Tim Alberta

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

Quite a moment. House Rs from Georgia raise objection to GA certification; Pence asks whether any senators have co-signed their objection, and Jody Hice says the senators who'd initially signed withdrew their signatures after the events of this afternoon. Applause in the chamber. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @allahpundit: 64 days since election day and still the only person i’ve heard say they regret having voted for trump is adam kinzinger h… — PolitiTweet.org

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"Mobs don't rule America—laws do. That's why we need to get back to the peoples' business of subverting the Constitution and ignoring the will of voters." — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

RT @pwgphoto: I survived a murderous newsroom shooting in 2018, losing five of my Capital Gazette family. their families destroyed. My head… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MEPFuller: I talked to a lot of the 126 Republicans who signed that petition for SCOTUS to hear the Texas case. So many told me it was… — PolitiTweet.org

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121 House Republicans -- all of whom identify as "conservatives" -- just voted to throw out a state's election result because the president threw a temper tantrum. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @frankthorp: A bust of Pres Zachary Taylor in the Capitol appears to still have blood smeared on its face from the rioters today: https:… — PolitiTweet.org

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“We cannot save this country with politicians who have no principles.” -- Don Gaetz, former FL senator and father of Congressman Matt Gaetz, endorsing Jeb Bush in 2015. How ashamed this man must be of his son. https://t.co/rycAuzx0lG — PolitiTweet.org

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I once waged a successful editorial fight to keep my description of Matt Gaetz as "cartoonish" intact. In retrospect, it was insulting to a great many cartoon characters. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

Truly amazing the lack of perspective re: Romney. "He took Trump's endorsement! He said self-deportation! 47 percent!" Mhmm. He's human. Our greatest leaders have made awful mistakes. (Hamilton, Grant, MLK). We once evaluated them knowing as much. When did we lose that capacity? — PolitiTweet.org

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I found myself anxious this evening, wondering if in the absence of John McCain any Republican senator would truly rise to meet this moment and say the things that needed to be said -- about Trump, about the truth, about his cowardly colleagues. Mitt Romney did. He said them all. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

With this speech, Mitt Romney cements his legacy as a towering figure in modern American history. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MEPFuller: Kevin McCarthy calls it the saddest day he's ever had in Congress. Maybe it's time to recognize how you've contributed to… — PolitiTweet.org

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"the Election was NOT stolen. We lost." What a different country this would be if, instead of coddling and placating the president for two months, senior Republicans from the WH to Capitol Hill used their credibility w/ the base to utter these 7 simple words. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @philipaklein: Recall that when a gunman entered Comet Pizza, he legit believed he was trying to save children from a sex ring. Right no… — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

Lots of Capitol Police takes right now. Everyone slow down. Clearly they were unprepared, and that's inexcusable, but beyond that let's wait until this fog clears. They were being overrun in huge numbers; likely had to prioritize member/staff safety before arrests, removals, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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Donald Trump is a menace. He was a menace before he ran for president, he was a menace while running for president, and he has been a menace in his 4 years as president. Today's silver lining is that his political career is done. Voters will not forgive him for this. It's over. — PolitiTweet.org

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President-elect Joe Biden says he remains "incredibly optimistic" about America. That makes one of us. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmartNYT: .@MittRomney summoned me as lawmakers and press arrived at a secure location “This is what the president has caused today,… — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

To everyone who ever accused us of "hysteria," everyone who used the term "Trump Derangement Syndrome" or snickered about "Orange Man Bad," please, take a bow. — PolitiTweet.org

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Dude's staff probably thought this was going to be the avatar pic for his 2024 campaign. To quote Happy Gilmore, "Talk about your all-time backfires." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JakeSherman: American patriots? I’m sitting here in lockdown. The capitol has been breached and people have guns drawn. What are you ta… — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

This coup at the U.S. Capitol has been unfolding in slow motion for 9 weeks. If you couldn't see this coming, you're blind. If you participated in this charade, or enabled it in any way, history is going to judge you with a brutality you cannot begin to fathom. — PolitiTweet.org

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lol Republican congressman Mike Johnson calling into Fox News from a security bunker during a coup, asked whether T… https://t.co/TcMKe9kvVj — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RichardEngel: In other nations, when demonstrators, urged by a cornered president, try to take over the capital building it’s called a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RosieGray: if you're not already, follow Igor who has been tweeting some of the most unbelievable photos ever taken in the Capitol http… — PolitiTweet.org

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Make. America. Great. Again. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonathanTamari: People are smashing glass in the doors to the House chamber. Police have guns drawn and aimed at the door — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MEPFuller: The chaplain is praying in the chamber as protestors have reached the doors. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

DJT, that internet tough guy, the storied keyboard gangster, Mr. Bone Spurs, can't bring himself to lend encouragement to Capitol Police while they're under siege, much less call for the storming of the Capitol to stop. Instead, he picks on Mike Pence from his bunker at 1600. — PolitiTweet.org