8 pic.twitter.com/yD2jzL3jt4

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) August 21, 2018

Majority of the Senate represents only 18% of the US population

And, 60% of the Senate now represents just 24% of the country’s population. This penalty for Dems is on full display in 2018: https://t.co/qmCDpXQkLy

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018

Blazing Take: The Senate is an unconstitutional violation of the principle of democratic equality (one person, one vote). https://t.co/Qyu1Q8WOXM

— Brian Ted Jones (@briantedjones) August 20, 2018

A long-term problem for Democrats: a majority of the Senate now represents 18% of the country’s population.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018

For all the gerrymandering in the House, it's actually the Senate that's vastly more unrepresentative. The fact it's remotely close owes to 11 red-state Dem senators – almost entirely up in 2018 – who have hung on thanks to an extraordinary combination of skill & luck.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018

If that red-state Dem dam breaks – and it *could* in November – we could be headed for a Senate that's largely accountable to a white, rural, pro-Trump minority of the country. At some point, the coastal/urban majority could run out of patience – threatening democratic stability.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018

update today (9/27) after the Ford/Kavanaugh hearing:

To Dems who can’t believe what they’re watching, remember: a majority of the Senate now represents 18% of the population & answers to a subset of voters that is considerably whiter, redder and more rural than the nation as a whole. That’s the reality of our times.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 27, 2018

update 10/1/18:

As the Senate votes on Kavanaugh's confirmation, let's remember the same amount of people live in Los Angeles as these 7 rural, mostly white states. They have 14 Senators while LA shares 2 with the rest of California.

We don't live in a democracy where everyone has an equal say. pic.twitter.com/3oaGGjGmRQ

— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) September 28, 2018

This like “Truth isn’t truth”

Dumb is still dumb. https://t.co/TIupK75WEz

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) August 21, 2018