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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Bush (cont’d): “ … I am appalled by the reckless behavior of some political leaders since the election and by the lack of respect shown today for our institutions, our traditions and our law enforcement.” (2) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Bush 43 breaks his silence: "This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic--not our democratic republic….” (1) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @sbg1: I covered the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, the stealing of elections in Belarus and Russia and Azerbaijan. Never, never… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021 Retweet
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The National Association of Manufacturers, led by @JayTimmonsNAM a longtime Republican, calls for removing Trump from power: "Vice President Pence … should seriously consider working with the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to preserve democracy." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Trump calls on mob to leave Capitol: "You have to go home now," he says in video posted online even as he repeats false claims of "a fraudulent election." He adds: "We love you." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytmike: BREAKING: Explosive device found at RNC -- DNC has been evacuated. https://t.co/fwOtcZNJON — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021 Retweet
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @PostScottWilson: This is what a coup looks like. I’ve covered a few... — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021 Retweet
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @shearm: Four years ago, @realDonaldTrump stood where these protesters are today, and said "this American carnage must end." Carnage may… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021 Retweet
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

I’ve seen this before — but it was in places like the former Soviet Union, never in the United States. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @ZekeJMiller: WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate recesses Electoral College debate after protesters force lockdown of Capitol. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021 Retweet
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

With the Capitol under lockdown amid pro-Trump protesters, Pence has now left the Senate chamber. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

After 1,448 days of trench warfare with friends and foes alike, 1,448 days of Twitter blasts, busted norms and shock-jock governing, 1,448 days of dominating the conversation and rewriting reality to suit his needs, Trump arrives at a moment of reckoning. https://t.co/qMPeIj7msa — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

McConnell: "If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

McConnell: "If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral." THIS ELECTION WERE            OVERTURNED BY MERE ALLEGATIONS FROM THE LOSING SIDE, OUR            DEMOCRACY WOULD ENTER A DEATH SPIRAL. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021 Deleted
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

After four years of biting his tongue, McConnell forcefully repudiates Trump as never before. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

At his rally, Trump, either uninformed about what Pence was going to do or unwilling to accept it, kept lobbying for the vice president to overturn the vote even after Pence said he would not: “I hope he doesn’t listen to the RINOs and the stupid people that he’s listening to." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Pence cont'd: "Vesting the vice president with unilateral authority to decide presidential contests would be entirely antithetical to that [constitutional] design." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Pence rejects Trump pressure to invalidate vote: "It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votees should be counted and which should not." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Meanwhile, in another place where democracy is being tested, Hong Kong police arrest dozens of officials and activists for involvement in an informal primary, the largest roundup yet under a new security law by Beijing. ⁦@vwang3⁩ ⁦@austinramzy⁩ https://t.co/RcRqBTWmnB — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

This from a widely respected former appeals court judge who was considered one of the most stalwart conservatives on the bench and a finalist for the Supreme Court under Bush. — PolitiTweet.org

@judgeluttig @judgeluttig

The only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral… https://t.co/iZUvADxkFx

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @shearm: This is our divided country: https://t.co/t9gPOkbCQG — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2021 Retweet
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Trump claiming the vice president has the power to do what no vice president has done in American history and overturn the certified results of a democratic election. — PolitiTweet.org

Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT

Here’s the president’s denial of our reporting, which we stand by. https://t.co/7CxaV5Eqdl

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Would love to! Unless they have khachapuri, it will be tough to compete. But I'd game to try. — PolitiTweet.org

Alan Blinder @alanblinder

@peterbakernyt We need to take you to more restaurants here, Peter. CC: @kimseverson

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The country... — PolitiTweet.org

Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe

Which has better food: Georgia the state or Georgia the country?

Posted Jan. 6, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @npfandos: A Grassley spokesman clarifies that the senator does not "have any indication Pence won't be present." Grassley, he said, was… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 5, 2021 Retweet
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Fabulous news! Congratulations to @OKnox, who will do a terrific job. — PolitiTweet.org

Karen Tumulty @ktumulty

Great news! Announcement just went up that the great @OKnox is joining the @washingtonpost as the new anchor of the… https://t.co/u85HK1CKSN

Posted Jan. 5, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @kaitlancollins: Pence is still expected to preside over the certification of the election results tomorrow, per his office. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 5, 2021 Retweet
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @rollcall: NEW: Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the Senate president pro tempore, says he and not Vice President Mike Pence will preside… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 5, 2021 Retweet
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Israel has inoculated a higher share of its population against covid than any country -- 12% compared with 1% in the US. But it rejects arguments that it is obliged to vaccinate Palestinians in the West Bank. ⁦@SBHendrix⁩ ⁦@shira_rubin⁩ https://t.co/5nbikhfuzr — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 5, 2021
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Trump has directly pressed Pence to find an alternative to certifying Biden’s win, such as preventing him from having 270 electoral votes and letting the election be thrown to the House to decide. ⁦@anniekarni⁩ ⁦@maggieNYT⁩ https://t.co/FFyAnQmE2C — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 5, 2021