Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Fox News national poll • 81% favor term limits for Congress • 66% favor 18-year term limits on Supreme Court justices • 71% favor mandatory SCOTUS retirement age • 46% favor expanding SCOTUS • 55% favor replacing electoral college for prez elections with popular vote — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Via @AP: “Report: Findings reveal nearly 400 officers were at Uvalde elementary school as police waited to confront gunman” https://t.co/kMlTs7Vrwl — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

“Findings reveal nearly 400 officers were at Uvalde elementary school as police waited to confront gunman” https://t.co/kMlTs7Vrwl — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @maggieNYT: The rush to the cultural right in 2024 is going to look very different in this primary than the last two open GOP nomination… — PolitiTweet.org

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“In the past week, an Ohio abortion clinic received calls from two women with ectopic pregnancies — when an embryo grows outside the uterus and can’t be saved — who said their doctors wouldn’t treat them. Ectopic pregnancies often become life-threatening” https://t.co/AfNaTq7x0u — PolitiTweet.org

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Bernie Sanders unloads: “You have people like Manchin — Sinema to a lesser degree — who are intentionally sabotaging the president’s agenda.” “In my humble opinion, Manchin represents the very wealthiest people in this country, not working families in West Virginia or America.” — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Margins matter! Republicans fell one vote short of smashing the ACA to pieces in the Trump era. If Obama’s Senate majority had one fewer vote there’d be no ACA to begin with. One fewer Republican in 2018 and Kavanaugh would probably not be on the Supreme Court today. And so on. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

The FDR-size agenda was predicated on a D+8 environment that polls were (very wrongly) showing prior to the 2020 election. It looks like Dems fell one Senate vote short of passing a fairly aggressive economic agenda and two votes short of transformational social/cultural change. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FenitN: NEW: @FrancesSSellers & I have been investigating Dobbs' consequences. We found the standard of care for incomplete miscarriag… — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked about whether Manchin had negotiated in good faith, Biden told reporters in Saudi Arabia: “I didn’t negotiate with Joe Manchin; I have no idea.” @JStein_WaPo on a White House sidelined as Joe Manchin puts another bullet in its economic agenda: https://t.co/oWde9nCy2C — PolitiTweet.org

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Fueling the anger of Democrats: Joe Manchin rejected BBB over inflation concerns and redesigned the new negotiations around policies he considers non-inflationary—on taxes, energy, health. Now he cites inflation to hold off on 2/3 of those categories. https://t.co/ncb9pbkTwX — PolitiTweet.org

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In deciding not to nominate the McConnell-backed Chad Meredith as a federal judge, the White House says it’s because of opposition from Rand Paul. WH doesn’t cite his history of battling legal abortion. https://t.co/QFNxyj4j9p — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NBCPolitics: VP Harris will keynote the NAACP convention on Monday in New Jersey, the organization’s president says. https://t.co/X5ZOr… — PolitiTweet.org

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Inbox: SELECT COMMITTEE SUBPOENAS SECRET SERVICE RECORDS https://t.co/Wwhky5bdaw https://t.co/FgfIF5hlji — PolitiTweet.org

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News —> Biden abandons plans to nominate anti-abortion attorney as federal judge The White House said the president "will not nominate" Kentucky lawyer Chad Meredith. https://t.co/QFNxyj4j9p — PolitiTweet.org

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Doctor who treated 10-year-old rape victim sends Indiana AG cease and desist letter https://t.co/8sfNt8ff63 — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes. But with Manchin’s ever-present willingness to “engage” and Dems’ hunger to do more, we may get a will-they-or-won’t-they drama all the way through the election and lame duck. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Victoria_Eavis: NEW: The first public independent in-state poll shows Liz Cheney trailing Harriet Hageman by a whopping 22 points with… — PolitiTweet.org

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Meanwhile, President Biden says he'll take executive action on climate change if Congress doesn't act and calls on the Senate to pass drug pricing and ACA funding now. Those are the two items Manchin says he's ready to support — Biden did not name Manchin. https://t.co/ncb9pbkTwX — PolitiTweet.org

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In a WV radio interview today, Manchin defended his position: "I am where I have been. I would not put my staff to this, I would not put myself through this if I wasn’t sincere about trying to find a pathway forward to do something good for our country." https://t.co/ncb9pbkTwX — PolitiTweet.org

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New —> Democrats vent their fury as Joe Manchin shelves action on climate change "We’re all going to die." "I don’t want to spend one more minute thinking about what Joe Manchin will or won’t do." "...he doesn’t know how to close a deal..." https://t.co/ncb9pbkTwX — PolitiTweet.org

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Scoop: @VP Kamala Harris will keynote the NAACP convention on Monday in Atlantic City https://t.co/8kloCpEcKN — PolitiTweet.org

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BIDEN responds to Manchin, saying that if the Senate won't pass a climate bill, "I will take strong executive action to meet this moment." Meantime, he tells Congress to pass a drug pricing and ACA funding bill "before the August recess, and get it to my desk so I can sign it." https://t.co/C3qzGMLqpD — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

House votes 219-210 to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act, enshrining protections for abortion. The one Democrat voting NO is Henry Cuellar, who recently won a primary with Dem leaders’ support. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it has no realistic chance of passing. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@RepJohnYarmuth with a succinct reply when asked what would happen if Congress fails to act on climate change: “We’re all going to die.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Manchin confirms he told Schumer he's ready to do drug pricing and ACA funding — but wants to shelve climate and taxes, citing inflation. "He says: Are you telling me you won't do the other right now? I said, Chuck it's wrong, it's not prudent to do the other right now." — PolitiTweet.org

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👀 Democratic Sen. @MartinHeinrich of New Mexico questions the party’s decision to make Manchin chair of the Senate energy committee: https://t.co/jQdbmbmWap — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @heatherscope: Here's Speaker Pelosi when I asked her if she thought Trump announcing a run soon would help Dems in the election: — PolitiTweet.org

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California Gov. @GavinNewsom is on Capitol Hill. He tells me climate change funding is “a big deal” and responds to the news that it’s likely to be stripped out due to Manchin: “I’m deeply disappointed.” (He just walked into Pelosi’s office.) https://t.co/OePxMvuSAu — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TomNamako: Manchin balks at climate and tax pieces of Biden agenda bill but backs health care provisions @sahilkapur @frankthorp @Juli… — PolitiTweet.org