Paul Kane

Paul Kane @pkcapitol

So, this was a really wrong tweet. They really did defer to managers. To be clear, this was a rare organic Senate moment -- Dems walked onto the floor today opposed to calling witnesses, as @maziehirono told @debonis at 9:55 a.m. Then Raskin changed the plan. — PolitiTweet.org

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I sketched this out 2 weeks ago: Some legal minds told Schumer's orbit to set up a trial committee - regularly done in judicial impeachment trials - to do depositions, to get at Trump's own Jan. 6 actions. Senate could go about Biden agenda. From 1/28: https://t.co/tzCdK3bXTj — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kristin__wilson: House managers want witnesses — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @seungminkim: Also let’s be realistic. When do senators defer to the House folk on .... anything???! https://t.co/76ubjaF1si — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HowardMortman: "the nine House Democrats spoke for a little more than nine hours and eight minutes over Wednesday and Thursday, accordi… — PolitiTweet.org

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Let's be very clear: Every Senate Dem who says "deferring to managers" on witnesses is saying they do not want witnesses. There is no deference in the trial -- the vote falls on the Senate. Dems have a majority to call witnesses to explore Trump's Jan. 6 actions. They won't. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GlennKesslerWP: This year’s House managers learned from their predecessors and focused on having succinct presentations with more rotat… — PolitiTweet.org

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Weekend @PKCapitol: In their opening, 2021 managers used just 9 hours to present case. In 2020 trial, Adam Schiff spoke 9 hours all by himself, part of 23-hour opener! The @RepRaskin-led managers took much different approach. It worked. Data via @cspan https://t.co/QYrKo0teBZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Ugh. I forgot how so many of these Senate Qs in impeachment trial always begin "isn't it the case ...." No one in the real world starts a Q like that. — PolitiTweet.org

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Inside look: How Democrats settled on a shrunken Senate trial of Trump over Jan. 6, despite having a governing majority to force a fulsome investigation & testimony. "We have to move on." Via: @mikedebonis @thamburger @mviser @AmyEGardner https://t.co/EDshficmrV — PolitiTweet.org

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"He still remains the most popular Republican in the country," @marcorubio tells @JaxAlemany in a great #PowerUp #PowerPost overview of how Trump still retains a grip on Senate GOP. Very good read. https://t.co/eJpacmiJSQ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AmyEGardner: Day 2 of impeachment: A harrowing retelling of Jan. 6, with me, @karoun @feliciasonmez @pkcapitol https://t.co/R6fSI7UpKD — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmartNYT: Here’s the @pkcapitol beauty > https://t.co/AmhFIwsa0H — PolitiTweet.org

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OK, someone get @nielslesniewski in the Senate chamber to go negotiate this standoff over Lee's words and what exactly he's proposing. (The back story is simple: He says the account of Trump's call to Tuberville, mistakenly calling Lee's phone first, was not accurate.) — PolitiTweet.org

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It just keeps getting more harrowing. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AmyEGardner: GREAT column by @pkcapitol — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RachelVanD: Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who broke ranks and voted for the impeachment trial, has been signaling that he wants to be a mo… — PolitiTweet.org

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The Senate trial @PKCapitol: @BillCassidy surprised colleagues by voting with Dems Tuesday. But he’s been signaling for months, safely winning a 2nd term, that he wants to be a more independent force. https://t.co/eo7PfsgNMd — PolitiTweet.org

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Now speaking at Senate trial @JoeNeguse - the youngest impeachment manager ever. Here's my Jan. 20 column profiling Neguse, the most popular member of the historic Dem class of 2018. https://t.co/7Y4x1k61UE — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RonBrownstein: The GOP dilemma: most Rs back Trump & his actions, but a big enuf slice is alienated to be catastrophic if it pulls away… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ericawerner: Fully nine House committees will be marking up various aspects of Biden’s $1.9T covid bill this week! Just in case folks a… — PolitiTweet.org

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I had a really fun, interesting, maddening, infuriating podcast with @retail_politics about the last month in Congress. It's long. That happens when my Philly-bred buddy Gerry Shields gets me talking. Listen if you wanna hear my longer-form thoughts. https://t.co/qNUP0ITBnG — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's @mikedebonis's pitch perfect preview of Senate trial starting tomorrow, over how Dems have decided to make it a speedy-no-witness trial and get on to the agenda. To be clear: One year ago Dems pleaded for witnesses; now, it's time to move on. https://t.co/zorEbavGyY — PolitiTweet.org

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@reformedEsqOH @Grace_Segers They picked up tons of seats in 2006, then picked up even more in 2008 on Obama's coattails. In 2012, as Obama won by a much smaller national vote margin, House Dems gained 8 seats. This is an insanely unusual political outcome. — PolitiTweet.org

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@stumbalinaa Nope. Wrong! See my previous response. They did worse in 2020, on a map that was better them than 2018, this wasn't about gerrymandering. Dig deeper. — PolitiTweet.org

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@meredithshiner Nah, not true. In 2018 PA & FL were redrawn to Dems benefit, and the 2020 NC map was favorable to Dems. They did worse in 2020, than in 2018, on a map that was better for them as their top of ticket did quite well. This wasn't a gerrymandering issue. — PolitiTweet.org

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And in 1960, Senate Rs gained 2 seats, so there was consistency as voters sided with more charming JFK and went Republican in Congress. November 2020 was so bizarre: Biden wins WH by 7.1 million votes (306 EC), Senate Ds gained 3 seats .... and House Ds lost 12. Huh? — PolitiTweet.org

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Important thread. Hard to overstate how historically anomalous this was: While Trump got thumped by 7.1 million votes nationally, House Rs netted +12 seats. Gotta go back to 1960, when Rs won 22 seats as JFK won presidential, to find something remotely close. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jestei @jmartNYT @SenShelby @campbellnyt @hillhulse @JakeSherman @BFischerMartin @alexburnsNYT @toddcstacy @ericawerner @seungminkim Yup. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jmartNYT @SenShelby @campbellnyt @hillhulse @JakeSherman @jestei @BFischerMartin @alexburnsNYT @toddcstacy @ericawerner @seungminkim Also, Reid told me a year ago that Shelby is only senator that he talks to really regularly. They were part of the powerful class of '86: Shelby, Reid, Daschle, McCain, Bob Graham, Breaux, Mikulski. — PolitiTweet.org