Robert Costa

Robert Costa @costareports

“He doesn’t keep anybody out of the race.” — PolitiTweet.org

Robert Costa @costareports

RT @CBSSunday: Historian Jon Meacham on how the 16th president faced an election during the Civil War, when the continuation of democracy w… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @hugorojo: #Election2022 preview at the top of today's @FaceTheNation with @margbrennan with @krisvancleave, @NikolenDC, and @costarepor… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sahilkapur: Trump is the heavy favorite for the 2024 nomination and will remain so unless/until a viable alternative comes forward to r… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GabrielSterling: Yesterday’s early & absentee votes carried us to 2,504,956 pre-Election Day votes cast. We have 57,599 absentees that… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @January6thCmte: We have received correspondence from the former President and his counsel regarding the committee's subpoena. We have… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CBSEveningNews: Days ahead of the midterm elections, Donald Trump is hinting he is ready to jump into the 2024 presidential race. The f… — PolitiTweet.org

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… that DeSantis really wants a fight with Trump. But they say privately worry he has a maverick streak and if he wins big on Tuesday, who knows. They don’t rule out him running since it’s hard for them to gauge his ambition at this point. — PolitiTweet.org

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*DeSantis is seen as hard to read by many Trump ppl since he keeps close counsel mostly with his family and a few lawyers and longtime friends. But Trump’s team knows RDeS team believes Trump has vulnerability on right over Trump WH handling of covid/vax. But they’re not sure… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maggieNYT: This is what Barr recently referred to as “extortion” - the idea that Trump will hold the party hostage if anyone challenges… — PolitiTweet.org

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*Trump’s circle watching Youngkin. Know Roe is in his ear, see Youngkin building ties with @KariLake, who Trump likes and sees as part of the next generation of his movement, especially its latest incarnation that is fixated on election 2020. — PolitiTweet.org

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*Trump loves idea of forcing others’ hands, making DeSantis, Youngkin, and others have to reckon, soon, whether they want a messy fight with him where he plays by no rules. “Do they really believe he’d endorse anybody at the convention if he loses?” one Trump adviser asked. — PolitiTweet.org

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*if he jumps in, Trump wants a small team with him on the road again, with travel focused on his plane and rallies. 2016 type model but with Wiles and likely LaCivita running ship, with Don Jr. and his crew increasingly influential as Kushner steps back. — PolitiTweet.org

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… that if he gets in and becomes a federal candidate, it’ll somehow shield him as DOJ digs further into records case and his J6 conduct, all as his allies in House likely probe Garland and FBI next year. — PolitiTweet.org

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Spent the day on the phone calling around the GOP, meeting with some longtime sources by Trump Tower. Some reporting tidbits from those conversations… *Trump’s many legal challenges are intertwined with how he thinks about 2024, not separate. Some close allies tell him… — PolitiTweet.org

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Spent the day on the phone calling around all the GOP, meeting with some longtime sources by Trump Tower. Some reporting tidbits from those conversations… *the many legal challenges are intertwined with how Trump thinks about 2024, not separate. Some close allies tell him… — PolitiTweet.org

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Spoke to several close Trump allies early this eve who say the reality is Trump can’t stand being ignored, wants to claim part of GOP gains as his own, resents attn on DeSantis and on Pence’s book, and, as several put it, wants “revenge.” And he believes RNC will fall in line. — PolitiTweet.org

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A few people invited are mulling whether it makes sense to go since some of them have been courted privately in recent months by other 2024 contenders... — PolitiTweet.org

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Susie Wiles is one of the organizers, per several people familiar with the gathering. Those who have been invited say it's NOT a 2024 kickoff, but an informal party to bring together some of the top people who have been part of his runs ahead of a possible campaign... — PolitiTweet.org

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CBS News is told by three longtime Trump aides that Trump is gathering 100+ advisers, donors, and friends at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday to watch election returns. He might also make remarks to the media that night, per a person familiar. A number of 2016/2020 alums have been invited. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmart: My first column @politico > How a secret meeting during the summer recess may ensure @hakeemjeffries historic ascent And lot… — PolitiTweet.org

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Longtime Trump aide tells me the timing of today’s news is typical Trump: partly blocks Kash Patel news from the sun, takes a not-so-subtle swipe at Pence book rollout w/ Nov. 14 mention, and frustrates congressional Republicans by getting in the news just before Election Day. — PolitiTweet.org

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Following @jonathanvswan, two Trump advisers tell @CBSNews this morn. that Nov. 14 is on the radar but with nothing set in stone. They say Trump wants to be part of midterm conversation next Tuesday — and during lame duck — even if some congressional Republicans wish he’d wait. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CBSMornings: Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman told @costareports that Pennsylvanians have a “stark choice” between electing… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonathanTamari: Oprah says that if she lived in PA she'd vote Fetterman over Oz: ”There are clear choices out there … to represent the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @errinhaines: HAPPENING NOW: I'm watching @oprah online event to mobilize voters. She just told people tuning in: "If I lived in Pennsyl… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CBSEveningNews: BREAKING: Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has been released from the hospital and has returned… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CBSEveningNews: With just five days to go until the midterm elections, more than 33 million voters have already cast their ballots. One… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bresreports: .⁦@SpeakerPelosi⁩’s office issues statement on Paul Pelosi’s release from the hospital https://t.co/b81wBPhJoa — PolitiTweet.org

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CBS News has confirmed Mr. Pelosi is now out of the hospital, per a source familiar with the matter. — PolitiTweet.org