April 2020
It’s #CensusDay!
— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) April 1, 2020
You have the power to make a difference, right now – from home: Participate in the #2020Census online (https://t.co/OrrCRpcRhF), by phone, or by paper form once it comes in the mail. Get counted today and help your community for the next decade! #EveryoneCounts pic.twitter.com/vpLdyjNApR
Thanks for this important #CensusDay message @tomhanks, @JanelleMonae, @lizakoshy, @selenagomez, @FaithHill, and @mPinoe.
— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) April 1, 2020
Hope everyone will watch this video from @attn, @CensusCounts, and @WhenWeAllVote – and then fill out your census! #EveryoneCounts pic.twitter.com/mpZAmd6tRI
BREAKING: Trump has fired the intelligence community’s chief watchdog, Michael Atkinson, saying he no longer has confidence in him. He will be removed 30 days from now. https://t.co/0iz6On0aH3
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 4, 2020
This is nothing but brunt force retaliation against ICIG bc #Atkinson properly handled #whistleblower complaint. Disgraceful that this Administration is so anti-whistleblower.
— Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) April 4, 2020
You need to stand up to this @ChuckGrassley, @SenatorBurr, @MarkWarner. #ProtectAllWhistleblowers https://t.co/J5n4SFQyxk
From Wisconsin to Georgia to North Carolina to President Trump, some Republicans seem happy with depressed voter turnout due to the pandemic. It makes me worry a lot about November. Me @latimesopinon: https://t.co/nY716rEmQE
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) April 4, 2020
President Trump: "Maybe Schiff was the informer, you ever think of that? He's a corrupt guy, he's a corrupt politician." https://t.co/hIO5oaJwna pic.twitter.com/ijLGgF4A1J
— The Hill (@thehill) April 4, 2020
So I see #FireFauci is trending and it just shows you that misinformation kills. The gaslighting is going to literally get people killed. It is sad and pernicious when done by people who know better.
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) April 5, 2020
Let's be clear. Trump does not have the power to cancel or postpone the November election. https://t.co/OKQyAq5g80
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 6, 2020
President Trump just now at the White House: "Mail ballots are very dangerous for this country...The mail ballots are corrupt in my opinion."
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) April 7, 2020
President Trump: "I think mail-in voting is horrible, it's corrupt."
— MS NOW (@MSNOWNews) April 7, 2020
Reporter: "You voted by mail in Florida's election last month, didn't you?"
Trump: "Sure. I can vote by mail"
Reporter: "How do you reconcile with that?"
Trump: "Because I'm allowed to." pic.twitter.com/Es8ZNyB3O1
Republicans should fight very hard when it comes to state wide mail-in voting. Democrats are clamoring for it. Tremendous potential for voter fraud, and for whatever reason, doesn’t work out well for Republicans. @foxandfriends
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 8, 2020
This is absolutely ridiculous. Election officials and experts of both parties know the real facts. /THREAD pic.twitter.com/71ve3fBbCl
— David Becker (@beckerdavidj) April 8, 2020
Absentee Ballots are a great way to vote for the many senior citizens, military, and others who can’t get to the polls on Election Day. These ballots are very different from 100% Mail-In Voting, which is “RIPE for FRAUD,” and shouldn’t be allowed!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 8, 2020
My new @Washingtonpost oped looks at the evidence about the prevalence of absentee ballot fraud (low but not nonexistent) and what we can do to make people confident in 2020 vote count with much more by mail. https://t.co/Q6oHbhXjMW
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) April 9, 2020
BREAKING: The U.S. has overtaken Italy for the highest death toll in the world from the coronavirus, Johns Hopkins University says. https://t.co/tRpuZ2Ai8R
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 11, 2020
Mail in ballots substantially increases the risk of crime and VOTER FRAUD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2020
We are fighting for fair and safe elections for every eligible voter.
— When We All Vote (@WhenWeAllVote) April 13, 2020
Join us in calling on leaders across the country to expand online voter registration, early in-person voting, and #VoteByMail.
Learn more and take our pledge: https://t.co/wzbJEHhzUg pic.twitter.com/ivAlKF9Bcg
No American should have to choose between making their voice heard and staying safe. Expanding access to #VoteByMail, online voter registration and early voting are critical steps for this moment—they’re also long overdue. https://t.co/s0KZ2Pj6zw
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) April 13, 2020
There’s nothing partisan about striving to live up to the promise of our country; making the democracy we all cherish more accessible—and protecting our neighbors, friends and loved ones as they participate in this cornerstone of American life. Learn more: https://t.co/EZzm0aMOpQ
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) April 13, 2020
For the purpose of creating conflict and confusion, some in the Fake News Media are saying that it is the Governors decision to open up the states, not that of the President of the United States & the Federal Government. Let it be fully understood that this is incorrect....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 13, 2020
....It is the decision of the President, and for many good reasons. With that being said, the Administration and I are working closely with the Governors, and this will continue. A decision by me, in conjunction with the Governors and input from others, will be made shortly!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 13, 2020
The Washington Post is rooting for the shut down to continue indefinitely. https://t.co/UkUlAmy6qo
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) April 13, 2020
Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx should no longer be the primary voices at the table.
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) April 13, 2020
We need to open our economy TODAY to prevent a great depression. We can do this while still protecting the health of Americans. pic.twitter.com/TskwoF0aKy
🚨No @realDonaldTrump, the President is not a king. You don’t have “total authority.” Grade schoolers know this. See our new video with @ForTheRuleofLaw: https://t.co/m9dBxI58dt
— Protect Democracy (@protctdemocracy) April 15, 2020
I have known Joe Biden for more than 40 yrs. He is competent, smart, balanced, empathetic, understands the challenges for working people & the poor, knows how govt works, surrounds himself with top-flight people, has good fundamental values. That is more than just adequate!
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) April 17, 2020
No @realDonaldTrump, the President is not a king. You don’t have “total authority.” Grade schoolers know this. See our new video with @ForTheRuleofLaw: https://t.co/m9dBxI58dt pic.twitter.com/lHW9e0joaM
— Protect Democracy (@protctdemocracy) April 17, 2020
LIBERATE MINNESOTA!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2020
About 200-300 protesters are outside Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s residence in St. Paul, calling for the governor to reopen the state’s economy. pic.twitter.com/gRYrJegAZi
— Theo Keith (@TheoKeith) April 17, 2020
NEW: @SenKamalaHarris, @CoryBooker, and others just wrote to Attorney General Barr and FBI Director Wray demanding racial profiling training for all law enforcement during the #COVID19 pandemic.
— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) April 17, 2020
This is critically important given reports we’re seeing. https://t.co/2QStTWvXm5 pic.twitter.com/Ve60AyBcTM
Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State, on an effective Covid-19 response from female leaders: “We have a tendency to listen, to be cooperative, to try to figure out how not to aggrandize ourselves but look towards solving problems.” pic.twitter.com/QcojBJye1e
— CNN (@CNN) April 19, 2020
My new one in @NYDailyNews "If there’s one lesson the farce of conducting the April 7 Wisconsin elections in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic should have taught Republicans, it is that the voters you hurt may be your own." https://t.co/0fJ8z8BgKd
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) April 20, 2020
The American people have a constitutional right to free and fair elections. Forcing voters to choose between risking their lives and giving up that sacred right is anything but free and fair. pic.twitter.com/OhrYa4O8e9
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) April 22, 2020
Happy to talk to @NinaTotenberg for @NPR @MorningEdition about the Supreme Court and voting rights during the pandemic: https://t.co/a9KFkhk75I Also featuring the great @JoanBiskupic
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) April 23, 2020
We’re committed to ensuring a free and fair election in November. How are we, for example, preventing elected officials from manipulating elections? Check out the details on our website: https://t.co/xqdhkfytGi
— Protect Democracy (@protctdemocracy) April 24, 2020
After months of hard work, complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a bipartisan, diverse group of scholars and leaders has released a new report on IMMEDIATE steps that need to be taken in law, media, politics, and tech to avoid a November election meltdown. #FairElectionCrisis /1
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) April 28, 2020
Fair Elections During a Crisis: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech to Advance the Legitimacy of, $ the Public’s Confidence in, the Nov. 2020 U.S. Elections, details 14 URGENT recommendations. Available here: https://t.co/kWANdVHWcr #FairElectionsCrisis /2
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) April 28, 2020
Protecting our elections and expanding national service are imperatives...so that, despite Trump, we can again emerge from profound crisis with renewed national strength and unity.
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) April 29, 2020
Opinion | It’s Not Enough to ‘Get Back to Normal’ - The New York Times https://t.co/XjhMfciptT
Our letter to all 50 states & DC today - governors, secretaries of state, state elex directors & legislative leaders - urges speedy prep for Nov2020 amid #coronavirus.
— Election Task Force (@ElectionTask) April 29, 2020
✅ expanded early voting
✅ expanded vote by mail
✅ safe in-person voting & alternatives like curbside voting
No citizen should have to choose between exercising their right to vote and protecting their health.
— Election Task Force (@ElectionTask) April 29, 2020
Voting in Nov2020 during a global pandemic will require advance planning and more support and $ from Congress. Our letter: https://t.co/0DIboDfVXd
Hundreds of protesters entered the Michigan State Capitol building and crowded its halls and staircases, demanding the state legislature not extend Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order. https://t.co/a7uzFMm9Vg pic.twitter.com/nnI7Qfgc9j
— ABC News (@ABC) April 30, 2020
American Airlines, Delta to require facial coverings on U.S. flights https://t.co/DNlLSJRptp pic.twitter.com/QwTm65P8Xz
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 30, 2020