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    Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 23h23 hours ago

    Ben Wikler Retweeted Jeremy Diamond

    Here’s the reality: this shutdown could end with Trump cracking—or with McConnell simply overriding a Trump veto and re-passing the spending bill that previously sailed unanimously through the Senate and, in the next Congress, just passed the House.https://twitter.com/jdiamond1/status/1081257982392844288 …

    Ben Wikler added,

    Jeremy DiamondVerified account @JDiamond1
    Schumer now says Trump "said he'd keep the government closed for a very long period of time -- months or even YEARS."
    11:00 am - 4 Jan 2019 From Charlotte, NC
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      2. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 23h23 hours ago

        Tons of GOP senators are up in 2020, incl @SenJoniErnst @SenCoryGardner @SenatorCollins @SenThomTillis @sendavidperdue @SenMcSallyAZ—all of whom will lose if there’s a swing to D even close to as big as in 2018, giving Ds a majority even if Jones falls. & @senatemajldr is up too

        26 replies . 296 retweets 814 likes
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      3. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 23h23 hours ago

        The conventional wisdom is that voters have short memories and that damage from shutdowns fades fast. But that won’t apply if this lasts for months. Nobody forgot health care repeal. This shutdown will cause more & more real pain. And the public knows who’s inflicting it on them.

        3 replies . 105 retweets 364 likes
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      4. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 23h23 hours ago

        This isn’t just a #TrumpShutdown. It’s a #MitchShutdown.

        19 replies . 311 retweets 784 likes
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      5. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 23h23 hours ago

        As the shutdown continues, GOP polling is going to take a nosedive. And it’s already pretty bad. But Mitch is in a bind, because if his GOP Senate overrides Trump, they’ll bleed support from their right flank as well. This is a disaster for him and his caucus.

        15 replies . 109 retweets 379 likes
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      6. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 22h22 hours ago

        The credible threat of a veto override from Mitch would result in Trump finding some path to reopen the government and declare victory. Because there’s nothing Trump fears more than humiliation. (Which leads him into confrontations where humiliation becomes inevitable.)

        7 replies . 77 retweets 288 likes
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      7. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 22h22 hours ago

        The only question, really, is how long Mitch is willing to let his caucus hang out to dry before he makes the call to Trump to get this thing over with. In the meantime, if you want an open government and/or don’t want a GOP Senate, it’s time to build pressure on GOP Senators.

        10 replies . 117 retweets 334 likes
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      8. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 22h22 hours ago

        If you’re furloughed and have a GOP senator, maybe use some free time to protest at your senators’ offices. Visit DC to protest them there. Make signs with your senators’ names and faces on them. Also worth doing if you’re not furloughed. Oh, and call them daily: 202-224-3121.

        3 replies . 192 retweets 335 likes
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      9. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 22h22 hours ago

        Ben Wikler Retweeted OldDominionBlue

        If you can’t get someone on the line in DC, call local offices. Find all their phone numbers at http://contactingcongress.org .https://twitter.com/jaegersmomma/status/1081269805175443457?s=21 …

        Ben Wikler added,

        OldDominionBlue @Jaegersmomma
        Replying to @benwikler
        North Carolina residents, DC offices of Burr and Tillis are rolling straight to voicemail. Feel free to leave a message but also call their local offices. I called the ones closest to me: Thom Tillis, High Point office, 336-885-0685 Richard Burr, Winston-Salem, 336- 631-5125
        2 replies . 87 retweets 189 likes
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      10. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 22h22 hours ago

        Another good way to reach your GOP senators to urge them to reopen the government: @resistbot. Check out http://resist.bot  for more info.

        4 replies . 88 retweets 167 likes
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      11. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 22h22 hours ago

        If you have Dems in Congress, call and thank them for standing firm. This is crucial. If Dems capitulate on wall funding now, Trump will use shutdowns for hostage-taking at every opportunity going forward. Ds know this, which is part of why they’re doing the right thing.

        5 replies . 142 retweets 357 likes
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      12. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 22h22 hours ago

        Trump has a feral instinct for sensing points of weakness and then ripping them open. What he’s doing with the shutdown is a pure dominance play. To show he won’t be bossed by a woman. It can only be met through superior strength, or it will be repeated ad infinitum.

        8 replies . 105 retweets 313 likes
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      13. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 22h22 hours ago

        Pelosi will hold. For the rest of us, the key is to make this the hill that the GOP Senate caucus either flees or dies on. This is the #MitchShutdown. This is the #CollinsShutdown. This is the #GardnerShutdown. And these senators are serving their final, servile terms in office.

        8 replies . 229 retweets 492 likes
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      14. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 22h22 hours ago

        Ben Wikler Retweeted Jordan Zakarin

        One last tactic suggestion: fund the eventual D Senate challengers.https://twitter.com/jordanzakarin/status/1081266933654261760?s=21 …

        Ben Wikler added,

        Jordan ZakarinVerified account @jordanzakarin
        Donate to all of their prospective Democratic opponents here! The money will be held in an independent fund, then sent to the eventual Democratic nominee: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/2020democraticsenate?refcode=tweet … https://twitter.com/benwikler/status/1081266592355414022 …
        1 reply . 65 retweets 190 likes
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      15. Ben Wikler‏Verified account @benwikler 22h22 hours ago

        Ben Wikler Retweeted Seung Min Kim

        Hill reporters: consider asking GOP senators if they agree with Trump’s plan to keep the government shut down for years.https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/1081270472338227200?s=2 …

        Ben Wikler added,

        Seung Min KimVerified account @seungminkim
        .@realDonaldTrump confirms he said this: "I did. I did. I did say that. absolutely I said that." https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1081259770332487681 …
        3 replies . 84 retweets 218 likes
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      16. End of conversation
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      2. Caps Nats‏ @StevenMcD0218 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @benwikler @jonfavs

        If TSA and air traffic controllers decided enough is enough and walked off the job en masse, this shutdown would be over in hours.

        1 reply . 4 retweets 31 likes
      3. The REAL MillerFinch‏ @REALmillerfinch 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @StevenMcD0218 @benwikler @jonfavs

        Or all Federal employees working without pay. That would be a real shutdown. Let’s start with the Senate and WH payroll people.

        0 replies . 4 retweets 20 likes
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      2. A Tree  🌹‏ @ATree87571299 23h23 hours ago
        Replying to @benwikler

        Remember, "sailed unanimously" means McConnell is blocking a vote reaffirming a bill even HE voted For. Are these people insane?

        2 replies . 9 retweets 58 likes
      3. Sean OFarrell‏ @skofarrell 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @ATree87571299 @benwikler

        Yes. Yes, they are.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 27 likes
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      2. JD‏ @JDawsonTweets 18h18 hours ago
        Replying to @benwikler

        @SenateGOP @senatemajldr own this shutdown. Period. Vote them out! List of GOP Senators up for re-election in 2020 1/2 Mitch McConnell (R-KY Lindsey Graham (R-SC Joni Ernst (R-IA Susan Collins (R-ME Ben Sasse (R-NE Lamar Alexander (R-TN Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV

        1 reply . 3 retweets 5 likes
      3. JD‏ @JDawsonTweets 18h18 hours ago
        Replying to @JDawsonTweets @benwikler and

        List of GOP Senators up for re-election in 2020 2/2 Bill Cassidy LA John Cornyn TX Tom Cotton AR Steve Daines MT Mike Enzi WY Cory Gardner CO Cindy Hyde-Smith MS Martha McSally AZ David Perdue GA Jim Risch ID Pat Roberts R-KS Mike Rounds SD Dan Sullivan AK Thom Tillis NC

        0 replies . 3 retweets 5 likes
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