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Norman Ornstein
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Political scientist, contributing editor for the Atlantic, contributor to The Contrarian, cohost of the podcast Words Matter.
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Feb 11, 2021
    When I lost my son, I was in a fog for weeks, nearly paralyzed with grief. To imagine that @RepRaskin has not just gotten up every day, but has done this master class in constitutional law, philosophy, logic, patriotism & more with eloquence, force, passion...My God. What a hero.
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Jan 9, 2021
    The DC Police Chief says there was no indication of anything more than a peaceful protest. He must resign. This is incompetence beyond any reckoning.
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Jul 31, 2020
    There is no greater embarrassment in the House of Representatives than Jim Jordan.
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Dec 29, 2020
    It is past time for CNN to find an alternative to Rick Santorum
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Oct 3, 2020
    Note to Schumer: here is what McConnell would do if situation reversed. 53 D’s, 5 or more quarantined. Keep Senate in session, bring in all Rs, replace you as leader, change committee chairs, direct Sergeant at arms to bar entry to any with Covid, reject SCt nominee. Just sayin.
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Oct 2, 2020
    I was there in the debate hall. The entire Trump entourage came in w masks, took them off as soon as they sat down, refused to put them on when asked by Cleveland Clinic personnel. Flouting defiantly the law & rules. And Trump shouting only 8-10 feet from Biden for 90 mins. Oy
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Feb 10, 2021
    It is clear to me that as soon as this trial is over, Josh Hawley should be at minimum censured, along with Ted Cruz.
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Oct 15, 2020
    Diane Feinstein praising Barrett, and then inexplicably praising Graham, is a clear sign that she should not remain as the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Nov 20, 2022
    My Nancy Pelosi story. My son died on January 3, 2015. The funeral & first night of shiva were on Jan 6. Congress had just convened, was in session. Nancy came to the shiva—and stayed for 3 hours. She had every reason not to be there, or just make a brief stop. She is a Mensch.
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Jan 29, 2021
    Liz Cheney by any standard is a hardline conservative. On policy issues, she is on the right end of her party's spectrum. So the jihad against her, with the execrable Matt Gaetz going to Wyoming to attack her, underscores the reality of the GOP. It is a radical cult. 1/
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Sep 29, 2020
    I think it is time for the SDNY and the NY AG to depose Anthony Kennedy’s son.
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    Norman Ornstein
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    May 23, 2019
    .@PeteButtigieg knocks another one out of the park: “I don’t have a problem standing up to someone who was working on season seven of ‘Celebrity Apprentice, while I was packing my bags for Afghanistan.”
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Jul 8, 2022
    The Supreme Court was fine with people protesting at the homes of abortion clinic workers. Scalia, joined by his colleagues, said the first amendment doesn’t exclude protests on public sidewalks. But none of this apparently applies to the justices making these decisions.
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    Norman Ornstein
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    Oct 9, 2022
    If I were NBC, I would make @jonstewart the moderator of Meet the Press.