Tim Alberta

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

If Dems sweep Georgia, look for dueling GOP autopsies. Lot of Chamber types will say it's proof the party's ceiling is stupidly low & they need to shed Trumpism Lot of MAGA believers will say it's proof the party base only maxes out w/ Trump on the ticket & they need him in '24 — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

RT @Redistrict: What we saw in 2018: plenty of Trump voters just won't turn out without Trump on the ballot. Are we seeing history repeat i… — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

RT @AlexThomp: NEWS in Transition Playbook Why Biden is muted abt Hawley, etc. “a deliberate effort to be clear about what’s happening and… — PolitiTweet.org

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To be fair, this letter also makes baseless claims about "the lack of safeguards maintained to guarantee that only legitimate votes are cast and counted," so that could be why some House Rs didn't sign on. (I just heard from one such member.) Probably a very small number, though. — PolitiTweet.org

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Only 12 of 211 House Republicans signed a letter acknowledging some of the most rudimentary provisions of the U.S. Constitution. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

RT @ec_schneider: Don't miss @POLITICO_Steve's primer on what to watch for tonight in Georgia: https://t.co/CMxNB9CWyw — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jonathanoosting: Huizenga: "I will not be objecting to Michigan's Electoral College results because of the hundreds of hours my team an… — PolitiTweet.org

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George F. Will (!) — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

Here's that link. I stand by what I said. Anyone who participates in this cynical sham on Jan. 6—anyone so fearful of their base that they'd rather attempt a power grab than explain the precepts of federalism—must never again be labeled a "conservative." https://t.co/yjFMZOkILD — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm laying this out, plain as possible, because Fox News wrote a story about my tweets re: the meaning of "conservative." So let's be clear. What Hawley, Cruz and dozens of House Rs are planning is not—by any definition—conservative. It is—by any definition—radical and extreme. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is what makes 2020 so special. The same folks who've screamed about federal overreach and #makeDClisten are now proposing Congress disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans and strip states of their electoral sovereignty. It would be stunning if it weren't so predictable — PolitiTweet.org

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This is very straightforward. Can members of Congress object to the count? Yes. But objections have historically been extremely rare and narrow in scope. They've also been ineffectual—because federal lawmakers wouldn't dare, with the stakes so high, usurp the will of the states. — PolitiTweet.org

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States administer elections in this country. States canvass. States certify. States appoint slates of electors to the EC. Once those state results are certified, and EC votes cast, there is no federal role beyond Congress tallying them and the sitting VP announcing a winner. — PolitiTweet.org

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Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

RT @jbouie: love to restore faith in the election by trying to subvert it https://t.co/os0qM9sPqj — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

RT @AlexThomp: One of Raffensperger's advisers told @MarcACaputo that they recorded Trump's call b/c “This is a man who has a history of r… — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

I would read a 10,000-word profile of the person who runs this account. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

Cotton breaks with radical colleagues who will oppose electoral vote count — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm serious. Writers and broadcasters need to think critically about how to describe people like Ted Cruz and Jim Jordan without defaulting to "conservative." When in doubt, use "far-right." I'm open to other ideas. But calling any of this "conservative" is profoundly misleading. — PolitiTweet.org

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Words matter. It's past time we reformed our political terminology. We should not—for the rest of their careers—refer to any of these Republican E.C. objectors as "conservatives." They are radicals. They are extremists. There is nothing conservative about subverting democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @politicoalex: McConnell held a conference call with Senate Republicans this morning in which he pressed Hawley multiple times to explai… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NickBaumann: I wonder how many Americans who know about the debate over the 2k checks know that the checks would be means-tested. A lot… — PolitiTweet.org

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+100. Sorry to be that weirdo w/ a black screen, but I'm trying to walk my dog and generate brainpower over here. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

Ben Sasse deserves huge credit for this statement—not just his forceful rejection of voter fraud conspiracies, but his calling out Hawley: "We have a bunch of ambitious politicians who think there’s a quick way to tap into the president’s populist base..." https://t.co/oyuM7FoYg9 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @monacharen: Extraordinary podcast. Kinzinger says he hopes he's wrong but wouldn't be surprised if 100+ R members of Congress challenge… — PolitiTweet.org

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"Turn the Page" = best moment in sax history. RIP. https://t.co/3AGCKLHpWZ — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

Great burgers. Great people. Hats off to @stoolpresidente for helping small businesses like Champ's stay afloat. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

Ripped from the Ted Cruz/Defund Obamacare playbook. It's sad that Hawley is doing this. It's scary that he'll be rewarded for it. You can't fix a country whose political incentive systems are so grossly out of whack. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

@hughhewitt @politico @samstein @JakeSherman @apalmerdc I guess you won't be needing my weekly appearance, then! Consider this my sign-off after 4 years of doing your show. P.S. from editorial brass to web producers, @politico's staff is the most compulsively fair-minded I've been around. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

RT @samstein: NEW — Ted Cruz is pocketing the money he is raising on FB ads for the Georgia run offs. He’s not alone, either. https://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org