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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Monday Apr 3 - 10:10am
RT @ruthesamuel: “When you’re the first, you don’t have a blueprint of how you’re supposed to do it…but I have to remember to give myself grace.” Had the honor of profiling #AngelCityFC defender @gohaamm, the first Native player in the #NWSL, for @HuffPost: https://t.co/8a6Ki6x0e7
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Monday Apr 3 - 9:31am
RT @mehdirhasan: Greene uses her prestigious national media 60 Minutes platform to double down on her crazy and dangerous assertion that Democrats are “pedophiles” and, in response, Stahl can only say “wow” and can’t you say that “without name calling”. 🤦🏽♂️😡 https://t.co/HbvjE3ZhGK
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Monday Apr 3 - 9:30am
RT @MattGertz: The timeline of events related to Jeanine Pirro's show, as revealed by the Dominion lawsuit, is unbelievably damning for Fox News. They put on someone they knew was irresponsible to say things they knew were false. Follow along as I walk you through it. https://t.co/0obLgTaLkx
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Sunday Apr 2 - 2:29pm
@StevenTDennis When are you launching your campaign Steve?
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Sunday Apr 2 - 8:15am
@meisterbuerger 😳
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Saturday Apr 1 - 7:28pm
*Driving down I-95* *Piano Man comes on the radio. Opening harmonica sounds. Piano keys plunking* "It's nine o'clock on a Saturday....* ... ... ... "Mama this song is BORRRRRING." -- three-year-old in the backseat 😂
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Saturday Apr 1 - 5:43pm
@SundaeDivine @atrupar 😂
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Saturday Apr 1 - 2:41pm
Coming up after the break: She's spread conspiracy theories and lies about the 2020 election, 9/11 and the Parkland shooting. She's racist and antisemitic. She's expressed support for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama. And-- she makes an excellent blueberry muffin. https://t.co/BmO5orFlY5
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Saturday Apr 1 - 11:33am
how is this real how https://t.co/BmO5orFlY5
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 5:46pm
RT @sara_bee: More than *650* anti-LGBTQ bills have been intro'd across the U.S. in the first three months of the year. #TransDayOfVisibility https://t.co/uxyOfZzUuA
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 5:17pm
RT @DougJBalloon: Former President Donald Trump has been indicted. Here’s why that’s bad news for Joe Biden.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 5:17pm
RT @DougJBalloon: I can’t top this. https://t.co/WFE9OBIvS0
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 5:15pm
RT @KevinMKruse: Historians have long wondered what cause might bring together Robert E. Lee and Frederick Douglass, and apparently it’s their shared adoration for their Lord and Savior Donald John Trump. https://t.co/si7JnJQ3mb
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 1:52pm
Anyway, Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility https://t.co/AF1m5nsi2m
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 1:46pm
RT @POTUS: Transgender people are some of the bravest Americans I know. But no person should have to be brave just to live in safety and dignity. Today, on Transgender Day of Visibility, I renew my commitment to building a healthy, safe, free, and just future for trans people everywhere. https://t.co/sR5pHvkSHU
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 1:44pm
Mitch McConnell and John Thune are awfully quiet on Trump's indictment.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:48pm
I see at least 6 fundraising emails from Trump since news broke of his indictment. All are raising money for him based on him being indicted. https://t.co/Wu2Pe9SUY6
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:42pm
Republicans suggest Democrats are simply not allowed to prosecute Trump https://t.co/85C0aVCApB via @ArthurDelaneyHP
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:38pm
The political fundraising spree over Trump's indictment has gotten so out of hand already that a Democratic PAC (BACKROADS PAC) is currently fundraising off of Elise Stefanik fundraising off of Trump's indictment, which Trump is also fundraising over. https://t.co/ZiCO9SgUrA
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:26pm
"New York court officials said Friday that Trump will be arraigned Tuesday afternoon at a courthouse in Manhattan." https://t.co/jSjUMMcwzj
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:23pm
I mean, "punch a cop." Really? Esp after what happened on Jan. 6? Here's Graham in 2020, promoting his endorsements from the South Carolina Fraternal Order of Police and sheriffs across the state. https://t.co/5z8DJ8OPWd
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:18pm
It appears that Lindsey Graham, who fought all the way to SCOTUS (and lost) to avoid testifying before a special grand jury probing whether Trump meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia, is unraveling. He was on the verge of tears on Fox News last night. https://t.co/wLnk8EPFKZ
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:13pm
Just a U.S. senator urging an indicted former president to commit some crimes, including violent crimes, as he's being hauled in by legal authorities as part of an investigation for other crimes. https://t.co/pe2skDK2nh
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 11:30am
The subject line of Trump's latest fundraising email: "Yes, I’ve been indicted, BUT"
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 10:56am
What a bleak thread. Still worth a read. Just wow. https://t.co/7Euw5jxC5U
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 10:53am
WH press sec Jean-Pierre, in press gaggle, on Trump's indictment news: "All of us, including the president found out about about the news yesterday -- just like every other American through the news reports." (via pool report)
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 10:33am
VP Harris, who is in Zambia, gets asked about Trump's indictment during a press conference. Harris: "I am not going to comment on an ongoing criminal case as it relates to the former president." (via pool report)
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 8:52am
RT @AOC: You bet I did. NYC doesn’t play with bigots and transphobes and neither do I. Have a great day! 🙂🏳️⚧️💕 https://t.co/yM2xMhAJ4H
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 8:46am
Biden was asked three times about Trump's indictment, and declined comment each time. Third Q. What does the indictment say about the rule of law? Biden: “I have no comment at all.”
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 8:45am
Via pool report this morning: Q. Will Trump's indictment divide the country? Biden: “I have no comment on that.” Q. Are you worried about protests? Biden: “No. I’m not going to talk about the Trump indictment.”
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 11:21pm
Of course Trump is fundraising off of being criminally indicted. https://t.co/nn4TNQDEPx
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 11:20pm
18 U.S.C. § 1503 defines "obstruction of justice" as an act that "corruptly or by threats or force ... influences, obstructs, or impedes, or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice." https://t.co/C9P8gFszAT
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 11:18pm
RT @beccapfoley: tomorrow's @nytimes front page: Trump Indicted https://t.co/cN6pEfv0CR
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 11:18pm
👀 https://t.co/6KjmmJGHkP
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 10:44pm
"We call on our Republican colleagues to put Party aside and condemn the former president's words and allow the legal process to move forward as it would for any other citizen, because no one is above the law, not even a former president of the United States," says Horsford.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 10:41pm
Congressional Black Caucus chair Steven Horsford notes that for weeks Trump has been attacking Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on social media, "showing the same irresponsibility and disdain for our institutions and law enforcement that led to the violent insurrection" on Jan. 6, 2021.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 10:36pm
RT @StormyDaniels: Thank you to everyone for your support and love! I have so many messages coming in that I can't respond...also don't want to spill my champagne 😜 #Teamstormy merch/autograph orders are pouring in, too! Thank you for that as well but allow a few extra days for shipment.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 9:35pm
RT @PaulaReidCNN: John Miller tells @ErinBurnett that his sources say trump charges are 34 counts related to falsifying business records.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 8:28pm
Short statement from Pelosi on Trump's indictment. "No one is above the law." https://t.co/Nand5wVCVU
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 7:11pm
Rep. @IlhanMN on Trump indictment: “This is just one of many criminal acts for which Donald Trump is being investigated. Make no mistake: the fact that one of the most powerful people in the world was ... indicted is testament to the fact that we still live in a nation of laws." https://t.co/sSV82dKtuY
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 6:47pm
RT @dr_yusefsalaam: #PowerPost✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿™️ For those asking about my statement on the indictment of Donald Trump - who never said sorry for calling for my execution - here it is: Karma
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 6:17pm
RT @svdate: NEW -- Trump always claimed every little thing he did was "historic." Now he actually has made history: the first former president to be charged with a crime. And this case in NYC is the least important of the criminal probes he faces. https://t.co/SU5CmPQ00g
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 5:42pm
Trump has been indicted over his $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels https://t.co/T06bwny19q
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 4:54pm
The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act is "a deceptive bill that is nothing more than a contrived scare tactic used to stigmatize abortion," via @PPFA. Mace joined all of her GOP colleagues to support it. https://t.co/oz3QxMEMiv
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 4:51pm
The Parents Bill of Rights is part of a "a discriminatory wave of bills sweeping the country" with the goal of trying "to censor curriculum and force the outing of transgender and nonbinary students," via @HRC . Mace joined 212 GOP colleagues to back it. https://t.co/iU1iujG0ED
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 4:46pm
The first bill is the Parents Bill of Rights. The second is the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. Both are deceptively named, intentionally. Neither are going anywhere in the Senate.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 4:42pm
Okay but also this lonely caucus of one has voted right along with the GOP to pass pointless bills aimed squarely at 1) banning books in schools that talk about LGBTQ ppl, racism + the American legacy of slavery and 2) stigmatizing abortion. https://t.co/VxB3QWItOl
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 4:02pm
And... the Senate has adjourned until April 17.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 3:53pm
RT @NebraskaMegan: Yesterday we filed 742 motions on the remainder of the bills for this session, which allows us to control a significant portion of each debate. Today Angela at Goldenrod Pastries brought us this gorgeous cake!!! Are you kidding me?? https://t.co/lxq5QCotJg
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 3:44pm
RT @NebraskaMegan: Only 1 person needs to change their vote on the trans healthcare ban and the session will move forward. Will it be McDonnell who is hoping to be Omaha’s next mayor? Will it be one of the Rs who privately confessed that they hate this bill + don’t support it? Let’s move it along! https://t.co/7zygQVb85G
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 3:43pm
@OKnox Same. I LOVED this movie. It's probably so problematic and I don't know wanna know.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:53pm
RT @AlKapDC: NEW from me: A troll account & its deceptive tweet based on a racist 4chan meme that aimed to spread anti-trans sentiment following the Nashville mass shooting was shared on social media & by right-wing figures & outlets, including Fox’s Tucker Carlson. https://t.co/UqprP7Lut2
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:38pm
Anyway, Trump is 76 and McCarthy previously bragged about giving him a jar of his favorite red and pink Starbursts https://t.co/yoD5l9dB76 (h/t @TalKopan)
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:36pm
RT @TalKopan: McCarthy, no stranger to trying to build relationships with sweets... https://t.co/Gg0XUCKkNG https://t.co/pNnheGw7tm
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:34pm
This isn't the first time McCarthy has mocked Biden over his age. In a recent interview with the conservative podcast “Ruthless,” McCarthy made fun of Biden for offering him cookies when they met privately. “He was very proud of his cookies." https://t.co/O4t9T91GHa
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:32pm
The "we are reasonable, responsible" comment is particularly silly given that the GOP is threatening not to raise the debt limit — and potentially crash the economy — without Biden agreeing to their demands for trillions in spending cuts.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:30pm
Not only was this a gratuitous jab at Biden over his age, but McCarthy made it in the context of appealing to Biden to meet with House GOPers for debt ceiling talks. “We have been reasonable, responsible,” McCarthy said of the House GOP. https://t.co/lc6fFTwqEx
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:25pm
“I would bring lunch to the White House. I would make it soft food, if that’s what he wants," McCarthy, 58, said of Biden to lots of laughs from GOPers. Standing by laughing were fellow spring chickens and GOP leaders Steve Scalise, 57, and Tom Emmer, 62.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:20pm
Kevin McCarthy just randomly mocked Biden for being old, offering to bring him "soft food" in order to meet with him https://t.co/lc6fFTwqEx
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:17pm
RT @RepDonBeyer: A ridiculous lie from Jim Jordan. He may not like the Republican members who questioned those witnesses, but that doesn't change their party affiliation. This is another reminder that Jordan himself refused to respond to a lawful congressional subpoena. https://t.co/pgWeZSWu5k
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 1:06pm
The problem? His past legal work on a controversial school sexual assault case, and the fact that he put his name on legal briefs to SCOTUS defending a state law requiring minors to tell their parents before they had an abortion. https://t.co/Hw6BCHv4y5
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 1:03pm
The situation with Delaney nomination is so rocky that abortion rights groups won't even talk about him, and the majority of Democrats on the Judiciary Committee won't either. This is a guy picked by two Dem senators, nominated by a Dem president and when Dems run the Senate.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:52pm
Dems should be proud. That is a lot. They're also very diverse, with several historic firsts in the mix. That doesn't mean there haven't been cases of Dems looking ready to reject one of Biden judicial nominees. Like Michael Delaney. https://t.co/Hw6BCHv4y5
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:42pm
Schumer says the Senate confirmed 14 of Biden's judicial nominees in this five-week work period. 13 district judges, one circuit court judge. Total number of Biden's confirmed judges: 119. "119 new judges, that makes us proud," says Schumer.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:36pm
"We have been reasonable, responsible," McCarthy says of House Republicans vowing not to raise the debt ceiling -- and risking a financial crash -- without spending cuts from Biden.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:33pm
McCarthy talking in circles to avoid saying he plans to do nothing about gun violence. Q: Shouldn't Congress be taking the lead on gun violence? Doing something to strengthen BG checks, ban assault weapons, etc? McCarthy: "That's exactly what we'll do. Look at the facts."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:27pm
"We gotta deal with mental illness," McCarthy says of gun violence. "I don't think one piece of legislation solves this. I think a nation working together solves this."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:26pm
"The problem we are at today, it's not just gonna be a legislation," McCarthy says of gun violence in the U.S. "We gotta have a severe conversation here with this country." 🙃
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:24pm
Q: 130 mass shootings in the U.S. this year alone. What's your plan to deal with this. Speaker McCarthy: "We will look at getting all the information, is there anything we can do more."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 10:52am
RT @TexasLundy: DEPRAVED. 72 hrs after 3 nine-year-olds + 3 staff members were shot to death inside a Nashville elementary school, @GovRonDeSantis will appear today at "THE WORLD'S LARGEST GUN STORE" to celebrate America's deadly gun culture & - checks notes - sign books. @MomsDemand @Everytown https://t.co/TvVSfL3nss
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 10:14am
RT @nicholas_bagley: As expected, Judge O'Connor has struck down the Affordable Care Act's preventive services mandate. His decision applies nationwide. Reviewing the decision now; will highlight key portions as I read. /1 https://t.co/fhFreLOY8B
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 8:24am
RT @jbendery: For the first time, Democrats may be ready to tank one of Biden's judicial nominees https://t.co/474ad1RFBt
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:39pm
Here's what's at the heart of all these groups raising concerns about Delaney -- and what is giving heartburn to Dems on the Judiciary Committee. https://t.co/ijxCurRPXE
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:36pm
"I hope the committee will look at her evaluation of your professional capabilities," Graham told Delaney of Ayotte's ringing endorsement of him. https://t.co/474ad1RFBt
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:34pm
Ayotte isn't publicly supporting Delaney’s nomination. Probably because she/people know it would hurt his standing with Dems. But last month, Lindsey Graham revealed that Ayotte gave Judiciary Committee members “a very glowing recommendation, which means a lot to me."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:30pm
Another detail that's been kind of buried, but that won't help Delaney's case with Dems, is that he appears to have strong support from Kelly Ayotte. He was her deputy AG when she was AG. She's anti-choice + led NH's legal effort to defend a parental notification abortion law.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:27pm
While I was reporting this story, I heard from several people ― sometimes unsolicited ― with ties to NH's legal community + repro rights groups voicing similar concerns about Delaney. Feels like there's an active campaign operating under the surface to stop his nomination.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:20pm
I asked Shaheen late last week about the various women's rights groups raising concerns about Delaney's nomination. “I think those women’s groups are misinformed."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:18pm
“Delaney has 3 decades of legal experience, including his service as AG and Deputy AG of NH, and he is well-qualified to serve in this important position,” said WH spox Andrew Bates. “The WH expects senators to take his full record into account when evaluating his nomination.”
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:16pm
It's not necessarily over for Delaney. He's got strong supporters in his corner. Namely, the White House, Chuck Schumer and both of his Dem home-state senators, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan. They're standing by him amid all of this.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:14pm
"For decades, the National Council of Jewish Women has worked for fair, independent, and qualified judges...," said this NCJW spokesperson. "We don’t believe Mr. Delaney fits this rubric for a lifetime position on our courts." Oof.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:12pm
One group, the National Council of Jewish Women, is flat-out opposing Delaney's nomination. “It’s a big deal for our organization to oppose one of the president’s nominees, having supported more than 100 nominated" by Biden, their spokesperson told me. https://t.co/474ad1RFBt
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:10pm
@dgordon52 fair
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:10pm
It's not just abortion rights groups unhappy with Delaney. Other groups raising concerns with this Dem-picked, Dem-backed nominee: National Women’s Law Center Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights People for the American Way National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:05pm
It only takes one Dem on the judiciary cmte to sink a judicial nominee. Here's what some said when I asked about Delaney: Hirono: “Not decided yet." Blumenthal: “Still working through" my vote. Ossoff: "I will thoroughly review" his record. Feinstein: "Hasn’t made a decision."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:01pm
@dgordon52 very kind. also that was 10 years ago?? we OLD
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:00pm
@ltthompso Honestly don't know how her nom is faring with Dems, but her hiccups on the constitutional Qs are easier to move past than what Delaney is dealing with.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:58pm
RT @seungminkim: "During the course of reporting this story, HuffPost received emails and calls ― some unsolicited ― from people connected to the state’s legal community and reproductive rights groups voicing many of the same concerns about Delaney." @jbendery https://t.co/TgaGw96p42
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:56pm
@ltthompso Bjelkengren hasn't had her vote yet.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:55pm
@dgordon52 was thinking him too nice throwback!
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:55pm
I also can't remember the last time Dems on the Senate Judiciary Committee did not want to talk about a judicial nominee put forward by a Dem president. The majority of Dems on this committee are currently undecided on Delaney.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:51pm
Delaney, a former NH atty general, is under fire from outside groups over his past legal work on a controversial school sexual assault case and his record on abortion rights. I can't remember the last time a Dem nominee upset women's rights/repro rights folks at this level.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:37pm
I reached out to the 3 major abortion rights groups that serve New Hampshire to ask where they stand on Delaney's nomination. Reproductive Freedom Fund of NH Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Equality Health Center None responded. https://t.co/474ad1RFBt
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:33pm
Here are the nation's two largest repro rights groups in response to Delaney's nomination, after they've had plenty of time to review his background: NARAL: “We’re still evaluating." Planned Parenthood: "Our review of this nominee is ongoing."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:23pm
Abortion rights groups won't even talk about Michael Delaney's nomination. We're talking about a Dem-picked nominee under a Dem president in a Dem-led Senate, post Roe v Wade being gutted, and abortion rights groups won't even talk about him. Not good!
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:20pm
For the first time, Democrats may be ready to tank one of Biden's judicial nominees https://t.co/474ad1RFBt
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:09pm
RT @AlexGangitano: President Biden today spoke by phone with Senator Marsha Blackburn about the shooting at Covenant School in Nashville.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Tuesday Mar 28 - 9:53pm
@jenhab Congrats! 🎉 Don't take any crap from Sam.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Tuesday Mar 28 - 2:16pm
And here's McCarthy in June 2022, *still* refusing to say that Biden won fair and square. Q: Do you believe Joe Biden won the 2020 election? McCarthy: "Joe Biden is the president." Q: Was Trump wrong when he said the election was stolen? McCarthy: "Thank you for your time."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Tuesday Mar 28 - 2:15pm
A refresher: McCarthy on Nov. 5, 2020: “President Trump won this election. Everyone who’s listening: Do not be quiet.... We cannot allow this to happen before our very eyes.” On Nov. 6: "Republicans will not back down from this battle.” https://t.co/OZyMjFhNQn
1 year ago: Monday Apr 3 - 10:10am
RT @ruthesamuel: “When you’re the first, you don’t have a blueprint of how you’re supposed to do it…but I have to remember to give myself grace.” Had the honor of profiling #AngelCityFC defender @gohaamm, the first Native player in the #NWSL, for @HuffPost: https://t.co/8a6Ki6x0e7
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Monday Apr 3 - 9:31am
RT @mehdirhasan: Greene uses her prestigious national media 60 Minutes platform to double down on her crazy and dangerous assertion that Democrats are “pedophiles” and, in response, Stahl can only say “wow” and can’t you say that “without name calling”. 🤦🏽♂️😡 https://t.co/HbvjE3ZhGK
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Monday Apr 3 - 9:30am
RT @MattGertz: The timeline of events related to Jeanine Pirro's show, as revealed by the Dominion lawsuit, is unbelievably damning for Fox News. They put on someone they knew was irresponsible to say things they knew were false. Follow along as I walk you through it. https://t.co/0obLgTaLkx
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Sunday Apr 2 - 2:29pm
@StevenTDennis When are you launching your campaign Steve?
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Sunday Apr 2 - 8:15am
@meisterbuerger 😳
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Saturday Apr 1 - 7:28pm
*Driving down I-95* *Piano Man comes on the radio. Opening harmonica sounds. Piano keys plunking* "It's nine o'clock on a Saturday....* ... ... ... "Mama this song is BORRRRRING." -- three-year-old in the backseat 😂
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Saturday Apr 1 - 5:43pm
@SundaeDivine @atrupar 😂
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Saturday Apr 1 - 2:41pm
Coming up after the break: She's spread conspiracy theories and lies about the 2020 election, 9/11 and the Parkland shooting. She's racist and antisemitic. She's expressed support for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama. And-- she makes an excellent blueberry muffin. https://t.co/BmO5orFlY5
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Saturday Apr 1 - 11:33am
how is this real how https://t.co/BmO5orFlY5
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 5:46pm
RT @sara_bee: More than *650* anti-LGBTQ bills have been intro'd across the U.S. in the first three months of the year. #TransDayOfVisibility https://t.co/uxyOfZzUuA
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 5:17pm
RT @DougJBalloon: Former President Donald Trump has been indicted. Here’s why that’s bad news for Joe Biden.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 5:17pm
RT @DougJBalloon: I can’t top this. https://t.co/WFE9OBIvS0
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 5:15pm
RT @KevinMKruse: Historians have long wondered what cause might bring together Robert E. Lee and Frederick Douglass, and apparently it’s their shared adoration for their Lord and Savior Donald John Trump. https://t.co/si7JnJQ3mb
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 1:52pm
Anyway, Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility https://t.co/AF1m5nsi2m
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 1:46pm
RT @POTUS: Transgender people are some of the bravest Americans I know. But no person should have to be brave just to live in safety and dignity. Today, on Transgender Day of Visibility, I renew my commitment to building a healthy, safe, free, and just future for trans people everywhere. https://t.co/sR5pHvkSHU
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 1:44pm
Mitch McConnell and John Thune are awfully quiet on Trump's indictment.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:48pm
I see at least 6 fundraising emails from Trump since news broke of his indictment. All are raising money for him based on him being indicted. https://t.co/Wu2Pe9SUY6
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:42pm
Republicans suggest Democrats are simply not allowed to prosecute Trump https://t.co/85C0aVCApB via @ArthurDelaneyHP
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:38pm
The political fundraising spree over Trump's indictment has gotten so out of hand already that a Democratic PAC (BACKROADS PAC) is currently fundraising off of Elise Stefanik fundraising off of Trump's indictment, which Trump is also fundraising over. https://t.co/ZiCO9SgUrA
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:26pm
"New York court officials said Friday that Trump will be arraigned Tuesday afternoon at a courthouse in Manhattan." https://t.co/jSjUMMcwzj
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:23pm
I mean, "punch a cop." Really? Esp after what happened on Jan. 6? Here's Graham in 2020, promoting his endorsements from the South Carolina Fraternal Order of Police and sheriffs across the state. https://t.co/5z8DJ8OPWd
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:18pm
It appears that Lindsey Graham, who fought all the way to SCOTUS (and lost) to avoid testifying before a special grand jury probing whether Trump meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia, is unraveling. He was on the verge of tears on Fox News last night. https://t.co/wLnk8EPFKZ
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 12:13pm
Just a U.S. senator urging an indicted former president to commit some crimes, including violent crimes, as he's being hauled in by legal authorities as part of an investigation for other crimes. https://t.co/pe2skDK2nh
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 11:30am
The subject line of Trump's latest fundraising email: "Yes, I’ve been indicted, BUT"
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 10:56am
What a bleak thread. Still worth a read. Just wow. https://t.co/7Euw5jxC5U
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 10:53am
WH press sec Jean-Pierre, in press gaggle, on Trump's indictment news: "All of us, including the president found out about about the news yesterday -- just like every other American through the news reports." (via pool report)
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 10:33am
VP Harris, who is in Zambia, gets asked about Trump's indictment during a press conference. Harris: "I am not going to comment on an ongoing criminal case as it relates to the former president." (via pool report)
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 8:52am
RT @AOC: You bet I did. NYC doesn’t play with bigots and transphobes and neither do I. Have a great day! 🙂🏳️⚧️💕 https://t.co/yM2xMhAJ4H
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 8:46am
Biden was asked three times about Trump's indictment, and declined comment each time. Third Q. What does the indictment say about the rule of law? Biden: “I have no comment at all.”
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Friday Mar 31 - 8:45am
Via pool report this morning: Q. Will Trump's indictment divide the country? Biden: “I have no comment on that.” Q. Are you worried about protests? Biden: “No. I’m not going to talk about the Trump indictment.”
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 11:21pm
Of course Trump is fundraising off of being criminally indicted. https://t.co/nn4TNQDEPx
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 11:20pm
18 U.S.C. § 1503 defines "obstruction of justice" as an act that "corruptly or by threats or force ... influences, obstructs, or impedes, or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice." https://t.co/C9P8gFszAT
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 11:18pm
RT @beccapfoley: tomorrow's @nytimes front page: Trump Indicted https://t.co/cN6pEfv0CR
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 11:18pm
👀 https://t.co/6KjmmJGHkP
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 10:44pm
"We call on our Republican colleagues to put Party aside and condemn the former president's words and allow the legal process to move forward as it would for any other citizen, because no one is above the law, not even a former president of the United States," says Horsford.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 10:41pm
Congressional Black Caucus chair Steven Horsford notes that for weeks Trump has been attacking Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on social media, "showing the same irresponsibility and disdain for our institutions and law enforcement that led to the violent insurrection" on Jan. 6, 2021.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 10:36pm
RT @StormyDaniels: Thank you to everyone for your support and love! I have so many messages coming in that I can't respond...also don't want to spill my champagne 😜 #Teamstormy merch/autograph orders are pouring in, too! Thank you for that as well but allow a few extra days for shipment.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 9:35pm
RT @PaulaReidCNN: John Miller tells @ErinBurnett that his sources say trump charges are 34 counts related to falsifying business records.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 8:28pm
Short statement from Pelosi on Trump's indictment. "No one is above the law." https://t.co/Nand5wVCVU
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 7:11pm
Rep. @IlhanMN on Trump indictment: “This is just one of many criminal acts for which Donald Trump is being investigated. Make no mistake: the fact that one of the most powerful people in the world was ... indicted is testament to the fact that we still live in a nation of laws." https://t.co/sSV82dKtuY
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 6:47pm
RT @dr_yusefsalaam: #PowerPost✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿™️ For those asking about my statement on the indictment of Donald Trump - who never said sorry for calling for my execution - here it is: Karma
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 6:17pm
RT @svdate: NEW -- Trump always claimed every little thing he did was "historic." Now he actually has made history: the first former president to be charged with a crime. And this case in NYC is the least important of the criminal probes he faces. https://t.co/SU5CmPQ00g
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 5:42pm
Trump has been indicted over his $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels https://t.co/T06bwny19q
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 4:54pm
The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act is "a deceptive bill that is nothing more than a contrived scare tactic used to stigmatize abortion," via @PPFA. Mace joined all of her GOP colleagues to support it. https://t.co/oz3QxMEMiv
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 4:51pm
The Parents Bill of Rights is part of a "a discriminatory wave of bills sweeping the country" with the goal of trying "to censor curriculum and force the outing of transgender and nonbinary students," via @HRC . Mace joined 212 GOP colleagues to back it. https://t.co/iU1iujG0ED
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 4:46pm
The first bill is the Parents Bill of Rights. The second is the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. Both are deceptively named, intentionally. Neither are going anywhere in the Senate.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 4:42pm
Okay but also this lonely caucus of one has voted right along with the GOP to pass pointless bills aimed squarely at 1) banning books in schools that talk about LGBTQ ppl, racism + the American legacy of slavery and 2) stigmatizing abortion. https://t.co/VxB3QWItOl
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 4:02pm
And... the Senate has adjourned until April 17.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 3:53pm
RT @NebraskaMegan: Yesterday we filed 742 motions on the remainder of the bills for this session, which allows us to control a significant portion of each debate. Today Angela at Goldenrod Pastries brought us this gorgeous cake!!! Are you kidding me?? https://t.co/lxq5QCotJg
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 3:44pm
RT @NebraskaMegan: Only 1 person needs to change their vote on the trans healthcare ban and the session will move forward. Will it be McDonnell who is hoping to be Omaha’s next mayor? Will it be one of the Rs who privately confessed that they hate this bill + don’t support it? Let’s move it along! https://t.co/7zygQVb85G
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 3:43pm
@OKnox Same. I LOVED this movie. It's probably so problematic and I don't know wanna know.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:53pm
RT @AlKapDC: NEW from me: A troll account & its deceptive tweet based on a racist 4chan meme that aimed to spread anti-trans sentiment following the Nashville mass shooting was shared on social media & by right-wing figures & outlets, including Fox’s Tucker Carlson. https://t.co/UqprP7Lut2
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:38pm
Anyway, Trump is 76 and McCarthy previously bragged about giving him a jar of his favorite red and pink Starbursts https://t.co/yoD5l9dB76 (h/t @TalKopan)
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:36pm
RT @TalKopan: McCarthy, no stranger to trying to build relationships with sweets... https://t.co/Gg0XUCKkNG https://t.co/pNnheGw7tm
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:34pm
This isn't the first time McCarthy has mocked Biden over his age. In a recent interview with the conservative podcast “Ruthless,” McCarthy made fun of Biden for offering him cookies when they met privately. “He was very proud of his cookies." https://t.co/O4t9T91GHa
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:32pm
The "we are reasonable, responsible" comment is particularly silly given that the GOP is threatening not to raise the debt limit — and potentially crash the economy — without Biden agreeing to their demands for trillions in spending cuts.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:30pm
Not only was this a gratuitous jab at Biden over his age, but McCarthy made it in the context of appealing to Biden to meet with House GOPers for debt ceiling talks. “We have been reasonable, responsible,” McCarthy said of the House GOP. https://t.co/lc6fFTwqEx
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:25pm
“I would bring lunch to the White House. I would make it soft food, if that’s what he wants," McCarthy, 58, said of Biden to lots of laughs from GOPers. Standing by laughing were fellow spring chickens and GOP leaders Steve Scalise, 57, and Tom Emmer, 62.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:20pm
Kevin McCarthy just randomly mocked Biden for being old, offering to bring him "soft food" in order to meet with him https://t.co/lc6fFTwqEx
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 2:17pm
RT @RepDonBeyer: A ridiculous lie from Jim Jordan. He may not like the Republican members who questioned those witnesses, but that doesn't change their party affiliation. This is another reminder that Jordan himself refused to respond to a lawful congressional subpoena. https://t.co/pgWeZSWu5k
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 1:06pm
The problem? His past legal work on a controversial school sexual assault case, and the fact that he put his name on legal briefs to SCOTUS defending a state law requiring minors to tell their parents before they had an abortion. https://t.co/Hw6BCHv4y5
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 1:03pm
The situation with Delaney nomination is so rocky that abortion rights groups won't even talk about him, and the majority of Democrats on the Judiciary Committee won't either. This is a guy picked by two Dem senators, nominated by a Dem president and when Dems run the Senate.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:52pm
Dems should be proud. That is a lot. They're also very diverse, with several historic firsts in the mix. That doesn't mean there haven't been cases of Dems looking ready to reject one of Biden judicial nominees. Like Michael Delaney. https://t.co/Hw6BCHv4y5
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:42pm
Schumer says the Senate confirmed 14 of Biden's judicial nominees in this five-week work period. 13 district judges, one circuit court judge. Total number of Biden's confirmed judges: 119. "119 new judges, that makes us proud," says Schumer.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:36pm
"We have been reasonable, responsible," McCarthy says of House Republicans vowing not to raise the debt ceiling -- and risking a financial crash -- without spending cuts from Biden.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:33pm
McCarthy talking in circles to avoid saying he plans to do nothing about gun violence. Q: Shouldn't Congress be taking the lead on gun violence? Doing something to strengthen BG checks, ban assault weapons, etc? McCarthy: "That's exactly what we'll do. Look at the facts."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:27pm
"We gotta deal with mental illness," McCarthy says of gun violence. "I don't think one piece of legislation solves this. I think a nation working together solves this."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:26pm
"The problem we are at today, it's not just gonna be a legislation," McCarthy says of gun violence in the U.S. "We gotta have a severe conversation here with this country." 🙃
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 12:24pm
Q: 130 mass shootings in the U.S. this year alone. What's your plan to deal with this. Speaker McCarthy: "We will look at getting all the information, is there anything we can do more."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 10:52am
RT @TexasLundy: DEPRAVED. 72 hrs after 3 nine-year-olds + 3 staff members were shot to death inside a Nashville elementary school, @GovRonDeSantis will appear today at "THE WORLD'S LARGEST GUN STORE" to celebrate America's deadly gun culture & - checks notes - sign books. @MomsDemand @Everytown https://t.co/TvVSfL3nss
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 10:14am
RT @nicholas_bagley: As expected, Judge O'Connor has struck down the Affordable Care Act's preventive services mandate. His decision applies nationwide. Reviewing the decision now; will highlight key portions as I read. /1 https://t.co/fhFreLOY8B
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Thursday Mar 30 - 8:24am
RT @jbendery: For the first time, Democrats may be ready to tank one of Biden's judicial nominees https://t.co/474ad1RFBt
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:39pm
Here's what's at the heart of all these groups raising concerns about Delaney -- and what is giving heartburn to Dems on the Judiciary Committee. https://t.co/ijxCurRPXE
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Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:36pm
"I hope the committee will look at her evaluation of your professional capabilities," Graham told Delaney of Ayotte's ringing endorsement of him. https://t.co/474ad1RFBt
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:34pm
Ayotte isn't publicly supporting Delaney’s nomination. Probably because she/people know it would hurt his standing with Dems. But last month, Lindsey Graham revealed that Ayotte gave Judiciary Committee members “a very glowing recommendation, which means a lot to me."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:30pm
Another detail that's been kind of buried, but that won't help Delaney's case with Dems, is that he appears to have strong support from Kelly Ayotte. He was her deputy AG when she was AG. She's anti-choice + led NH's legal effort to defend a parental notification abortion law.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:27pm
While I was reporting this story, I heard from several people ― sometimes unsolicited ― with ties to NH's legal community + repro rights groups voicing similar concerns about Delaney. Feels like there's an active campaign operating under the surface to stop his nomination.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:20pm
I asked Shaheen late last week about the various women's rights groups raising concerns about Delaney's nomination. “I think those women’s groups are misinformed."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:18pm
“Delaney has 3 decades of legal experience, including his service as AG and Deputy AG of NH, and he is well-qualified to serve in this important position,” said WH spox Andrew Bates. “The WH expects senators to take his full record into account when evaluating his nomination.”
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:16pm
It's not necessarily over for Delaney. He's got strong supporters in his corner. Namely, the White House, Chuck Schumer and both of his Dem home-state senators, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan. They're standing by him amid all of this.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:14pm
"For decades, the National Council of Jewish Women has worked for fair, independent, and qualified judges...," said this NCJW spokesperson. "We don’t believe Mr. Delaney fits this rubric for a lifetime position on our courts." Oof.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:12pm
One group, the National Council of Jewish Women, is flat-out opposing Delaney's nomination. “It’s a big deal for our organization to oppose one of the president’s nominees, having supported more than 100 nominated" by Biden, their spokesperson told me. https://t.co/474ad1RFBt
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:10pm
@dgordon52 fair
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:10pm
It's not just abortion rights groups unhappy with Delaney. Other groups raising concerns with this Dem-picked, Dem-backed nominee: National Women’s Law Center Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights People for the American Way National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:05pm
It only takes one Dem on the judiciary cmte to sink a judicial nominee. Here's what some said when I asked about Delaney: Hirono: “Not decided yet." Blumenthal: “Still working through" my vote. Ossoff: "I will thoroughly review" his record. Feinstein: "Hasn’t made a decision."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:01pm
@dgordon52 very kind. also that was 10 years ago?? we OLD
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 4:00pm
@ltthompso Honestly don't know how her nom is faring with Dems, but her hiccups on the constitutional Qs are easier to move past than what Delaney is dealing with.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:58pm
RT @seungminkim: "During the course of reporting this story, HuffPost received emails and calls ― some unsolicited ― from people connected to the state’s legal community and reproductive rights groups voicing many of the same concerns about Delaney." @jbendery https://t.co/TgaGw96p42
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:56pm
@ltthompso Bjelkengren hasn't had her vote yet.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:55pm
@dgordon52 was thinking him too nice throwback!
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:55pm
I also can't remember the last time Dems on the Senate Judiciary Committee did not want to talk about a judicial nominee put forward by a Dem president. The majority of Dems on this committee are currently undecided on Delaney.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:51pm
Delaney, a former NH atty general, is under fire from outside groups over his past legal work on a controversial school sexual assault case and his record on abortion rights. I can't remember the last time a Dem nominee upset women's rights/repro rights folks at this level.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:37pm
I reached out to the 3 major abortion rights groups that serve New Hampshire to ask where they stand on Delaney's nomination. Reproductive Freedom Fund of NH Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Equality Health Center None responded. https://t.co/474ad1RFBt
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:33pm
Here are the nation's two largest repro rights groups in response to Delaney's nomination, after they've had plenty of time to review his background: NARAL: “We’re still evaluating." Planned Parenthood: "Our review of this nominee is ongoing."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:23pm
Abortion rights groups won't even talk about Michael Delaney's nomination. We're talking about a Dem-picked nominee under a Dem president in a Dem-led Senate, post Roe v Wade being gutted, and abortion rights groups won't even talk about him. Not good!
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:20pm
For the first time, Democrats may be ready to tank one of Biden's judicial nominees https://t.co/474ad1RFBt
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Wednesday Mar 29 - 3:09pm
RT @AlexGangitano: President Biden today spoke by phone with Senator Marsha Blackburn about the shooting at Covenant School in Nashville.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Tuesday Mar 28 - 9:53pm
@jenhab Congrats! 🎉 Don't take any crap from Sam.
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Tuesday Mar 28 - 2:16pm
And here's McCarthy in June 2022, *still* refusing to say that Biden won fair and square. Q: Do you believe Joe Biden won the 2020 election? McCarthy: "Joe Biden is the president." Q: Was Trump wrong when he said the election was stolen? McCarthy: "Thank you for your time."
Jennifer Bendery
1 year ago: Tuesday Mar 28 - 2:15pm
A refresher: McCarthy on Nov. 5, 2020: “President Trump won this election. Everyone who’s listening: Do not be quiet.... We cannot allow this to happen before our very eyes.” On Nov. 6: "Republicans will not back down from this battle.” https://t.co/OZyMjFhNQn