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Asked about an election denier winning Nevada’s GOP nomination for Secretary of State, he said: “People are going to spout the big lie for their political gain, and do so without considering for the impact that has on democracy and the continuation of our Constitutional order." — PolitiTweet.org

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“And this effort by the former president to soothe his ego over his obvious loss has enormous consequence for democracy here and around the world,” he told me — PolitiTweet.org

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Romney added: “And that has an impact on democracy, it has an impact on the violence in our communities. You can't have democracy if people don't believe elections are valid.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Romney to me on NM’s county’s refusal to certify vote: “There's no question that if you continue to repeat a lie enough times people begin to believe it, particularly if it's being repeated by the President of United States, or the former president of the United States” — PolitiTweet.org

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Grassley pointed to DOJ investigations. “And I don't know what they're going to accomplish because we got 800 people arrested. It's all going to be handled by the executive branch of government, and just let the process work out.” — PolitiTweet.org

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“And I think that this January 6th thing that you're talking about now, bringing all this stuff up, is pretty much an effort on the part of the Democrats to cover up the bad economic policies, inflation, high gas prices, and everything like that,” Grassley told us — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Grassley about Bill Barr telling Trump his claims of fraud were BS and whether Trump should have continued to espouse that. “This whole thing was pretty much answered by the problems that went on at the Capitol that day” by two Senate committees. And then pivoted to bash Ds — PolitiTweet.org

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Coons and Blumenthal both believe issues are resolvable. Coons: “There's lots of pressures, pro and con. There are some details to work out but I remain very optimistic that we'll get a bill together and get it to the floor.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZcohenCNN: The Jan. 6 committee has always maintained it had evidence that raised questions about the tour led by Rep. Loudermilk on Ja… — PolitiTweet.org

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Cornyn: “What this does is it would add a category to, a bar for people being able to purchase a firearm if they fall in that category. So it's got to be clear and it's got to be something that can be actually applied because we're talking about pretty serious consequences” — PolitiTweet.org

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The other issue: “Well, the other issue has to do with the way that nontraditional relationships are handled in terms of domestic violence and misdemeanors. We got to come up with a good definition of what that actually means.” — PolitiTweet.org

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More Cornyn: “I just don't think anything that funds 19 states for their programs but ignores other states that have chosen not to have a red flag law but rather have other ways to address the same problem is going to fly.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Cornyn: “One of the issues has to do is whether the funds that we will vote for will be available to states that don't have red flag laws, but do have crisis intervention programs and things like mental health courts, veterans courts, assisted outpatient treatment programs.” — PolitiTweet.org

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“We’re meeting again today,” Cornyn said. “I'm starting to get a little concerned, though, that there are a couple of issues that need to be settled before we can reach an agreement.” — PolitiTweet.org

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New - Sen. John Cornyn, chief GOP negotiator, told a group of us that there are two issues that have not been ironed out and he expressed concern that it could delay their efforts to finalize the guns bill text this week. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Phil_Mattingly: News: WH Counsel Dana Remus will depart next month. Stuart Delery, Dep. WH Counsel, will be promoted to the top job… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @greggiroux: Last 6 U.S. House seat "flips" in special elections (excluding those coinciding w/regular Nov elections) June 2022: Flores… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @morgan_rimmer: Congrats! @mkraju wins 1st prize for breaking news: “January 6th as It Happened — and the Aftermath.” https://t.co/WgFm… — PolitiTweet.org

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“Dan Sanchez's concession to Republican Mayra Flores in a special election for what had long been a Democratic-held House seat in Texas' Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday offered another glimpse at the GOP's gains among Latino voters” and the Dem enthusiasm gap https://t.co/MKPRxaleC6 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNNPolitics: CNN PROJECTION: Jim Marchant wins the Republican primary for Nevada secretary of state. He embraced 2020 election lies and… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Phil_Mattingly: Pres. Biden sends letters to 7 major oil refiners - an area of intense focus at the WH due to capacity issues. -Energ… — PolitiTweet.org

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Tom Rice, one of 10 impeachment backers, loses his primary. Nancy Mace, whom Trump targeted and tried to defeat even though she opposed impeachment, hangs on, CNN projects https://t.co/gQsezXdWd3 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: NEW: House Republicans who objected to the certification of the 2020 election results are digging in and defending their votes… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: Schedule for upcoming 1/6 committee hearings: June 16 at 1p June 21 at 1p June 23 at 1p — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ryanobles: NEW: 1/6 Comm. teases Thursday's hearing with this new tape from Trump lawyer Eric Hershmann who warned John Eastman to back… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KaraScannell: NEW: Turning Point USA, a conservative pro-Trump organization, paid Kimberly Guilfoyle $60,000 to introduce her fiancé Do… — PolitiTweet.org

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In Cornyn’s presentation on guns deal to GOP conference, he pointed out how Rs rejected universal background checks, safe storage rules, bans on high-capacity magazines and raising the age from 18 to 21 for semi-automatic rifles. Here’s part of it. @tedbarrettcnn @FoxReports https://t.co/hiIgbvMA69 — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked McConnell about Jan 6 hearings and if he thinks officials (like Barr) who spoke out privately should have been forceful publicly (and whether he also should have). “I’m focusing on what we’re doing here in the Senate, you all have plenty of news to cover on the House side” — PolitiTweet.org

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But asked Schumer if it were appropriate for Biden to take the meeting, and he defended the president. “This president unlike the previous president is not afraid to talk tough with foreign leaders, so I have every confidence that President Biden will handle this very well.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Chris Murphy told me: “Obviously, I have real worries about patching up relationships with the crown prince absent some real commitements for justice for political dissenters in Saudi Arabia and families that have already been the targets of a dizzying campaign of repression.” — PolitiTweet.org