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Not the first time Taylor Greene has told this lie about @AOC. Details from Mother Jones: https://t.co/DAEE0qBvHv https://t.co/1VZaIVcSl1 — PolitiTweet.org

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This fundraising appeal Marjorie Taylor Greene just sent is a lie. @AOC never encouraged protesters to “punch a cop.” https://t.co/BeaUVQfPyr — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RepMcGovern: She didn't say sorry a single time in her entire 10 minute case study on whataboutism. She said "I was allowed to believe… — PolitiTweet.org

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Blue Cheese is never wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

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Congressman Jamie Raskin, the lead House impeachment manager, requests that Trump testify under oath https://t.co/ix58NVDs5i — PolitiTweet.org

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McGovern notes that Taylor Greene claims she had an epiphany in 2018 but called for Pelosi's assassination in 2019. — PolitiTweet.org

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Marjorie Taylor Green says "the media" is "just as guilty as QAnon" of spreading lies. — PolitiTweet.org

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We'll be keeping a close eye on Florida, which is the epicenter of Trumpism after Trump. Sign up for the newsletter for updates and accountability journalism. https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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@davelevinthal I think that’s fair — PolitiTweet.org

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The legislation is pitched as an effort to protect free speech but actually violates the First Amendment. The government can't force companies to print political speech. Forced speech is just as much of a free speech violation of preventing speech. https://t.co/TTUG5fgmEp — PolitiTweet.org

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@GovRonDeSantis The premise of DeSantis proposed legislation is that Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies are biased against conservatives This is a point made again and again and again It's a lie. https://t.co/TTUG5fgmEp — PolitiTweet.org

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Florida @GovRonDeSantis doesn't want to address his state's 2.7B budget shortfall or raging pandemic so he's introducing legislation to fine social media companies $100,000 a day if they ban politicians who use their platforms to encourage violence https://t.co/TTUG5fgmEp — PolitiTweet.org

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@davelevinthal Perhaps it's too complicated but in fairness to DC this is just a document walking people through filling out an online form. You don't actually need these directions, you could just fill out the form online. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattyglesias: The "state aid is a blue state bailout" narrative is one of the most spectacularly wrong policy memes around. https://t.c… — PolitiTweet.org

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House Republicans needed a vote to figure out if Liz Cheney should be punished for voting to impeach Trump but Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Pelosi should be assassinated and they decided that was fine by acclamation — PolitiTweet.org

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@kroger In the first 9 months of 2020, Kroger made $2.9 BILLION in profits. That's $1.2 BILLION more than the previous year. Long Beach was trying to make sure workers who risked their lives to keep stores open were compensated https://t.co/RufDOOE2l3 — PolitiTweet.org

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.@Kroger stands by decision to permanently close 2 stores in Long Beach to avoid paying workers an extra $4/hr for 4 months "We are truly saddened that our associates & customers will ultimately be the real victims of these forced closures because of the city council’s actions" — PolitiTweet.org

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GOPQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Marjorie Taylor Greene advocated assassinating the Pelosi and other Democrats but McCarthy says he will take no action and ACCUSES DEMOCRATS OF RAISING THE TEMPERATURE because they want to hold Greene accountable — PolitiTweet.org

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.@laurenboebert "paid herself more than 22K in mileage reimbursements from her campaign account last year" "Boebert would have had to drive 38,712 miles while campaigning" https://t.co/URbHJO2b2E — PolitiTweet.org

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@laurenboebert "paid herself more than 22K in mileage reimbursements from her campaign account last year" "Boebert would have had to drive 38,712 miles while campaigning" https://t.co/URbHJO2b2E — PolitiTweet.org

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@doliver8 @GarrettHaake @JulieZauzmer That said, it's only about a 3.1% positive rate among the tests done yesterday which is not bad — PolitiTweet.org

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@doliver8 @GarrettHaake @JulieZauzmer Yeah, it's off less than 2K tests where DC typically tests 4K to 8K per day (and occasionally more). — PolitiTweet.org

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6. This is all before you get to the fact that the Senate has held an impeachment trial for officials that have left office before. It's just an embarrassingly weak argument. But it's what they are going with https://t.co/M9Y479xzwv — PolitiTweet.org

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5. We have a way to establish a condition precedent in English. It involves the words "if" and "then" So the framers of the constitution could have said IF an official is removed THEN a they can be disqualified But they didn't https://t.co/M9Y479xzwv https://t.co/M9Y479xzwv — PolitiTweet.org

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4. BUT THAT IS NOT HOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKS. "And" does not create a condition precedent. If I ask you what sodas you have and you say Coke AND Dr. Pepper that doesn't mean I can only have Dr. Pepper if I order a Coke first. https://t.co/8vVKDmTmJT — PolitiTweet.org

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4. BUT THAT IS NOT HOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKS. "And" does not create a condition predicate. If I ask you what sodas you have and you say Coke AND Dr. Pepper that doesn't mean I can only have Dr. Pepper if I order a Coke first. https://t.co/M9Y479xzwv — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Trump's lawyers argue that the key word is AND. They argue that because the constitution says punishments are limited to removal AND disqualification it means you have to be removed before you can be disqualified They call it a "condition precedent" https://t.co/M9Y479xzwv — PolitiTweet.org

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2. The argument from Trump's lawyers hinges on this language from the Constitution: "[j]udgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor…" https://t.co/M9Y479xzwv — PolitiTweet.org