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Senior National Political Reporter @NBCNews Capitol Hill, elections, Formula 1 🏛️🗳️🏁 Signal: sahilkapur.30

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1May 19, '22Former President George W. Bush: “The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.”37.5×0271k72k17k
2Jan 29, '25Tim Kaine tells federal employees to ignore Trump’s offer to quit w/ pay for months. “Don’t be fooled. He’s tricked hundreds of people w/ that offer. If you accept that offer &27.4×5.5M69k14k3.1k
3Feb 22, '24Biden goes off on GOP Congress at a fundraiser tonight: "I've been a senator since '72. I've served with real racists. I've served with Strom Thurmond. I've served with all these g24.8×5M27k4.7k717
4Dec 16, '22when the poll yields the desired result vs. when it doesn’t18.9×3.8M47k3.8k407
5Aug 31, '24Mitch McConnell says he worries that Democrats, if they win this election, will nuke the filibuster and make DC and Puerto Rico states, then set their sights on the Supreme Court.18.8×3.8M18k2.3k428
6Jul 30, '24Green Day, performing in DC, tweaks the American Idiot lyric to “I’m not a part of a MAGA agenda”15.1×3M28k3k1.1k
7Jul 21, '24Veep is a documentary.14.9×3M19k2.3k1.7k
8Feb 13, '23NEW: Biden escalates fight over Social Security and Medicare, frustrating Republicans GOP leaders want Biden to stop saying they’re trying to cut benefits But Biden is persisting; 13.6×2.7M15k3.3k103
9Nov 6, '24The story of the Texas Senate race: Ted Cruz won Latino voters by 6 points, per NBC News exit polls. In his last race in 2018, Cruz *lost* Latinos by 29 points. A 35-point swing.13.3×2.7M18k2.7k1.2k
10Oct 8, '25Marjorie Taylor Greene: “I’m not some sort of blind slave to the president, and I don’t think anyone should be.” “I serve in Congress. We’re a separate branch of the government, an13×2.6M21k2.7k784
11Jun 29, '23👀 Ketanji Brown Jackson has a two-part footnote on Clarence Thomas. She says he "responds to a dissent I did not write... demonstrates an obsession with race consciousness that fa12.9×2.6M22k4.3k989
12Nov 8, '24VP-elect ⁦@JDVance⁩ in the Capitol with his wife and kids as part of a tour.12.1×2.4M88k2.7k1.5k
13Nov 5, '24Happy almost four-year anniversary to this all-timer.10.9×2.2M40k3.3k843
14Sep 5, '24Donald Trump was asked today what he’d do about child care if elected president. This is what he said, in its entirety:10.1×2M11k2.8k1.3k
15Mar 25, '20The Trump campaign just released a cease and desist letter demanding that TV stations immediately pull this ad.8.4×053k32k1.1k
16May 17, '24👀 At tonight’s House Oversight hearing, Marjorie Taylor Greene made a derogatory comment about Jasmine Crockett and “false eyelashes.” Then the committee erupted. AOC trashed MTG,8.3×1.7M12k1.9k592
17Apr 2, '25🚨 51-48, Senate PASSES a measure to terminate Trump’s tariffs on Canada. Four Republicans join Democrats to deliver a rare rebuke to the president: Susan Collins Lisa Murkowski Ra7.4×1.5M34k3k884
18Jun 24, '20The AOC race is a blowout.6.1×076k7.2k146
19Dec 2, '24Sen. Jon Tester, living his best life, does not care to answer questions about Joe Biden pardoning his son: “I’m about to get the fuck out of here. Ask somebody else,” he tells rep5.7×1.1M15k1.2k578
20Jan 13, '21BREAKING: The House of Representatives votes 232-197 to impeach President Trump for incitement of insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. He's the first president in history to be impeac5.3×045k14k211
21Jun 2, '20NEWS: A Twitter account claiming to belong to a national “antifa” organization and pushing violent rhetoric related to ongoing protests has been linked to the white nationalist gro5.2×032k20k1.1k
22Apr 7, '22This lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court is brought to you by the Georgia Senate runoffs.5.1×064k6.4k112
23Oct 3, '23Remember, Nancy Pelosi had an identically small House majority over the last two years and this stuff didn’t happen. This is not a “both sides” phenomenon; the two parties are not 4.6×926k18k3.7k115
24Nov 27, '20The Pope publishes this op-ed in the New York Times, less than 24 hours after the 5-4 Supreme Court decision rejecting Covid restrictions on religious gatherings.4.6×042k9k1.1k
25Jul 24, '19I’m gonna keep saying this because it’s so poorly understood: Since 1981 the deficit has grown under every Republican president and shrunk under every Democratic president.4.5×039k14k501
26Sep 7, '24Wish I could go back to 2004 and tell everyone this is how the Democratic Party’s coalition would look in 20 years.4.2×839k18k1.4k731
27Apr 14, '21These two headlines are exactly one year apart.4.2×042k9.5k742
28Jul 24, '18Sen. Bob Corker characterizes Trump's farm aid proposal: "You have a terrible policy that sends farmers to the poorhouse, and then you put them on welfare, and we borrow the money 3.7×030k11k77
29Feb 11, '21Impeachment manager @RepRaskin quotes Voltaire: "Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."3.6×042k6.5k274
30Aug 13, '20VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation or reason given… In many cases, these 3.6×018k14k534
31Mar 23, '22Ted Cruz tries to interrupt to be recognized. Durbin says it’s not his time. Cruz persists. Patrick Leahy jumps in: “I know the junior senator from Texas likes to get on television3.5×045k4.1k153
32Jan 21, '18Yikes. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL): “I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft dodger.” She labels the president “Cadet Bone Spurs.”3.4×032k9k0
33Aug 12, '20Millions of Indian parents upon seeing the VP news: why “vice” presidential nominee, Kamala? Why couldn’t you be presidential nominee?3.4×044k2.7k205
34Jul 23, '18Trump has repeatedly depicted war with Iran an something a president would do for domestic political gain. Here are four examples 👇3.1×021k12k176
35Feb 20, '25Republican Sen. Rand Paul asks a question on the Senate floor: If Elon Musk and DOGE are finding all this waste/fraud and want to reduce the deficit, why are Senate Republicans pas2.9×572k29k5.9k243
36Feb 8, '22Mitch McConnell breaks with RNC on Jan. 6: "We all were here. We saw what happened. It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of powe2.8×031k4.5k301
37Jul 20, '21SEAN HANNITY: "Please take Covid seriously. I can't say it enough. Enough people have died. We don't need any more death. Research like crazy. Talk to your doctor... I believe in s2.8×015k3.8k706
38Mar 31, '21Buried in the new Morning Consult/Politico poll is an eye-popping statistic: Voters by a 2-to-1 margin prefer a $3 trillion infrastructure bill that includes tax hikes on $400K+ an2.7×028k6.3k146
39Nov 9, '20.@AOC tells @jaketapper that "not a single member of Congress that I'm aware of campaigned on socialism or defunding the police in this general election." She says Dems' problem is2.7×034k2.4k231
40Nov 10, '20Trump is losing to Biden by... 20,539 votes in Wisconsin 47,215 votes in Pennsylvania 12,567 votes in Georgia 14,746 votes in Arizona 36,274 votes in Nevada These are not margins t2.7×024k6.5k311
41Nov 6, '25Rep. @yassaminansari has set up a table and this sign outside @SpeakerJohnson’s office.2.5×502k15k2.7k318
42Jun 14, '21The way to understand Mitch McConnell’s actions on blocking Garland in ‘16, to reversing that standard for Barrett in ‘20, to suggesting he’d block Biden in ‘23/‘24: He is betting 2.4×025k4.8k143
43Mar 10, '21BREAKING: CONGRESS VOTES TO SEND $1.9 TRILLION COVID RELIEF BILL TO BIDEN'S DESK —$1,400 stimulus checks —$300-a-week jobless benefits —$3,000-$3,600 cash for kids —$34B for ACA su2.3×024k4.1k214
44Mar 6, '21Hard to overstate the impact of those two Georgia runoffs right now.2.2×029k2.6k33
45Jan 27, '21News: Sen. Tom Carper introduces the Washington, D.C. Admission Act to make DC the 51st state.2.2×026k3.1k47
46Nov 1, '21.@lisamurkowski says she’ll vote YES to break a filibuster on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. She’s currently the only Republican senator who is supporting this bill.2.1×025k3.1k73
47Jan 24, '19Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colorado) will break with Trump and vote to reopen the government without wall money, per ⁦@denverpost⁩.2.1×022k3.8k42
48Aug 21, '20Julia Louis-Dreyfus at the DNC: “If we all vote there is nothing Facebook, Fox News or Vladimir Putin can do to stop us.”2.1×025k3.6k54
49Sep 30, '20Rick Santorum is on CNN saying Chris Wallace put Trump in a box with the question about condemning white supremacists, saying he knows the president doesn't like to "say something 2.0×017k3.8k209
50Aug 27, '191. AOC calls for abolishing the electoral college. 2. Trump campaign torches the idea as “crazy” in an e-mail to supporters. 3. AOC digs up an old Trump tweet bashing the electoral1.9×018k5k116
51Jan 23, '19The House just voted 357-22 to bar President Trump from exiting NATO. Here are the 22 lawmakers who opposed it — all Republicans.1.8×012k6k115
52Nov 17, '21GOSAR: "If I must join Alexander Hamilton, the first person attempted to be censured by this House, so be it. It is done." CICILLINE: "Mr. Gosar, you are no Alexander Hamilton."1.8×023k1.8k58
53Nov 1, '21MANCHIN: I won't support a bill unless it's paid for, limits inflation, boosts the economy & helps Americans WHITE HOUSE: Cool thx, the bill does all those things1.8×021k2.9k59
54Feb 15, '18How bad has it gotten? *Children* are now informing Congress that “thoughts and prayers” aren’t enough. “You need to take some action,” says a student who survived the Florida shoo1.8×015k5.7k2
56Nov 27, '20Joe Biden handily won Americans who make under $100,000. Donald Trump handily won Americans who make $100,000 or more. Any analysis that reduces the power of Trump to economic anxi1.7×018k3.3k646
57Mar 6, '21BREAKING: Senate votes 50-49 to pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief package. Every Democrat votes YES, every Republican votes NO.1.7×017k3.7k115
58Jan 9, '21NEW: @JoeBiden calls for setting aside deficit concerns to invest trillions of dollars in the ailing US economy. @BernieSanders, likely incoming Senate Budget chair: “The president1.7×018k2.7k199
59Sep 23, '19No tea party protests against this, interestingly.1.7×016k4.5k110
60Dec 17, '17If this bill passes, Trump-GOP will have: •Repealed the ACA individual mandate •Cut taxes by $1.5 trillion •Opened up ANWR to oil drilling •Put Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court •C1.7×013k5.1k0
61Sep 30, '20A remarkable statistic: "In the last 10 years, 76% of terrorist attacks have come from the right wing in our country." —Elizabeth Neumann, a former assistant secretary in Trump's D1.7×014k5.6k307
62Oct 1, '21After fiercely criticizing the Biden administration for abandoning Afghan partners, all 50 Republican senators vote to curtail aid to Afghan evacuees who are granted parole to quic1.7×012k5k243
63Mar 18, '21White House @PressSec says President Biden "supports DC statehood."1.7×020k2.2k26
64Oct 6, '21Bernie Sanders calls on Joe Manchin to explain what he means by an “entitlement society.” He asks if the West Virginia senator views Medicare vision/dental/hearing, child tax credi1.6×018k2.7k66
65Feb 13, '21Nancy Pelosi responds to Mitch McConnell: "It is so pathetic that Senator McConnell kept the Senate shut down so that the Senate could not receive the Article of Impeachment and ha1.6×017k3.6k87
66Jan 6, '21Text from a GOP strategist: "thanks alot Donald"1.6×020k1.6k56
68Sep 24, '18Whether you believe Kavanaugh or his accusers, the theory that these allegations are cooked up by partisans who’d do it to any conservative Supreme Court pick ignores the fact that1.6×015k4k26
69Oct 2, '20The president has the coronavirus. The vice presidential debate is in five days. The next presidential debate is in 13 days. The election is in 32 days.1.6×017k3.1k174
70Apr 21, '21Democrats are introducing a bill today to allow Americans aged 50-64 the option to buy into Medicare. Led by Debbie Stabenow, Sherrod Brown and Tammy Baldwin.1.6×017k2.7k68
71Mar 5, '18Take a moment to appreciate the last week in guns: NRA spent ~9 years saying without evidence Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were coming for your guns; then Donald Trump says on 1.5×014k4.7k16
72Oct 18, '21Some context on price tags: The $725.8 billion defense spending bill is for 1 year. The $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan is over 10 years. Apples to apples, Biden's economic an1.5×015k4.1k148
73Nov 29, '21Ilhan Omar issues a new statement on Lauren Boebert1.5×015k2.9k119
74Feb 4, '21The lopsided vote to keep Liz Cheney in leadership—despite her vote for impeachment—tells us something about how House Republicans actually feel about Trump. The difference: Impeac1.5×016k2.9k64
75Oct 13, '17Here's a Republican member of Congress accusing the president of health care sabotage.1.5×011k5.3k0
76Jan 2, '18First screenshot: 3:12 PM EST today Second screenshot: 5:45 PM EST today See if you can spot the difference.1.4×011k3.8k0
77Jan 26, '21.@ReverendWarnock is presiding over the Senate.1.4×019k1.4k41
78Apr 5, '19In Iowa, @BetoORourke says the president’s rhetoric on migrants and calls to ban Muslims sound more like the Third Reich than the USA. Asked about the comparison after the rally, h1.4×012k3.3k141
79Jul 30, '22If this deal passes, Biden will have inked wins on: Drug pricing Climate/ACA $$ Higher taxes on corporations $1.9T Covid rescue plan $1.2T infrastructure law New gun law Chips/Chin1.4×012k3.1k440
80Jan 19, '21News: Senate Democrats just unveiled their first bill of the new Congress—the "For The People Act"—to restore Voting Rights Act, bolster voter protections and election infrastructu1.4×014k2.8k105
81Jan 21, '19Martin Luther King, Jr. @Gallup favorable rating: AUGUST 1966: 33% 👍 to 63% 👎 AUGUST 2011: 94% 👍 to 4% 👎1.3×012k3.5k140
82Nov 15, '20With Democrats winning the popular vote in 7 out of the last 8 elections, it’s past time to retire the “center-right country” trope.1.3×016k1.7k133
83Nov 13, '19Just got this message from a Republican operative:1.2×012k2.6k93
84Feb 23, '21Bernie Sanders just voted NO on Tom Vilsack for Ag secretary.1.2×015k825116
85Jul 9, '20MSNBC, CNN and Fox News are currently all carrying @JoeBiden’s economic speech live.1.2×015k1.7k14
86Jan 8, '21Also interesting that Twitter and Facebook decided to get aggressive at enforcing their policies on Donald Trump the very same day Democrats won full control of Washington.1.2×014k1.7k73
87Sep 23, '20What would we say if it were in another country?1.2×012k2.2k103
88Oct 26, '20Chuck Schumer: "You may win this vote... But you will never, ever, get your credibility back. And the next time the American people give Democrats a majority in this chamber, you w1.2×012k2.1k98
89Mar 3, '18Eric Holder on @billmaher's show responds to @POTUS saying the former AG "totally protected" Obama: "The difference between me and Jeff Sessions is that I had a president I did not1.1×010k3.3k4
90Jul 20, '22News: Republican @SenRobPortman will cosponsor the Respect For Marriage Act, the House-passed bill to codify legal same-sex marriage, his office tells me. He made the decision last1.1×014k1.3k55
91Apr 11, '19NEW: @EWarren rolls out a new plan to impose a 7% tax on corporate profits above $100 million, “no loopholes or exemptions.” It would raise $1 trillion in revenue over a decade, pe1.1×011k2.7k51
92Mar 15, '21Dick Durbin is on the floor torching the modern filibuster, saying it has "become the death grip of democracy." "Senators can literally phone in a filibuster... Today's filibuster 1.1×012k2.1k43
93Mar 9, '21Mitch McConnell votes YES on advancing the Merrick Garland nomination.1.1×014k1k25
94Oct 5, '20Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), who switched parties with the hope of keeping his seat, now trails his Democratic opponent Amy Kennedy by a margin of 49% to 44% in a new Monmouth poll1.0×013k1.4k23
95Jan 3, '19Newly-minted Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) walked on the House floor and sat on the Republican side of the aisle until he was told he’s doing it wrong. He says he didn’t realize there’s an 1.0×011k1.4k25
96Nov 26, '18.@JeffFlake tells me he’ll vote NO on the Thomas Farr nomination, holding to his threat to oppose all judges until the Mueller protection bill is brought up for a vote.1.0×010k2k9
97Apr 21, '21DC resident here. It’s quite pleasant tonight! I went for a walk around sunset and the weather was beautiful, the outdoor restaurants and bars were buzzing and the streets looked c0.9×012k1.3k39
98Mar 28, '21ABC/Ipsos national poll says Biden’s approval is 72% on responding to the coronavirus (highest since he took office), 60% on the economic recovery and 75% on distribution of the va0.9×011k1.6k32
99Aug 11, '20BIDEN PICKS KAMALA HARRIS AS VP0.9×011k1.1k14
100Dec 1, '20.@MittRomney: "I happen to be a deficit hawk. I don't like borrowing money. I don't like spending money we don't have. But the time to borrow money—maybe the only time to borrow mo0.9×011k99943

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