US Politics, December 2022: "They're now the working class party, man."

in case you were wondering wtf is it with runoffs in Georgia:

https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/12/03/the-racist-history-behind-georgias-runoff-elections

Georgia Dems are ahead in early ballots cast, putting pressure on Republicans to show on Election Day —when it’s supposed to rain in cities like Atlanta, Augusta and Columbus

How badly do Republicans want to turn out for Walker? https://t.co/mqYS84GxDM

— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) December 5, 2022

Shannon Epstein, the 25-year-old niece of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), was arrested in an extremely dramatic, combative event at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans on November 24 after being kicked off her plane. The Times-Picayune reports that Epstein had asked a family she perceived to be Latino on her flight if they were “smuggling cocaine.” (The family has not been identified.) When airline workers decided to remove her from the flight and the plane returned to the gate, she became “increasingly irate,” and the incident escalated at the airport.

When deputies tried to arrest Epstein at the airport, she fought back. Per the Times-Picayune:

In the scuffle, she injured six deputies, biting one of the arm and breaking the skin, and kicking another in the groin, Rivarde said. They were treated there by paramedics.

All the while, Epstein shouted that the deputies were going to lose their jobs or end up in jail, boasting that she was related to powerful people and that her uncle is a friend of former President Donald Trump, Rivarde said.

Chris Christie did not return messages left Friday at two telephone numbers associated with him.

what's in her laptop

Trump/Drunk racist niece '24

Another Madlibs article:

Epstein
Chris Christie
Louis Armstrong
Cociane
biting
groin
Donald Trump

DON’T YOU KNOW MY UNCLE IS THE DISGRACED FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY

who is famously Trump's best friend.

https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/03/02112400/abc_christie_trump_mt_160301_31x13_1600.jpeg

One of the most satisfying videos you’ll see this week. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/06/mcconnell-mccarthy-police-gold-medal-ceremony-00072546

do you think Chris Christie regrets not being a democrat

What a day!

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna60326

Holy shit

Trump's political career has not been good for any of his longtime henchmen.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZMFX7aXYAElc7i.jpg

Nice pull sleeve

Christ! A highly complex tax fraud case with 17 counts to be proved and the jury deliberated "just over a day" before returning guilty verdicts on all 17!! That's amazing.

I have always loved that particular strip and it is oh so a propos today.

xp Probably because like most things Trump-related there was nothing very subtle or clever about the fraud.

And now the Trump org pays up to ... $1.6 million in fines?

Ah! Well,

yup - probably an overall savings

That civil suit will be loads of fun now.

Oh yeah, forgot about that one. It's hard to keep all these lawsuits straight!

Harris has gotta fire her comms team

NEW -- Doug Emhoff embraces the burden of being the most prominent Jew in American politics.

from me and @EugeneDaniels2 https://t.co/x5JewLXb6I

— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 6, 2022

Tulsi will probably take a shot on live TV tonight

holy shit, Warnock up 57-43

https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/116564/web.307039/#/summary

Don’t post shit like that with 8% of precincts reporting, ffs

This is going to be a close runoff result, perhaps closer than the Warnock +3 rough polling consensus. But you'd still much rather be Warnock (D) than Walker (R) right now. #GASEN

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 7, 2022

Early vote reporting was always going to swing hard to Warnock.

sadly the betting markets already know where the bread is buttered and are already 90/10 Warnock. nary a dollar for me to make now (I forgot to do it earlier)

NATHANIEL RAKICH
DEC. 6, 7:58 PM
Let’s take a step back and look at the big picture. With 40 percent of the expected vote reporting, Warnock leads Walker 55 percent to 45 percent statewide. According to The New York Times, the missing votes are mostly in north Georgia (Republican) and metro Atlanta (Democratic).

GEOFFREY SKELLEY
DEC. 6, 8:04 PM
To echo what Nathaniel just said, we’ve got 22 counties now with 95 percent reporting — mostly solidly red rural counties — and Walker is doing 0.1 percentage points better in margin across all those places than in November. The thing is, he trailed Warnock by about 1 point in the initial vote overall, so he needs that to improve more as we get fuller results.

sorry silby! you are correct

lol the NYT Is doing the stupid needle for this one race

Gonna need a needle in my arm tbh

I've seen enough.

Pat Buchanan wins the Senatorial race

Oconee and Glynn counties, where all the vote has come in and where he's won, Walker has run below his November numbers.

lol The Needle has been "paused" while they "investigate" a "data issue"

I’ve seen enough

*puts out eyes with NYT needle, exeunt led by servanta*

I've seen enough: Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) defeats Herschel Walker (R) in the #GASEN runoff, giving Democrats a 51-49 majority in the Senate.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 7, 2022

!

did not think it was gonna be called this early

Was about to post that.

As Wasserman cautions in the tweets after that, he doesn't make official "calls" on behalf of any news orgs, it's just the conclusion that he's drawn from looking at the data. But he's pretty good at it.

decision desk also projected warnock

(does wasserman work for decision desk?)

No, Cook.

To my eye, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) is on track to prevail by 2-4 pts. By the standard of the 2021 runoffs, that's a Democratic blowout. #GASEN

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 7, 2022

Warnock’s only 53, the timing will be good for him to make a presidential run or be a running mate in 2028 when his term expires

Warnock/Fetterman ‘28

Would pay, I dunno, 35 cents to see a primary debate between Warnock, Fetterman, Buttigieg, Sinema, Crist, and Sanders