James Hohmann

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7) The U.S. government gave ventilators to countries that would have benefitted far more from simple oxygen delivery or personal protective equipment, which we apparently were not providing. Ventilators are flashy and grab attention, but they require experts to maintain them. — PolitiTweet.org

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6) Distribution was bizarre, erratic and nonsensical. A country like Sri Lanka, which had three new cases a day, received 200 ventilators while Bangladesh, which had 1,409 daily cases, received 100 of the machines. — PolitiTweet.org

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4) There was no clear or consistent method behind how the Trump people were giving out ventilators. 5) Trump White House officials refused to explain themselves to government watchdogs. — PolitiTweet.org

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1) After being announced by Trump with great fanfare, there were no clear criteria for determining who should get ventilators. 2) There was no way to keep track of where many ended up. 3) There was improper political interference in allocation decisions typically left to pros. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread: Today’s GAO report on the Trump administration’s inept and dysfunctional effort to distribute ventilators overseas captures in miniature a few of the elements that made Donald Trump’s broader pandemic response such a deadly debacle. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Trump administration spent $200 million to send more than 8,700 ventilators to countries around the world last year, with no clear criteria for determining who should get them and no way to keep track of where many ended up, according to a GAO report. https://t.co/sEjZuWXSvb — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @emmersbrown: The two pipe bombs found near the Capitol on Jan 6 were actually placed the night before by the same person, according to… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BrendanBuck: Hard to argue with that! — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattsgorman This goes a lot deeper than any of us knew. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattsgorman Harambe! 🦍 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattsgorman: “To get more bang for your investment buck, you could buy call options for your desired stock. And it’s a great financial… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WalshFreedom: She cancelled 22 primaries & caucuses during the 2020 GOP primary. She viciously attacked anyone who criticized Trump. Sh… — PolitiTweet.org

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McDaniel became emotional on the phone with Pence on Jan. 7, the day after Trump supporters chanting "Hang Mike Pence" stormed the Capitol. She wanted Pence to know he was still welcome to come to the RNC meeting. He did not go. McDaniel fought back tears. https://t.co/2NmXdEoPie — PolitiTweet.org

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RNC chair McDaniel wants to figure out how Republicans can woo suburban women who were repulsed by Trump but fears publishing a report could be used against her by Trump allies & argues that his presidency brought voters other candidates could not bring. https://t.co/2NmXdEoPie — PolitiTweet.org

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Ronna McDaniel is replacing a number of RNC senior staffers and has debated with aides whether she should conduct an after-action review of 2020 (akin to the 2012 autopsy) in a bid to discern how the GOP can keep Trump voters while moving away from his alienating characteristics. — PolitiTweet.org

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Because the RNC chair has asthma, her doctor prescribed the powerful steroid prednisone, which provoked a reaction she says made her agitated. She was so aggressive during a CBS interview that she sent the host an apology letter: “I just wanted to rip everybody’s head off.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Usually mild-mannered, aides recall Ronna McDaniel walking around RNC offices while muttering that Roy Moore was a pervert and asking allies on the phone whether she should resign. Supporting Moore backfired, damaging her reputation & ending in Moore’s loss to a Democrat in Ala. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ronna McDaniel says in an interview with @jdawsey1 & @RoigFranzia that the low point in her tenure as RNC chair came when she followed Trump's lead and threw the RNC’s full support behind Roy Moore *after* allegations of sexual assault/misconduct. https://t.co/2NmXdEoPie — PolitiTweet.org

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The past four years placed a serious strain with lingering corrosive effects on Mitt and Ronna's relationship. There have been shouting matches among extended family over her steadfast Trump support. The two speak infrequently. She's referred to him as “junior senator from Utah." — PolitiTweet.org

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Before Ronna took office, Trump asked his new RNC chairwoman to drop Romney -- her maiden name -- and use only her married name -- McDaniel. She agreed. Mitt Romney says in a statement to The Post: “I love my niece and always will.” https://t.co/2NmXdEoPie — PolitiTweet.org

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RNC chair says in an interview that the party will be neutral in 2024, and that Trump has told her that he is supportive of that. “If he forms a third party, he would be letting down the 74 million people who supported him,” McDaniel said. — PolitiTweet.org

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McDaniel doesn’t say Trump will play a central role in leading the GOP; she doesn’t say he won’t. Yet there are subtle hints. She repeatedly talks about the need to change the party’s rhetoric to a more “civil” tone, especially toward women, and focus on policy over personality. — PolitiTweet.org

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You don't know Ronna. Inside the complicated life of Donald Trump's GOP chair, Ronna McDaniel -- Romney political dynasty heir, milkshake aficionado, casino blackjack player. via @jdawsey1 and @RoigFranzia. https://t.co/o8eWsVSPFx — PolitiTweet.org

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D.B. Cooper suspect Sheridan Peterson dies at 94. Quite the Renaissance man: — helped establish freedom schools in the Deep South in 1965. — spent years in Vietnam during the War assisting refugees. — Witnessed/decried Tiananmen Square massacre in 89. https://t.co/jozcX80ht3 — PolitiTweet.org

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Maxine Cheshire, Post reporter and columnist with “the guts of a cat burglar,” dies at 90. Ben Bradlee said, admiringly, in his memoir that Maxine started as many fires that he had to put out as executive editor than anyone but Woodward and Bernstein. https://t.co/EhaSwih7Gl — PolitiTweet.org

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@JonahDispatch @mtgreenee Even if you took that excuse at face value, which you’re right that we shouldn’t, it also doesn’t explain the video of her harassing Hogg etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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And it should go without saying: President Biden won the election fair and square, by 7 million votes. Anyone who refuses to acknowledge this reality is playing dangerous games, lying to their supporters and recklessly endangering the future of our republican form of government. — PolitiTweet.org

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Insane that this has become a 2024 litmus test in the GOP nominating contest. — PolitiTweet.org

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New Georgia Democratic senators push for fast action on new stimulus checks to fulfill campaign pledge, via @ericawerner, @seungminkim and @jstein_wapo https://t.co/21U64C3hFD — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joshgerstein: NEW: Obviously angry Judge Beryl Howell denies release to Capitol rioter seen with feet up on Pelosi office desk. Calls '… — PolitiTweet.org