Weekend Wrap Up: November 13, 2022

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****Since pretty much everything in our news cycle has focused primarily on the 2022 Midterm Election and results, today’s blog will be the same.

2022 Midterm Elections:

Schumer hitting Republicans hard here pic.twitter.com/jfK5cvJdqw
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 13, 2022

Schumer: "My friend Harry Reid — he may be gone, but he's still with us. His legacy in Nevada continues to shine as bright as lights on the Vegas strip" pic.twitter.com/ddzMFj2BVG
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 13, 2022

****Take Note (or don’t) GQP. It’s not early or mail in voting that will save your ass; it’s changing your platform to resemble the 21st Century and younger voters might. Might want to ditch the racism, bigotry, and hate.

"Republicans actually believed that it was no consequences for being anti-Democratic, for being silent in the face of anti-Semitic slurs…They thought the voters would not hold them accountable." @SykesCharlie on the failure of the so-called "Red Wave" #SundayShow pic.twitter.com/4capFxZAaB
— The Saturday/Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (@weekendcapehart) November 13, 2022

"We live in a country where the leading cause of death for children is guns. And that's unacceptable, so that's something we have to work to end." @MaxwellFrostFL tells @CapehartJ on his passion for the fight against gun violence #SundayShow pic.twitter.com/9vDE2kQWYU
— The Saturday/Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (@weekendcapehart) November 13, 2022

How long it takes to count votes in Nevada and Arizona is not proof of cheating, despite former President Donald Trump’s claims. Election results take time to count. https://t.co/ZPrWLMnMZG
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) November 13, 2022

What Others Are Saying/The Sunday Shows:

Christian Walker, Herschel Walker’s son, reacts to Republicans losing the Senate.

Christian: “We just lost the Senate before we even get to the Georgia runoff. So even if we win Georgia, we’ve already lost…” pic.twitter.com/5KYI7z16cw
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) November 13, 2022

“What the Republicans have said is they are going to use the vote on the debt limit as leverage to cut Medicare and Social Security,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells @GStephanopoulos.

“I think the public should know that.” https://t.co/3DSMrJhVQ1 pic.twitter.com/HxHzB8vWri
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 13, 2022

House Democrats NEVER accepted the “conventional wisdom” from Washington pundits who said we couldn’t win.

We always intended to win and our candidates and grassroots volunteers organized with purpose and courage for Democracy, for our freedoms and for People Over Politics. -NP pic.twitter.com/Bb4r5IObCm
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) November 13, 2022

.@SenWarren: “This victory belongs to Joe Biden.”

“The President’s leadership put us in a position – every candidate up and down the ballot – to talk about what Democrats fight for and what we deliver on.” pic.twitter.com/yep1vadLSi
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) November 13, 2022

Schumer: With the races now called in Arizona, and Nevada, Democrats will have a majority in the senate, and I will once again be majority leader. This election is a victory. A victory, and a vindication for Democrats.. pic.twitter.com/hQ5GXUn6vO
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 13, 2022

"This has got to be a worst case scenario for Kevin McCarthy," says @HayesBrown about McCarthy's House Speaker bid in the event the GOP ekes out a majority. "We watched Nancy Pelosi struggle with a slim majority…and Kevin McCarthy is no Nancy Pelosi." #velshi pic.twitter.com/Ka6Fs7MCP5
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) November 13, 2022

At least 155 GOP "election deniers" will serve in the new House, @CBSNews projects.

Rep. Jamie Raskin: "That's a statement about the political contamination of the GOP by Donald Trump." pic.twitter.com/HkxkAlGP1a
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) November 13, 2022

Yes, you are a KKKult:

https://twitter.com/DouglasJBooth/status/1591796458252283905

Chuch Todd: "Is it time to rally around Ron DeSantis now?"

Sen. Bill Cassidy: "By offering alternative, again the Republican Party should be the party should be the party of ideas and principles. Who will be our next nominee will sort itself out." pic.twitter.com/MRumeMnqQE
— The Politics Brief (@NewsBecker) November 13, 2022

Duh!

After some Republicans fall short during the midterm elections, New Hampshire’s GOP Gov. Chris Sununu tells @GStephanopoulos that "candidate quality matters.”

"There's a sense of extremism that a lot of Republicans were painted with—rightfully or not.” https://t.co/TU7pS7mq02 pic.twitter.com/dpeg7zvU2S
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 13, 2022

Washington:

Instead of mounting a vigorous public effort to defend Herrera Beutler and get her renominated, Kevin McCarthy berated her to the point of tears for disclosing her private conversations with him about Trump

As reported by @rachaelmbade and @karoun 👇https://t.co/BdaaGkt20b https://t.co/3CUSdXwEft
— Alex Burns (@alexanderburns) November 13, 2022

The Worst and Stupidest People in the World:

One Arizona election protester was shouting anti-Semitic rhetoric over a megaphone. pic.twitter.com/dR8a7D73PD
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) November 13, 2022

Kelly Loeffler, the Republican Senator who lost to Raphael Warnock in 2021, said her organization “is throwing” her “ground game behind” Herschel Walker. pic.twitter.com/1sndfIw0Kn
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) November 13, 2022

Your source is The Gateway Pundit. pic.twitter.com/XaAAd4nvtx
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) November 13, 2022

TFG:

On whether Donald Trump announcing a 2024 campaign would have a positive impact on Democrats, House Speaker Pelosi tells @gstephanopoulos: "I think it's bad news for the country, let's put it that way." https://t.co/7SYsLD5vxO pic.twitter.com/TYTs70FijO
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 13, 2022

Now every loser who’s about to get indicted thinks he can delay DOJ by announcing he’s running for president…. pic.twitter.com/68t3p3cMjK
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) November 13, 2022

Updates:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells @GStephanopoulos that her husband Paul Pelosi is having “one good day after another” as he recovers from the brutal attack.

“He’s improving. It will take a little while.” https://t.co/KInxWHOdcr pic.twitter.com/juIw3DsDLz
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 13, 2022

https://twitter.com/DomenicoNPR/status/1591811504080314368

Pelosi on CNN on the attack on her husband: "It wasn't just the attack. It was the Republican reaction to it that was disgraceful … imagine how I feel as the one who was a target and my husband paying a price?" pic.twitter.com/5VbbAWEPSN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 13, 2022

President Biden/Biden Administration:

Biden: “No one fucks with a Biden.” pic.twitter.com/3W3iIONNrq
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) October 5, 2022

Congress:

Asked if she will run again for House Speaker if Democrats keep the majority, Nancy Pelosi tells @GStephanopoulos that she will not make any comments “until this election is finished.” https://t.co/KInxWHxaar pic.twitter.com/9gS9eQ63aY
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 13, 2022

Asked by @GStephanopoulos about how she wants her speakerships to be remembered, Speaker Nancy Pelosi highlights her work on climate and health care.

“We're on a path to a brighter future for America." https://t.co/RBCVeTagX4 pic.twitter.com/xRKJVEnJ1L
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 13, 2022

Elizabeth Warren: Dems should make the "lame-duck session of Congress the most productive in decades. We can start by lifting the debt ceiling now to block Republicans from taking our economy hostage next year"https://t.co/9TwAqgYGVo
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) November 13, 2022

Three huge differences between a 50-50 and 51-49 D majority:

1) Having a majority on each Committee versus power sharing/deadlocks requiring discharge petitions;

2) No single D Senator can hijack/block nominations; and

3) Ds can have *two* members absent and still hold votes.
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) November 13, 2022

World News:

A bomb exploded on a popular pedestrian street in Istanbul, killing six people, wounding dozens and sending people fleeing as flames rose. https://t.co/Dw5L0WTMds
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) November 13, 2022

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