Rebecca Kaplan

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

The Senate is now moving to vote on the question of whether the Senate has the jurisdiction to try former President Trump for impeachment. As a reminder, when they took a similar vote in late January, 5 Republicans joined Democrats to say the trial is constitutional. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bensiegel: 3:56 PM: Trump lawyer David Schoen criticizes managers for using "a movie company and a large law firm" to package a video… — PolitiTweet.org

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Now up, attorney David Schoen (also representing former President Trump) who warns the senators if they vote to proceed they will be embracing a “radical” constitutional theory. — PolitiTweet.org

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Castor now arguing there is no “January exception” because if the Congress believed Trump committed a criminal offense then he should be arrested, not impeached. He says removal happened because he was removed by the voters. — PolitiTweet.org

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"This trial is not about trading liberty for security, it's about suggesting that it's a good idea that we give up those ideas that we have so long fought for," Castor says. He seems to be moving toward the legal argument (now that the 'senators are patriots' portion is over). — PolitiTweet.org

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Per @JulieNBCNews, Trump's former chief of staff @MarkMeadows was in the Capitol today to meet with the impeachment team. He said he'll be there "sporadically." His take on the Democrats' case so far: "It's hard to make a good case when you have an unconstitutional process." — PolitiTweet.org

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After a break, Trump's lead lawyer, Bruce Castor, is now beginning his arguments on the constitutionality of the Senate trial. He congratulates the other side for their "outstanding presentation" and said their entire team denounces the violence on 1/6. — PolitiTweet.org

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And much more somber now. Raskin chokes up as he said what hit him hard that day was his daughter saying she never wanted to come back to the Capitol after that day. — PolitiTweet.org

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A moment of levity as @RepRaskin says he considers his son-in-law Hank to be a son, even though he and Raskin's oldest daughter, Hannah, eloped without telling their parents. He's talking about bringing Hank and Tabitha, his daughter, the day after they buried his son, Tommy. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Senators, the president was impeached by the House of Representatives for doing that...if that's not an impeachable offense, there's no such thing," lead manager @RepRaskin says as the video concludes. — PolitiTweet.org

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The impeachment managers are going for the big opening with a video early in the presentation interspersing Trump's remarks on 1/6 with social media video rioters took as they broke into the Capitol. — PolitiTweet.org

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The second impeachment trial for former President Trump is off with the House voting 89 to 11 to adopt the rules for the trial - which is expected to be brief. Next up: up to 2 hours per side of arguments on the constitutionality of the trial. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @saraecook: The @WHCOVIDResponse Team just announced a new program through which the administration will directly send vaccine supply to… — PolitiTweet.org

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One last brief (probably!) from the House impeachment managers before the trial begins. This is in response to Trump's lawyers' 78-page brief on the case they filed yesterday: https://t.co/C2PfzLVNKH — PolitiTweet.org

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Fresh @CBSNews polling this morning: 56% of Americans think the Senate should convict Trump. But if you talk to Republicans, 71% say that those in the GOP who vote to impeach Trump are disloyal. https://t.co/22uyTcdTt8 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TalKopan: Interesting to see Leader McCarthy name drop Rep. Kim to @PunchbowlNews as the future of the party — Kim has been one of the… — PolitiTweet.org

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The White House announces @POTUS first trip in office (other than Wilmington, of course) will be to Milwaukee, Wisconsin on February 16th. Purpose TBD. — PolitiTweet.org

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All this and more live updates here all day: https://t.co/dpwfsj0Dln — PolitiTweet.org

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The trial kicks off this afternoon with up to 2 hours per side on the constitutionality of the case. @RepRaskin, @RepJoeNeguse and @davidcicilline will lead those arguments. Last month, 5 Republicans joined Dems in a vote on that same Q (Murkowski, Collins, Romney, Sasse, Toomey) — PolitiTweet.org

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Aides to the House impeachment managers say they'll lay out their case like a "violent crime" prosecution and draw on evidence that "nobody has seen before," beyond the video evidence from the attack we were already expecting to see. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ArdenFarhi: This is fascinating. @MajorCBS digs into #QAnon on today's @TheDebriefCBS. How do you get out once you're in? Is it a cult?… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BoKnowsNews: New: Even before White House debuts school reopening guidance, ~64% of K-8 students nationwide are already back in the cla… — PolitiTweet.org

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First on @CBSNews: @RepSpanberger and @RepYoungKim are proposing a $1 billion block grant pgm to send PPE and rapid testing equipment to state and local governments and small businesses they can fully reopen and keep employees safe during the pandemic: https://t.co/R5UEgnjxng — PolitiTweet.org

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The Manchin-Collins amendment to the Senate budget bill last week would have lowered the phaseout to $50,000 for individuals and $100,000 for joint filers. — PolitiTweet.org

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House Democrats are pushing for a higher phaseout threshold for the $1,400 relief checks than some moderates (including @Sen_JoeManchin) would like: starts at $75K for individuals and $150,000K for joint filers (caps are $100K for individuals and $200K for joint filers). — PolitiTweet.org

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A source confirms @HouseInSession reports that Trump's TV defense squad during the impeachment trial will include @Jim_Jordan @RepMikeJohnson @EliseStefanik @RepLeeZeldin and @RepMattGaetz. All active defenders during the first impeachment trial, especially during House hearings. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cbszak: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) to introduce legislation to ban the installation of permanent fencing at the U.S. Capitol com… — PolitiTweet.org

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More from @EwallWice on what the CBO said about increasing the minimum wage to $15/hour --> — PolitiTweet.org

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Both @SpeakerPelosi and @POTUS have said they believe the Senate parliamentarian will rule that Congress cannot hike the minimum wage to $15/hour in a COVID reconciliation bill, but it will be included in the House version. The increase wouldn't fully take effect until 2025. — PolitiTweet.org

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Anthony Brindisi, one of the freshmen elected in the 2018 Democratic wave, officially concedes to Claudia Tenney in the #NY22 House race (h/t @aaronlarnavarro) —> https://t.co/e5wSf52SoO — PolitiTweet.org