Thank you ALABAMA!!
— Doug Jones (@GDouglasJones) December 13, 2017
This time, the Trump playbook didn’t work. https://t.co/TPeFasJTna
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 13, 2017
CNN, Fox News, the AP, The Washington Post and The New York Times have called it. https://t.co/hOJS2koY0T https://t.co/Yatd6ze09w
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) December 13, 2017
Tomorrow:
CNN: Doug Jones wins!
MSNBC: Doug Jones pulls of the upset!
NBC News: What does Doug Jones' win mean for tax bill fight?Fox News: pic.twitter.com/qk1TY4oWGo
— jordan yule log ⛄️ (@JordanUhl) December 13, 2017
The only one with the power to perhaps force Moore from the race was Donald Trump, if he had come out strongly against Moore and pressured Alabama party officials. Instead he took the Bannon path and is now a 2x loser in the Alabama senate race
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) December 13, 2017
I never thought I’d live in a country where the defeat of an accused child rapist would be considered an unfathomable upset.
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) December 13, 2017
Black women play a significantly more powerful role in America's political system than white supremacists, yet media organizations keep choosing to profile the latter and not the former. Why?
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) November 25, 2017
Tonight is why you run real candidates even in races you don't think you can win. Democrats were lucky that Roy Moore's past spilled out into the open. But they only won because Doug Jones was good.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) December 13, 2017
Earlier:
With 81% reporting, less than 1% separates Roy Moore and Doug Jones in close Alabama race. Live results: https://t.co/HT1AvLIHcc pic.twitter.com/NFrC3RQEFU
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 13, 2017
Southern states sometimes get stereotyped for slow vote-counting, but Alabama has done an admirable job tonight, with about 80% of precincts reporting 2 hours or so after polls closed. https://t.co/UitAqz0l0K
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) December 13, 2017
WHAT? Very, very close… #AlabamaSenateElection pic.twitter.com/8xFo08BvSc
— Pippa Norris (@PippaN15) December 13, 2017
Just got off the phone with Birmingham City Councilor Sheila Tyson: "The lines have been long, the parking lots jam-packed. These African American communities are turning up, and they turning out.” https://t.co/UNrsyd47Cn
— Ella Nilsen (@ella_nilsen) December 12, 2017
CNN and MSNBC carrying AL election live. On Fox News, Tucker is talking about Mueller and the Clintons.
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) December 13, 2017
If the write ins are the margin of error that allows Doug Jones to win then the Dems owe Sen. Shelby a big thank you.
— Nell Scovell (@NellSco) December 13, 2017
Does anyone know what a messy, high-stakes recount with national implications in AL would look like?
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 13, 2017
Early exit poll: Majority of Alabama voters decided before Moore's scandal https://t.co/i1isycLffl pic.twitter.com/AmGmsCNuT7
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 13, 2017
Where are the other three horsemen? https://t.co/asFt7XLvzI
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 12, 2017
boom pic.twitter.com/xaceeTSSPr
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) December 12, 2017
Roy Moore campaign spokesman responds with silence when asked if he knew people can be sworn in with a text other than the Christian bible pic.twitter.com/B65qIKBjlI
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 12, 2017
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ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
USA Today Editorial Board: "A president who would all but call Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or to shine the shoes of George W. Bush." https://t.co/Bh0s9BrU0J
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 13, 2017
Look at the number of retweets and likes for the Senator here, compared to he same #s for the President's tweet to which she is replying. https://t.co/815XMljxlS
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) December 12, 2017
WH says Trump doesn't owe Sen. Gillibrand an apology and that Trump's tweet only suggestive 'if your mind is in the gutter' pic.twitter.com/apJqCDmzLg
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 12, 2017
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WORLD
How a day on British twitter works pic.twitter.com/7DAuNNgNq0
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) December 12, 2017
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Labour whips telling Labour MPs to abstain on the vote to stay in the Single Market. Sad. Their young supporters in particular will be disappointed. Pleased to see some Labour MPs disregarded their whip. Anna Soubry and Ken Clarke and the SNP also joined our ranks.
— Tom Brake (@thomasbrake) December 12, 2017
