Burgess Everett

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Full Blunt quote: "Virtually every prediction about what's going to happen in the elections was wrong. The president wasn't defeated by huge numbers, in fact he may not have been defeated at all. We gained seats in the House, we are going to hold the majority in the Senate" — PolitiTweet.org

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.@GarrettHaake asked McConnell about whether Biden should be able to start transition: “I don’t think anything that’s occurred so far interrupts the ordinary process of moving through the various steps ... and allowing, if there is a new administration, through the transition. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Blunt says the president was not defeated by huge margins and “may not have been defeated at all” — PolitiTweet.org

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And Rick Scott is the new NRSC chairman — PolitiTweet.org

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rest of GOP leadership team re-elected, per source familiar 2. Thune 3. Barrasso 4. Blunt 5. Ernst — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell re-elected by acclamation. No dissent — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell re-elected by acclimation. No dissent — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @marianne_levine: Schumer and full leadership team re-elected by acclimation, per Dem source familiar. Schumer also has added Booker an… — PolitiTweet.org

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Cotton will nominate McConnell as GOP leader today: “A few weeks ago, someone called him the Apex Predator of American politics, which may be the best yet. I nominate as our leader, the Apex Predator of the United States Senate.” ⁦@marianne_levine⁩ https://t.co/XmIdklP679 — PolitiTweet.org

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These are just madlib headlines at this point — PolitiTweet.org

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Still, Senate Dems about to re-elect their leadership slate today with Schumer at the top. House Dems nor expected to shake up either besides DCCC chair. Biggest changes at party committees: CCM is up for re-election and we hear Ben Ray Lujan interested in DSCC @BresPolitico — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin: “I’ve watched the last three elections: 2016, ‘18 and ‘20. We truly should have been in the majority and it didn’t happen...Whatever our message is, it hasn’t worked. And I would hope that our leadership from the top to bottom understands that. It has not worked.“ — PolitiTweet.org

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Jones: “I was fighting the same battle that Jaime Harrison was fighting, that Mike Espy was fighting, that Cal Cunningham was fighting, that Steve Bullock was fighting. And Democrats have not been able to fully counter the Republican narrative.” — PolitiTweet.org

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'We're not some demonic cult': Democrats fume over faulty messaging that cost them in red and purple states ⁦@heatherscope⁩ https://t.co/ye9yrbGdXX — PolitiTweet.org

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@IsaacDovere Good lord look at that @wuerker art. Legendary — PolitiTweet.org

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Disinterested * — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Jones said Biden called him 10 minutes after Jones’s race was called. Has been their only conversation in past week. Says wants Biden administration to succeed but doesn’t say he’s disinterred in AG — PolitiTweet.org

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Interested in serving in Biden administration? Gillibrand says she’d be most effective in the Senate “helping pass legislation for Biden” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @heatherscope: NEWS: Cheri Bustos plans to step down from her job as DCCC chair and not seek a second term, per multiple sources. — PolitiTweet.org

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AG Barr leaves McConnell’s office, cracks that it’s a “slow news day” as he gets on cramped elevator — PolitiTweet.org

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Perdue and Loeffler joint statement going after Georgia election process ahead of runoffs: “The Secretary of State has failed to deliver honest and transparent elections. He has failed the people of Georgia, and he should step down immediately." — PolitiTweet.org

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Not often you see the Defense Secretary give an interview that's embargoed until he's fired https://t.co/vuTw8jcdi7 — PolitiTweet.org

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“I understand that the president and others have questions about the results in certain states. There is a process in place to challenge those results and, consistent with that process, the President should be afforded the opportunity to do so" — PolitiTweet.org

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Collins: “Congratulations to President-elect Biden on his apparent victory – he loves this country, and I wish him every success. Presidential transitions are important, and ... should be given every opportunity to ensure that they are ready to govern on January 20th." — PolitiTweet.org

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Forecast: Little chance of comment on the election results — PolitiTweet.org

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June: “He’s doing a good job,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham who spoke to the president recently and doesn’t think Esper’s job is on the line. “There’s no reason to let him go. That’s all just a bunch of chatter. I have confidence in Secretary Esper.” https://t.co/PhfbHKuJDF — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Republicans would probably reconfirm Esper instantly for Biden next year — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Republicans would probably reconfirm Ester instantly for Biden next year — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jslovegrove: On Fox News radio, @LindseyGrahamSC still not conceding presidential race yet but says Trump should "not let his movement… — PolitiTweet.org

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Conceding close races is not always controversial. Ayotte was only down 1,000 votes https://t.co/B0rAwCS1lP — PolitiTweet.org