Some ~belated~ news (five months in, but who's counting) -- pumped to be working with
@DCCC
to take back the House in '24! West Coast/DC folks covering the campaign trail -- let's chat about some vulnerable GOP enablers & the awesome Dem challengers who will send them packing.😎
As
@StephenAtHome
put it: "
@HerschelWalker
has no political experience or qualifications, but on the bright side, he also lies a lot."
Walker couldn’t tell the truth if his life depended on it, and every day he gives Georgians a new reason they can’t depend on him either.
#gasen
On Friday,
@CNN
revealed that
@HerschelWalker
partnered with a company that “enticed customers into long-term contacts, falsely saying they would save them money" — specifically targeting "the elderly and those with language barriers."
#gasen
#gapol
For weeks on end,
@DanCrenshawTX
said the Democrats, and the media, and the health experts were fear-mongering.
Today, Harris County is at the top of every bad list and the bottom of every good one as the pandemic ravages Houston.
Nothing but silence from
#NoCommentCrenshaw
.
ALERT: Harris County is now at Level 1 (red): Severe and uncontrolled transmission of COVID-19. Stay home except for the most essential needs. Additional guidance at
“If
@DanCrenshawTX
wants to spend his days peddling fear and disinformation, he can go work in President Trump's communications shop and let
@SimaforTX
fight for the health care needs of this community.”
“In less than 24 hours, this grassroots movement consisting of thousands of donors grew our campaign war chest and sent a strong message to the congressman: Dan has a race on his hands, and he better get ready.”
@anylaurie16
@DanCrenshawTX
Oh my god, I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m working for
@SimaforTX
to get this enabler the hell out of office in Houston. Families like yours deserved so much better. Thanks for giving us more motivation to send him packing. 😡💪🏻
.
@DanCrenshawTX
claims American hero
@SenDuckworth
wants to destroy America. You know what she lost to defend this nation? Both legs & the use of an arm.
This man is a shameless political hack. Ready to give
#TX02
a real advocate?
Support
@SimaforTX
:
So let me get this
#Maddow
nugget straight — not only did Trump & Co. task Parnas with extorting Ukraine and discrediting Mueller Report...AG Barr was in on it the whole time, offering up an extradition drop on behalf of the DOJ to a Kremlin-connected oligarch?
@ddiamond
.
@SimaforTX
is the Iranian-American cancer survivor running to replace Crenshaw with an advocate for public health.
His disinformation isn't just shameful — it's deadly.
NEW:
@Oregonian
endorses
@Bynum4theWin
in
#OR05
“Voters tired of the culture of chaos under the Republican-led House should help usher in change by electing Democrat Janelle Bynum to bring her fearless advocacy to Washington D.C. on their behalf.”
Over 13,000 Texans are dead — more lost to COVID-19 in July than March, April, May, and June combined.
Meanwhile, you spread well-documented disinformation and headlined maskless campaign events — including one under investigation.
Read 👏🏻 the 👏🏻 room 👏🏻
In comparison, Texas had an 8% unemployment rate with 43.78 deaths per 100K.
The point here is this: Democrats will always take the most extreme action - in all issues - even if there’s not a clear benefit.
This is not responsible governance. Do not vote for this in November.
If John Duarte thinks
#CA13
women believe an ounce of his BS after he voted in *this* Congress to restrict reproductive rights — and punish doctors for doing their jobs — he has another thing coming this November.
@AdamGrayCA
is going to send this dangerous hypocrite packing.
NEW: President Trump is "functionally pro-choice," Republican
@RepDuarteCA13
tells
@mkraju
. Hear the congressman explain his views on the landmark Dobbs decision as more Republicans grapple with how to message their views on reproductive rights.
#InsidePolitics
Some *professional news*: I'm joining the top-notch
@GeorgiaDemocrat
team to hold this GOP field accountable, re-elect
@ReverendWarnock
, & protect our U.S. Senate majority in '22!
Moving down to ATL this summer, so all recs welcome. Let's get after it, folks! 🍑💪
#gasen
#gapol
Sappiness over. Let's go win this!!!! LESS THAN FIVE MORE HOURS TO GET IN LINE TO VOTE!!!!
If you’ve already voted, we also need folks to help us GET OUT THE VOTE! So make sure to sign up to volunteer today by visiting .
Incredibly gross:
@ElectMikeGarcia
voted to block protections and funding for domestic violence survivors in
#CA27
— and then proudly lied about it in his first ad.
@LATimes
: “GOP Rep. Mike Garcia's ad distorts role in Violence Against Women Act”
As
@chrislhayes
puts it,
@HerschelWalker
"appears to lie almost instinctually," and "tried to...earn some goodwill by pledging charitable donations that simply never materialized."
This guy has ZERO business representing Georgians.
#gasen
#gapol
59 days out, and Houser GOPers’ anti-woman charades are crumbling around them.
@MichelleSteelCA
is lying about her repeated efforts to gut women’s repro freedom.
@ElectMikeGarcia
is lying about his vote to block the Violence Against Women Act.
From this morning’s
@NYtimes
:
The
#GASEN
candidate touts his business record as evidence of his qualification, but report after report shows that record is built on predatory scams, exaggerations, & outright lies.
Read up on the long line of revelations about
@HerschelWalker
’s record:
Thankful
@ReverendWarnock
will be working for and walking among the people of Georgia for the next six years, and relieved that we stopped the other guy from getting anywhere near public office.
Spent the past 19 months of my life working toward tonight’s
#GArunoff
. Never knew if we’d reach this moment, but kept the faith and it was all worth it. So proud of this team.
#SIXMOREYEARS
Last night,
@11Alive
reported that failed businessman and outspoken PPP critic
@HerschelWalker
pocketed nearly $250,000 as board member for a company that accepted nearly $10 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans and immediately fired 90% of their employees.
#gasen
#gapol
Nothing says “I’m ready to represent the people of Georgia” like “keep the people of Georgia’s questions 20 feet away from me at all times.”
#gasen
#gapol
New rule at Herschel Walker events: journalists can’t get within 20 feet of Walker afterwards.
It would seem this is to prevent journalists from shouting questions.
Because Walker hasn’t had a presser for nearly 2 months, press have been left with no other choice.
#gapol
#gasen
"🎶Do it again, do it again!🎶" Columbus is ready to send
@ReverendWarnock
back to the U.S. Senate!
"We need leaders who are going to fight for them...not their own bottom line and not their own dollar. We don't need a Walker, we need a runner."
#gasen
Same, Michelle. Same.
Plain and simple, voters are learning for themselves that
@HerschelWalker
can't be trusted to represent Georgia families in the U.S. Senate.
#gasen
#gapol
@andrewkimmel
Thank you so much for having the courage to share this. Our country has to recognize the painful, life-shattering consequences behind our healthcare failures in order to act — and that starts with telling our stories.
My heart is with you and yours today. ❤️
"Four Democrats in Republican-held districts targeted by DCCC raised more than twice as much as their GOP opponents in the Q2."
Two of them?
@AdamGrayCA
&
@RudySalasCA
Central Valley surging 💪💪💪
#CA13
#CA22
"Asked during his visit how he plans to change Washington, [
@DaveMinCA
] didn’t want to overstate his potential impact, a rarity for a politician."
“The most important thing I’d do,” he said, “is elect
@HakeemJeffries
as speaker.”
Let's do this,
#CA47
California will decide control of Congress, and the Central Valley is at the heart of that effort.
@RudySalasCA
has an army of volunteers, tangible momentum, & a better understanding of the realities that families across the Valley face each day.
He'll be a great rep for
#CA22
.
A recent poll by USC & Cal State Long Beach found Rudy Salas holds a slight edge in the CA-22 contest. I traveled to Bakersfield to profile Salas and incumbent Rep. David Valadao, a Republican who enjoys the moderate leanings of the Central Valley
I too was an Honorary Agent and Special Deputy Sheriff for many years.
In other news,
@HerschelWalker
keeps cosplaying as a cop and lying to Georgians.
#gasen
#gapol
While
@ReverendWarnock
was calling law enforcement "thugs and bullies" I was proud to serve the blue as an Honorary Agent and Special Deputy Sheriff of Cobb County for many years.
🎯"
@MichelleSteelCA
's solidarity with Alabaman IVF patients rings pretty hollow considering she sponsored the Life at Conception Act, which could make IVF illegal."
@JoyAnnReid
: "These politicians are saying, I’m for IVF, but they’re actually voting to make it illegal."
Justin is far from alone! Plenty of folks in Georgia, no matter who they've voted for before, realize that
@ReverendWarnock
is the right man for the job — and that
@HerschelWalker
lacks the competence and character to represent this state.
More
#GASEN
as seen on
@FoxNews
:
In Conyers,
@ReverendWarnock
met Justin, a Republican who’s supporting him over
@HerschelWalker
in the
#GASEN
runoff. “I’d never voted for a Democrat before, but I appreciate your work across the aisle. That’s what I’m looking for in a leader.”
#gapol
No wonder
@MichelleSteelCA
and her lackeys have resorted to questioning
@DerekTranCA45
's heritage.
This Army Vet, small business owner, and son of Vietnamese refugees is the pride and joy of Little Saigon. He's ready to send Steel packing and give
#CA45
the rep they deserve.
👀
@InsideElections
rating on CA-45 -- one of two marquee House races in Orange County -- shifts in Democrats' direction from "lean Republican" to "tilt Republican"
🚨
@GeorgiaDemocrat
's
@NikemaWilliams
as McConnell floats federal abortion ban:
"
@HerschelWalker
& the entire
#GASEN
field have said that they'll ban abortions even in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother's life. They'd be a rubber stamp for a nationwide abortion ban."
🚨🚨🚨
JANUARY 12, 2024:
@MichelleSteelCA
signs onto abortion ban without exceptions for rape, incest, life of the woman, or even a carveout for IVF services.
MARCH 7, 2024:
@MichelleSteelCA
backpedaling as fast as she can. Unfortunately for her,
#CA45
is paying attention.
Oh my -- Michelle Steel just got on the floor to say she is removing herself as a co-sponsor of the Life At Conception Act because of "confusion" of what it says about IVF.
Earlier she signed on when we were going to report that she wasn't:
“
@HerschelWalker
’s campaign…has now held more than two dozen events [in a row] in which Walker has not answered reporters’ questions. Representatives for Walker did not respond to requests for comment.”
Won’t answer, can’t answer. He’s wrong for Georgia.
"Hackling, 72, said he voted for Mr. Kemp and Mr. Warnock. His decision to vote for Mr. Warnock was 'tough,' he said, and he felt pressure from other Republicans in his life, including his wife, to vote for Mr. Walker — but he couldn’t get there, alarmed by Mr. Walker’s record."
“I did not like
@HerschelWalker
, all the lies that he did and said,” said Mr. Hackling, a Republican from Milton, Ga. “A lot of people wanted to talk me into voting for a Republican but I did not like him, I did not like the person.”
#gasen
#gapol
2/x Question
#1
: do masks help protect you against the coronavirus?
Answer: According to the surgeon general, masks “are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching
#Coronavirus
”
Savannah
@MayorJohnsonSAV
:
“Every Republican candidate vying to challenge Reverend Warnock next year — including
@HerschelWalker
— is against this job-creating, road-fixing, economy-boosting package.”
#gasen
#gapol
“I’ve talked to Georgians and traveled across the state to make sure this funding bill reflects the projects and priorities that are important to our families, businesses and communities,”
@ReverendWarnock
said.
Big wins for GA here. 💪
#gasen
#gapol
“I did not like
@HerschelWalker
, all the lies that he did and said,” said Mr. Hackling, a Republican from Milton, Ga. “A lot of people wanted to talk me into voting for a Republican but I did not like him, I did not like the person.”
#gasen
#gapol
As
@wsbtv
reports,
@HerschelWalker
just keeps digging deeper, now claiming they canceled their event within hours of "learning" about the swastika — as if they didn't argue it was "clearly" an anti-vax symbol in the first place.
Georgians are fed up & speaking out.
#gasen
#gapol
Herschel Walker's solution to school shootings involves "a department that can look at young men that's looking at women that's looking at social media."
🎯"OC Republicans
@YoungKimCA
and
@MichelleSteelCA
choose MAGA over governing"🎯
When enablers show you who they are...believe them. They speak about moderation until they’re blue in the face, but they cave to their extremist friends almost every time.
These swing voter testimonials are very telling — all citing “concerns about
@HerschelWalker
’s character, experience, and trustworthiness.”
Georgians know that Walker is not fit to represent this state.
#gasen
#gapol
Apparently,
@ElectMikeGarcia
thinks the GOP's bogus impeachment efforts are "therapeutic."
If wasting taxpayers' dime and time is "therapeutic" to Mike, he doesn't belong in Congress.
#CA27
At the SEC game, a GOP voter regrets voting for Walker in Nov and will cast his first ever ballot for a Democrat on Tues.
His tipping point was vampires and werewolves.
Earlier “I thought … I’m a Georgia fan. How bad can he be?... But he’s pretty bad.”
.
@HerschelWalker
doubled down on his opposition to ensuring all eligible GA voters have access to the ballot box — claiming the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act “doesn’t fit what John Lewis stood for.”
Rep.
@NikemaWilliams
— successor to late great Rep. Lewis — responds:
On
#FYNTV
,
#gasen
candidate Herschel Walker bizarrely says putting Rep. John Lewis' name on Democrats' voting rights bill is "sad" because the bill "doesn't fit what John Lewis stood for."
#gapol
Lewis cosponsored the OG HR4 before he died+is known for championing voting rights!
“This is not a race about Democrat and Republican. It’s not a race of right vs the left. Fundamentally, this is a race about right and wrong. Who is right for Georgia and who is clearly wrong for Georgia,”
@ReverendWarnock
said.
#gasen
#gapol
"Rep.
@MGPforCongress
is running on fixing one of the busiest bridges in the region. Her far-right opponent calls it an 'Antifa superhighway.'"
Common sense, competence, and compassion versus...chaos and culture wars. Read up on the fight for
#WA03
⬇️
“It’s pretty clear to me that
@HerschelWalker
is not capable of being a U.S. senator,” said Brian Gage, 48, of Sandy Springs, Ga., who voted for Trump in 2020 and this year backed Mr. Kemp and
@ReverendWarnock
."
#gasen
#gapol
“It’s pretty clear to me that
@HerschelWalker
is not capable of being a U.S. senator,” said Brian Gage, 48, of Sandy Springs, Ga., who voted for Trump in 2020 and this year backed Mr. Kemp and
@ReverendWarnock
."
#gasen
#gapol
While
@SenatorWarnock
delivers this huge win for Georgia, every Republican vying to challenge him "flatly rejected" the bipartisan plan to rebuild our infrastructure, invest in a generation of Georgia jobs, & help American companies compete against China.
🚨NEW🚨: "
@HerschelWalker
caught in paid partnership with marketing company accused of preying on veterans"
"Walker exaggerates his business experience and has allegedly exploited military service members and veterans."
#gasen
#gapol
After defending the use of a swastika,
@HerschelWalker
is continuing to face a barrage of criticism. Here’s some of what Georgians are reading and hearing today:
THREAD ⬇️
#gapol
#gasen
#GASEN
candidate
@HerschelWalker
is facing criticism from all sides after a week of “head-scratching” comments, blocking press from his events, a potential DOJ investigation, and revelations about yet another scam business.
More from
@GeorgiaDemocrat
:
In light of today's news, a reminder: Walker wants to make abortion totally illegal nationwide — telling reporters in July that “there’s not a national ban on abortion right now and I think that’s a problem.”
#gasen
#gapol
🚨WATCH🚨:
@11AliveNews
just aired footage of
@HerschelWalker
telling reporters “there’s not a national ban on abortion right now and I think that’s a problem.”
Walker is wrong for Georgia, and he's telling us that in his own words.
#gasen
#gapol
@MattGertz
CC.
@DanCrenshawTX
, who spends hours and hours and hours per month recording far-right propaganda on his podcasts. Also casually made a deal with the RNC to pay nearly $400,000 for copies of his book.
Tell’em
@ReverendWarnock
:
“Herschel Walker has no vision for our state or for our country.”
“People who don’t have a vision traffic in division. People who don’t actually know how to lead us try to distract us.”
#gasen
#gapol
"
@WillRollinsCA
, a California Dem who’s running...to unseat
#CA41
GOP Rep. Ken Calvert and raked in more than $2 million in Q2, said he raised six figures online since Sunday with more than 2,000 unique donors."
Rollins: “It’s feeling fired up.” 💪
🚨NEW: The Fresno Bee and Modesto Bee Editorial Boards endorse
@AdamGrayCA
over John Duarte for
#CA13
.
"As much as
@Duarte4Congress
will try to present himself as a moderate, his voting record shows support for hard-right views and leaders."
Read more ⬇️
"Oregon’s
@LChavezDeRemer
joined all Republicans in voting for Louisiana’s Mike Johnson, a staunch opponent of abortion rights who played a key role in Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election."
Preaching moderation...but elevating the far-right GOP fringes. Enough.
After proudly supporting GOP's new extremist speaker, "Rep.
@LChavezDeRemer
declined an interview. A spokesman said by email that Chavez-DeRemer didn’t necessarily believe Johnson was the best choice..."
Real profile in courage and conviction, Lori!
#OR05
“Georgians need to elect someone that lives in Georgia,” said State Rep. Dewey McClain, who played in the NFL like Walker. “
@HerschelWalker
has not been honest with Georgians about where his home is. He tried to game the system and he’s gotten caught.”
"
@HerschelWalker
has continued to face damaging headlines....CNN first reported that Walker had claimed a tax exemption on his home in Texas, describing it as his primary residence on his 2022 property taxes, even as he ran for office in Georgia."
#gasen
Caught impersonating a police officer, and what does
@HerschelWalker
do?
Pull out a badge.
Can’t make this stuff up. Every time his mouth is moving he’s lying, and we cannot let this fraud anywhere near the U.S. Senate.
#gasen
#gapol
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D): “One thing I have not done — I have never pretended to be a police officer, and I’ve never threatened a shootout with the police.”
In response, Herschel Walker (R) pulled out a prop badge: “I am work with many police officers.”
After a year+ of campaigning,
@HerschelWalker
finally said the quiet part out loud — he'd oppose expanding access to affordable health care for 640,000 Georgians.
Walker doesn't really care about protecting Georgians, and he's not ready to represent GA in the U.S. Senate.
#gasen
Herschel Walker, in response to a question from
@shannonajc1
earlier today about expanding Medicaid: it’s “not been good” and “continues to bankrupt us.”
"
@HerschelWalker
has no vision for our state or for our country. Think about it. We've been running now for a little while, and he has yet to tell us what he actually wants to do. Maybe because he has no vision, he's busy trafficking in division."
#gasen
SHOT:
@MichelleSteelCA
's staff claim she supports exceptions to her abortion ban.
CHASER:
@MichelleSteelCA
just sponsored the bill with NO exceptions for rape, incest, or the health of the mother *THIS AM*
Meet Michelle -- one of the most dangerous hypocrites in Congress.
#CA45
“Democrats running for Congress in three of California's most competitive swing House districts are flip[ping] the script on…crime.”
“[All three] getting major backing from police groups in swing races.”
#CA13
#CA41
#CA47
In
#CA03
,
@Morse4America
isn't messing around. Jessica outraised vulnerable incumbent Kevin Kiley – bringing in more than $600,000 in Q2 – for the second quarter in a row. And nearly 90% were $100 or less!
Let's fuel the fifth-gen Northern Californian ⛰️
This comes after Walker claimed big companies and their executives should be “embarrassed” & “ashamed” for taking advantage of the gov’t lifeline — all while he continued to profit.
See the full story on Walker’s PPP hypocrisy here:
#gasen
#gapol