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THE BUZZ FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: The unmistakable message from top Democratic Party officials to caucus members who may be fantasizing about a possible 2022 challenge to Sen. Alex Padilla: Don’t go there.
Padilla, California’s first Latino senator, is launching his reelection campaign today, releasing alongside it a powerhouse endorsement list led by names like House Speaker
Ted Cruz Said Maxine Waters Is Calling For Violence Then Got Called Out Himself
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Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz attempted to call California Democratic House Rep. Maxine Waters out for calling for violence at a Derek Chauvin protest. However, he missed the mark and ended up being accused of inciting violence himself.
Some blame Cruz for the Capitol Hill insurrection on Jan. 6, stating that Cruz riled up disgruntled President Trump supporters into believing that the election was stolen.
The Root held back no punches in criticizing Cruz’s shortsightedness, calling him a “Dollar Store version of Wolverine” and having a Great Value Clint Eastwood beard in need of trimming.
Pelosi's office for weeks has insisted to reporters that it was "false" to suggest she was discouraging members from leaving for the Biden administration.
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12/10/2020 09:13 AM EST
THE BUZZ: If Gov. Gavin Newsom was looking for a wartime consigliere, he may just have gotten one.
A particularly perilous political path stretches before the first-term governor. A restive and anxious public is running out of patience with coronavirus lockdowns even as we enter what could be the pandemic’s deadliest phase. In the coming months, Newsom will have to oversee the vaccination of some 40 million Californians while trying to revive an economy battered by months of ratcheting restrictions and dealing with legislators who are clamoring to flex their supermajority might.