I get the sense that the White House has absolutely no clue the extent to which the mob riot at the Capitol has shaken the city and the country to the core. No clue. Useless. Clueless.
Lawmakers are absolutely shaken. Members of press corps going through various degrees of ptsd
Pelosi will now fine people if they don’t follow screening protocols. $5000 for the first offense, $10,000 for the second offense. It will be docked from their government salary
I’m putting this in Playbook this morning … it must be said: for all the talk in GOP circles about the genius in the president’s political orbit, dumping on mail-in and absentee balloting for months will go down as one of the dumbest political decisions of all time.
MANCHIN on gun talks: “I’ve never been in this frame of mind, I can't get my grandchildren out of my mind.”
Manchin said talks this time around feel very different.
Hoyer with a quite powerful floor speech. Walked around the floor w a picture @mtgreenee posted of herself holding w gun next to a photo of @RashidaTlaib@AOC and @IlhanMN. Said they aren’t the squad, they are rashida, Alexandria and Ilhan. Added they are our colleagues.