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“My job is to pull everybody together,” @RepDebDingell says of why she isn’t endorsing a candidate in Democrats' competitive Michigan Senate primary.
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20 years ago, President George W. Bush imagined what the Middle East might look like in 2026. @Kasie and @elliotcwilliams react.
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“It's going to be literally a combination of root canals and migraine headaches for the American negotiators who are involved in this thing,” former Middle East negotiator @aarondmiller2 says about hammering our the finer points in a potential Iran deal. “Nonetheless, let’s call it the way it is: It’s been a victory for the Iranians.”
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“I trust the leadership, the political leadership, in Iran like I trust a rest stop bathroom” - @SenJohnKennedy on why he wants to read the deal that President Trump says Iran’s Supreme Leader has approved.
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“What the President says or doesn’t say is in some way irrelevant,” @KSoltisAnderson argues after President Trump said he loved the latest numbers showing rising inflation.
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“The accusations against Graham Platner are not classic #MeToo accusations," says @jodikantor as she explains why voters may be willing to overlook the Democratic Maine senate candidate's scandals.
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Is Graham Platner going to be able to pull a Donald Trump in Maine? Watch @kasie's take on the times when voters decide to look past the scandals in order to win at any cost.
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As Democrats in Maine vote for their next Senate candidate, @RepAuchincloss stands by his previous comments on Graham Platner and tells @kasie: “I don't think Democrats win by accepting a degraded state of affairs.”
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“He’s standing in front of a giant American flag on his sports show”: @ScottJenningsKY reacts to Stephen A. Smith’s potential political aspirations and feud with President Donald Trump.
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“You're not sure which is going to get completed first: Counting the elections or building the high speed rail,” @RahmEmanuel says, agreeing with criticism of the pace of California's vote-counting process.
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“National security is the first one on the chopping block,” former Speaker pro tempore @PatrickMcHenry argues that many presidents break their campaign promises, and @RepJohnnyO responds: “These aren’t innocent lies.”
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As California continues to count votes, Kasie looks at President Trump's long history of claiming, without providing evidence, that America's elections are rigged.
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“It sounds like a perfect storm, Kasie, of problems” @MacFarlaneNews on what he’s hearing from his former CBS colleagues after Scott Pelley spoke out about his firing from 60 Minutes.
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"For every ranch you see in Texas, there's 50 that you haven't seen. So there's probably a lot of ranches in P-Hustle's life," @SenFettermanPA says in reference to Graham Platner's Reddit handle. "It's only June. Between now and November, you'd probably be looking out for some more."
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"If a Republican with a Nazi tattoo with a history of questionable behavior toward intimate partners came up, Democrats would be losing their minds right now," @elliotcwilliams says of Graham Platner. "I think that's crap," @XochitlHinojosa adds after hearing Democrats deflect by citing Trump's flaws.
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"I think it's important that anyone who is a candidate to serve in the Senate, or who serves in the Senate, be held accountable for their conduct," @ChrisCoons says of Graham Platner, adding, though, that he doesn't know Platner and is willing to "give him a measure of grace" on recent allegations.
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.@ChrisCoons tells @kasie that Todd Blanche's handling of the Epstein files "is a reasonable basis for grave concern about whether he is an appropriate person to serve as our next Attorney General."
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.@RepMikeLawler tells @kasie that if a version of the GOP's immigration bill that explicitly blocks the "anti-weaponization" fund gets to the president's desk, he would urge Trump not to veto it. ⬇️
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WATCH: @RepMikeLawler defends Bondi & Blanche's handling of the Epstein files, saying that the Justice Department is in compliance with the law that Congress passed to release them.
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"California had the sizzle, but Iowa had the beef," @davidaxelrod says of yesterday's primaries. "For the first time in a very long time, I think Iowa is going to be a very competitive state.... Things are changing there, and they're changing because of Donald Trump." W/ @adrienneelrod @AdamKinzinger @mikedubke @KannoYoungs
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