Washington Bureau Chief @ABC. Bourbon, BBQ, baseball cards. No. 34 - 2016 Topps Allen & Ginter. Formerly @BostonGlobe @DallasNews @Princetonian
Washington, DC
- Tweets 89,779
- Following 6,857
- Followers 97,719
- Likes 7,859
Sen. Rounds responds to Trump - and adds this in his statement:
"Vice President Mike Pence stood his ground, acknowledged President Biden’s victory and acted with integrity. It’s time the rest of us do the same."
376
2,787
19,004
Howard Schultz on Trump: "No one wants to see him fired more than me." Joy Behar: "And no one wants to see you run more than him." @TheView
162
2,477
15,665
unofficial speaking times -
Pence: 35:22
Harris: 38:48
via @Kjwalsh_news
821
5,451
14,535
Rep. Cheney says Trump is "clearly unfit for office."
Says she agrees with Hillary Clinton it would mark "the end of democracy" if Trump assumes the presidency again. #thisweek
237
1,664
12,580
People can mock Mitt Romney. But he’s using his platform as a United States senator at this moment. A lot of Republicans are looking to him for leadership at this moment.
976
1,207
10,104
Biden stmt: "I am the president-elect, but I will not be president until next year. The crisis does not respect dates on the calendar, it is accelerating right now. Urgent action is needed today, now, by the current administration."
50
983
7,825
Tom Bossert said the Crowdstrike/DNC/Ukraine story is “completely false” and has “no validity.” Says he and others told Trump that, but that Rudy continues to push it. #ThisWeek
205
2,132
5,676
Biden: "Any teacher or school official whose pay is withheld for doing the right thing - we will have that pay restored by the federal government 100 percent."
33
698
5,711
Rep. Cheney says subpoenas for McCarthy and even Trump are possible: "The American people ... deserve to know about every phone call that was made, in and out of the White House." @GMA
135
879
4,913
Feinstein: "The message the president is sending through his tweets is that he believes the rule of law doesn’t apply to him."
281
1,804
4,338
Chris Christie responds to what the president just said: "There's just no basis to make that argument tonight - there just isn't."
70
740
4,568
Sen. Heitkamp @ABCNewsLive says Cruz's intention was to link CRT to Dem senators who will vote for Judge Jackson: "It came off as petty, small, and it came off - yes - as racist."
72
540
3,854
Christie on Trump: "Show us the evidence. We heard nothing today about any evidence. I want to know what can back up what he said."
116
370
4,081
Chairman Jerrold Nadler says over 60 entities and individuals close to White House are getting document requests from House Judiciary Committee Monday abcnews.go.com/Politics/chai…
125
840
3,506
Ty Cobb says he's sure Mueller didn't leak his questions: "It's very difficult to see who if anybody benefits from the leak of that other than people who have been trying to sabotage the possibility of an interview." abcnews.go.com/Politics/excl…
146
1,661
3,435
Raffensberger on the Trump call: "It was pretty obvious pretty early on that we'd debunked every one of those theories early on, but President Trump continues to believe them.... We believe that truth matters." @GMA
45
495
3,591
if the midterms were today, 51% of reg voters say they’d support the GOP candidate in their district, 41% say the Democrat. That’s the biggest lead for Republicans in the 110 ABC/Post polls that have asked this question going back 40 years. abcnews.go.com/Politics/econ…
473
912
4,081
quite a first line from the Breyer dissent: "In 2020, 45,222 Americans were killed by firearms."
102
817
3,247
Clinton won political moderates by 12 points. Biden leads among them by 47
Clinton won independent women by four points. Biden leads among them by 57 points.
BREAKING: Joe Biden leads Pres. Trump nationally by 10 points among likely voters, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds. abcn.ws/2EBskqO
78
702
3,169
After Capitol siege, majority of Americans say Trump should be removed from office before term ends: POLL - ABC News abcnews.go.com/US/capitol-si…
89
539
3,228
Super Tuesday popular vote - as counted so far:
Biden: 4,513,082
Sanders: 3,672,279
Bloomberg: 1,704,870
Warren: 1,642,201
Gabbard: 84,351
h/t @kendallkarson
302
827
3,011
Asked whether he thought the FBI unfairly targeted the Trump campaign, Wray offered a terse reply: "I do not." abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-…
32
746
2,891
must be noted: being ahead on Election Night doesn't necessarily mean anything at all. PA/WI/MI in particular not likely to be projected. That doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong - or that a candidate is winning/losing a state.
147
284
2,684
Trump: "And you'll develop, you'll develop herd -- like a herd mentality. It's going to be -- it's going to be herd developed and that's going to happen, that will all happen."
386
705
2,575
Biden says he will require Trump to have a negative COVID-19 test the day of the next debate. "It's just decency," he says. "I believe he'll do that." #BidenTownHall
96
430
2,609
Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he won’t resist federal efforts to get assistance on COVID vaccine. “We want all the help we can… There’s nothing dramatic about what the president said in itself.”
36
282
2,374
John Bolton: “If he has any character I would say it’s perfectly in character... I do not expect him to go gracefully. I do expect him to go.” #ThisWeek
100
400
2,463
Pence with quite the statement tonight: “Today's indictment serves as an important reminder: anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the United States.”
148
501
2,387
348,411
Cheney says one of the two Republicans Pelosi rejected "may be a material witness" in the Jan. 6 committee investigation. That'd be Rep. Jim Jordan.
25
343
2,160
EXCLUSIVE: Fired FBI official authorized criminal probe of Sessions, sources say - ABC News - abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-… via @ABC
152
1,304
2,082
popular vote across all states today so far -
Biden: 3.8M
Sanders: 2.9M
Bloomberg: 1.5M
Warren: 1.4M
67
609
2,158
Judge Jackson: "While I am on the subject of gratitude, I must also pause to reaffirm my thanks to God, for it is faith that sustains me at this moment."
21
173
1,932
Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife indicted by a federal grand jury, per @MLevineReports. Today. Does. Not. Stop.
62
544
1,865
Ohio Gov. DeWine on whether he has seen any evidence of Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio: “Absolutely not… it’s unfortunate that this came up.”
“The Haitians who are in Springfield are legal. They came to Springfield to work.” @ThisWeekABC
122
499
1,807
280,716
per preliminary #CAGov
exit polls - 69 percent of voters support the state’s student mask mandate. 63 percent see vaccination more as a public-health responsibility than as a personal choice.
51
246
1,680
Human Rights Campaign weighing in on Joe Rogan endorsement of Sanders: "The Sanders campaign must reconsider this endorsement and the decision to publicize the views of someone who has consistently attacked and dehumanized marginalized people."
113
471
1,540
Based on analysis of the vote, ABC News projects that the Republican Youngkin will win the Virginia Governor race.
51
316
1,743
“What if someone with an unstable mind loaded a gun and drove to Washington? What if that person went looking for our girls? Donald Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. And for this, I’d never forgive him.” abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/m…
46
456
1,435
ABC News reports Democrat Pat Ryan is projected to win the NY-19 special election. One last special win for Dems going into what’s likely to be a rough fall.
630
81
1,313
That's three times today, by my count, that Mueller has said Trump could be charged with a crime after leaving office
71
338
1,259
Biden's last answer: "I can hardly wait to compare my cognitive capability to the cognitive capability of the man I’m running against."
53
198
1,356
.@neal_katyal - Trump is 'destroying' executive privilege and should be impeached - ABC News abcnews.go.com/Politics/obam…
25
366
1,296
Russia investigation expands to include Donald Trump's attorney - Michael Cohen - ABC News - abcn.ws/2sidqtO via @ABC
121
842
1,258
AOC's chief of staff has this to say on the Green New Deal: “Do you guys think of it as a climate thing?” Chakrabarti continued. “Because we really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing.” washingtonpost.com/news/maga…
539
905
1,260
"President Trump could stop this with a phone call," Lindsey Graham says on CNN re policy of separating children from families at the border.
107
451
1,291
Who do you think has more respect for those who serve in the US military?
Biden: 61
Trump: 37
abcnews.go.com/Politics/deep…
54
331
1,253
Biden tonight: "I did not oppose busing in America." Biden 1975: "I oppose busing. It's an asinine concept, the utility of which has never been proven to me." abcnews.go.com/Politics/demo…
67
478
1,300
Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT calls for impeachment inquiry to begin: "To use America’s global credibility as a casino token, to be cashed in for personal political gain, is an intolerable abuse of power and totally anathema to the rule of law."
26
213
1,146
The WH line is the president pulled out of a major climate change treaty without discussing or considering whether climate change is real.
89
484
1,166
might it be that Sen. McConnell made a miscalculation in showing his cards on acquittal this morning?
48
136
1,061
“It was simply handled with a phone call mid-last week to the RNC, and they agreed to stop.”
NEW: The Reagan Foundation -- which runs the Reagan Library -- has issued a warning to the Trump campaign and the RNC: Quit raising money off Ronald Reagan’s legacy. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
123
243
1,088
"We can’t control whether our public servants lie to us. But we can control whether we hold them accountable for those lies." - @SallyQYates usatoday.com/story/opinion/2…
23
496
1,036
Mayorkas reiterates - the message to migrants is not don't come, period, but rather "Do not come now. Give us the time to rebuild the system that was entirely dismantled under the prior administration."
15
146
998
McMaster: "I don't remember exactly what the president said" to Russians in Oval. #thisweek
360
608
951
for as long as I've been covering elections for @ABC I've thought it's a shame you only get one huge election night every two years. So, I asked for this.
55
42
1,031
a point Jason Miller made this morning: "President Trump will be ahead on election night, probably getting 280 electoral somewhere in that range, and then they're going to try to steal it back after the election." 1/2
1,474
209
980
Sen. Cotton calls out Trump and fellow GOP senators: "It’s past time for the president to accept the results of the election, quit misleading the American people, and repudiate mob violence."
44
154
936
Cheney on whether Trump should face criminal charges: "What kind of man knows that a mob is armed and sends the mob to attack the Capitol, and further incites that mob when his own VP is under threat, when the Congress is under threat?"
"It's very chilling." #thisweek
45
165
895
Jimmy Kimmel calls out Congress over gun control: "We have 59 innocent people dead. It wasn’t their time either." abcn.ws/2kgEHO9
26
323
948
NEW POLL:
56% of Americans say the country is moving too quickly to reopen
15% say too slowly
29% say we're moving at about the right pace abcn.ws/3eHqnWQ via @ABC
68
322
893
On the day he was appointed, MacGregor was handed a sheet of paper from Johnny McEntee spelling out his mission at the Pentagon. The first of four bullet points: "Get out us out of Afghanistan." - @jonkarl abcn.ws/2WLHsKX via @ABC
61
299
892
John Bolton: “Where is the evidence? As every day goes by, there isn’t any evidence.” “Donald Trump lost what was by any evidence we have so far a free and fair election.” #ThisWeek
107
201
969
Sen. John McCain statement on Trump calling Putin: "An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections."
37
341
896
NEW poll -
76% want Biden to consider all possible nominees, not just Black women
75% say economy is either "not good" or "poor" (only 1% say "excellent")
50-49 Biden approval on handling of COVID
abcnews.go.com/US/majority-a… via @ABC
113
286
1,046
Rep. Liz Cheney on Trump's 1/6 condut: "There are a number of, as the chairman said, potential criminal statutes at issue here. But I think there is absolutely no question that it was a dereliction of duty." #thisweek
12
137
851
73% of Americans say there are not enough coronavirus tests available in the US. 69% of parents with children living at home say they aren't ready to send them back to school. abcnews.go.com/Politics/note…
46
311
834
New poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe Trump's encouragement of a foreign leader to investigate Biden and his family is a serious problem abcnews.go.com/Politics/17-a…
51
291
787
It was noted last week that Biden did not guarantee that he had 50 Senate votes for the reconciliation package. It’s now clear why - he didn’t, and doesn’t.
15
104
1,026
now @GMA - CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods announcing his chain will no longer sell assault-style weapons
38
222
816
“I will raise taxes for anybody making more than $400,000,” Biden says. “This is about everybody paying their fair share.” #abc2020
68
133
789
Biden on virtual debate, per pool: "I don’t know what the president is going to do. He changes his mind every second. ... if he goes off and has a rally, I’ll — I don’t know what I’ll do."
42
109
781
Cheney with a big final revelation - says Trump tried to call a witness that hasn't been heard from by the committee yet.
"This committee has supplied that information to the Department of Justice."
22
199
773
This GWB quote is worth pondering: "Too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions"
19
285
794
The @abc debate will be Sept. 10 - with Trump and Harris now both confirmed.
Donald Trump announces he’s accepted ABC News debate for Sept 10. Harris has announced she will be there previously.
78
267
809
390,586
"He has committed an impeachable act and must be charged," Rep. Green says.
@RepAlGreen calls for impeaching @realDonaldTrump for obstructing investigation of his campaign's possible ties to Russia. @HPMNews887.
71
273
745
Per preliminary exit polls, 75 percent of voters in SC express a favorable opinion of Biden. That includes 84 percent of black voters. #SCprimary2020
19
199
681
A McCain statement on Russia and the G7 comment: "The President has inexplicably shown our adversaries the deference and esteem that should be reserved for our closest allies."
16
234
716
(!) Cheney suggests she would have had more public defenders if members weren’t worried about their own safety if they oppose Trump publicly: “they’re worried about threats on their lives.” #thiseeek
117
174
708
Conway making clear it was the "misleading of the vice president" - not misleading of the public, or worries of Russia - that ended Flynn
44
274
737
"We have no information that indicates that Ukraine interfered with the 2016 presidential election."
NEW: Asked about Pres. Trump’s desire for Ukraine to investigate debunked conspiracy theory pushed by Rudy Giuliani and others, FBI Dir. Chris Wray tells @PierreTABC, “we have no information” supporting the theory. abcn.ws/2YuIyYr
49
228
670
Statement from former President George W. Bush: “I just talked to the President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.”
136
63
760
Pelosi on Biden’s decision to step aside: “I wasn’t asking him to step down. I was asking for a campaign that can win. And I wasn’t seeing that on the horizon.” @GMA
78
107
757
245,881
proud of my friends and colleagues @theview @ABC for how 2020 has begun - NYT Mag: How ‘The View’ Became the Most Important Political TV Show in America nytimes.com/2019/05/22/magaz…
176
92
801
It warms the heart to get a 6:45 am text from my 6th grade son: "Hi Dad. Did AZ get called last night"
27
26
730
What @jmartNYT is saying is truly striking - the way most Republicans saw Jan. 6 on the immediate aftermath vs the way it’s portrayed by most of them now deserves more attention and preservation.
22
121
677
Democrats have a 53-42 percent edge in the generic ballot for the House. But inside the 66 districts that are tossups, or only leaning, that lead evaporates into a 46-47 D v. R race. abcnews.go.com/Politics/note…
232
352
717
"He reads more than probably anybody I know," Mark Meadows says of President Trump. #thisweek
1,140
83
657
Former Speaker Paul Ryan stmt: “It is difficult to conceive of a more anti-democratic and anti-conservative act than a federal intervention to overturn the results of state-certified elections and disenfranchise millions of Americans.”
52
152
684
Biden letter to congressional Dems: “The question of how to move forward has been well-aired for over a week now. And it's time for it to end. We have one job. And that is to beat Donald Trump.”
49
145
610
544,301
Kavanaugh says he's not questioning that Dr. Ford may have been sexually assaulted... after implying she's part of a massive conspiracy.
18
176
652
"He's a mayor of a small city who's done some good things, but has not demonstrated an ability" to appeal to voters of color, Biden says of Buttigieg #DemDebate
80
111
657
Dems haven't lost anything they were supposed to win yet... but haven't won anywhere that's surprising yet, either.
16
128
578
"Likely to be either Mike Flynn or Paul Manafort," Adam Schiff says on #thisweek
58
156
577