@Fritschner

House guy. DCoS @repdonbeyer | past: @jenniferwexton @KamalaHarris @deborahrossnc | he/him | Hendersonville, NC native | SciFi, RocknRoll fan | Tweets mine/dumb

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A brief throwaway movie line that I think about all the time in Congress and the U.S. government, delivered by Captain Kirk in Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan- “You have to learn why things work on a Starship.”
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“If we don’t win, there’s no money” Conditioning faithful execution of the law on election support is the basic definition of government corruption. Even Republican voters know that isn’t how the American system is supposed to work. He’s doing this at every rally in every state.
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Anyone who thinks he’s joking or that this is acceptable in any way should read about the people he’s threatening. That’s the word for it: it’s a threat, and the people he’s threatening are Marines who served and then got cancer because they were exposed to poison. This is sick.
Dan Merica@merica50m
Camp Lejeune veterans and their families have been pleading for help for years. Their stories are heartbreaking. I wrote about them here: washingtonpost.com/politics/… The president says here that he will only fund help for these families if his party does well in an election.

Analysis | ‘I can’t let him go’: Those impacted by Camp Lejeune’s toxic water are still fighting

In today’s edition … The emotional fight over Camp Lejeune’s toxic water ... The push to confirm Trump appointees drags on … Trump’s pressure campaign on Powell gets its first test.

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Trump says that if Republicans lose in North Carolina he will use the power of his office to deny US Marine Corps veterans’ claims for medical treatment for cancer and other life threatening diseases resulting from decades of water contamination by toxic chemicals at Camp Lejeune
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar1h
Trump on Camp Lejeune water contamination claims: "If we win the House and Senate, I am directing the Department of Justice to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible ... if we don't win, there's no money."
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Whole lotta data points suggesting that the outside spending advantage that was supposed to be the Republican firewall in House races has done little or nothing for them. The polling seems more mixed on that question in the Senate — but that could just be herding or bet hedging
Jacob Rubashkin@JacobRubashkin4h
In the past week we've seen CLF/No Going Back triage four of the races where Republicans had the biggest spending disparity in September and early October: NY-03, TX-28, CA-13, and now FL-25.
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Madeline Conway@MadelineRConway1h
He’s a bad person and he deserves to lose badly.
Alex Isenstadt@axiosalex2h
SCOOP: Vivek Ramaswamy is doubling down on the explosive ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother attacking her daughter, putting $4 million behind it despite fierce bipartisan backlash More >> axios.com/2026/10/21/ramaswa…

Exclusive: Ramaswamy doubles down on explosive ad featuring rival's mother, despite backlash

Ramaswamy is gambling that the deeply personal attack by Amy Acton's mother will resonate with voters.

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Marc Caputo
@MarcACaputo10h
New Rule: an ad that features a mom denouncing a daughter whom she lost custody of because her husband raped the child when she was 12 is not an effective communication
Sam Stein
@samstein13h
Surprised that folks think the Amy Acton mother ad will work. My immediate reaction (which i suspect will be other's) was: wait, is that her mother? Then I searched for the backstory on Acton's family. And then, well...
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Justin Barasky@JustinBarasky13h
Chris Christie knew who Vivek Ramaswamy was from the jump.
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Hell yeah go get em @FPWellman
Ally Mutnick@allymutnick1h
Wow CLF made a $650K buy in #MO02 for GOP Rep Ann Wagner This is a Trump +8 seat but has gotten little attention before now. Dem nominee Fred Wellman outraised Wagner last quarter
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NRCC going up on the air in Florida-16 !?
Jake Sherman
@JakeSherman8h
NEW -- The NRCC has placed a hybrid by with SYDNEY GRUTERS' campaign in the Tampa media market. $238,179 so far. Gruters, the RNC chair's wife, has an unusually tough race in Rep. Vern Buchanan's seat. It's an Trump+14.....
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People overuse the word “desperate” in campaign contexts but this genuinely reeks of desperation by the Ramaswamy campaign. Hard to think anyone would mistake this for a good idea - which it manifestly is not - unless they thought they were losing by an insurmountable deficit
Alex Isenstadt@axiosalex2h
SCOOP: Vivek Ramaswamy is doubling down on the explosive ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother attacking her daughter, putting $4 million behind it despite fierce bipartisan backlash More >> axios.com/2026/10/21/ramaswa…

Exclusive: Ramaswamy doubles down on explosive ad featuring rival's mother, despite backlash

Ramaswamy is gambling that the deeply personal attack by Amy Acton's mother will resonate with voters.

axios.com
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Whaaaaaaat
Jake Sherman
@JakeSherman1h
House Rules Chair Virginia Foxx is now up on the air. This is a Trump +18 district.
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G Elliott Morris
@gelliottmorris2h
We were investigating Wedgewood for faking their data and emailed them for comment this morning, ahead of publishing the findings tomorrow. They are trying to cover up their fraud with the "we were doing a social experiment" excuse. Full story here: blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/fif…

FiftyPlusOne just caught a pollster faking data — and they copped to it

In response to a request for comment on a FiftyPlusOne investigation, Wedgewood Polls admitted their data was bogus

blog.fiftyplusone.news
Wedgewood Polls@WedgewoodPolls4h
The polling industry needs major reform. Our statement below:
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Wedgewood Polls released this statement after FiftyPlusOne contacted them regarding evidence of fabricated poll data. They had shared fraudulent raw data the prior day and raised crowdfunding for polls presented as legitimate. blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/fiftyplusone… x.com/gelliottmorris…
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Ethan Lynne@ethanclynne3h
Vivek Ramaswamy’s first public appearance today didn’t go well:
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Steve Schale
@steveschale2h
As WNC man @Fritschner knows well, can never take anything in that part of the county for granted & this is one to run through the tape, but @JamieAgerNC has run a model race. (Big tip of hat to @GraysonForNC)
Aaron Fritschner@Fritschner4h
Trump’s Super PAC is cutting off Jennifer Balkcom in NC-11, just a day after JD Vance went to the district to campaign with her. Never thought I’d see national Republicans concede this seat
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Their “social experiment” raised what appears to be at least $500 very real dollars on GoFundMe for a poll of Nebraska. Seems this “wake-up call” may actually be an admission of a minor criminal enterprise
Wedgewood Polls@WedgewoodPolls4h
The polling industry needs major reform. Our statement below:
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Wedgewood Polls released this statement after FiftyPlusOne contacted them regarding evidence of fabricated poll data. They had shared fraudulent raw data the prior day and raised crowdfunding for polls presented as legitimate. blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/fiftyplusone… x.com/gelliottmorris…
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G Elliott Morris
@gelliottmorris3h
they're spinning. story to come
Wedgewood Polls@WedgewoodPolls4h
The polling industry needs major reform. Our statement below:
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Wedgewood Polls released this statement after FiftyPlusOne contacted them regarding evidence of fabricated poll data. They had shared fraudulent raw data the prior day and raised crowdfunding for polls presented as legitimate. blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/fiftyplusone… x.com/gelliottmorris…
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Andrew Feinberg
@AndrewFeinberg7h
I had told him exactly who I was not five minutes before this exchange.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar7h
😳 Trump snaps at another reporter: "Hey! I don't know who the hell you are but you better be careful"
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Blake Allen
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Replying to @Fritschner
Crazy to think where we would be at right now if Musk had not thrown $350M to the GOP this cycle
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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar7h
YIKES -- Trump loses his shit at a reporter for the third time during this Q&A -- "Wait wait -- Quiet. Quiet!!!! What's wrong with you? Are you a SICK person?"
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Several of these seats are rated Lean D by analysts, yet Republicans are triaging top targets and moving money into places like #VA02 where they’re expected to lose. Keeping promises to incumbents is likely driving the strategy; we may see some finger pointing over this later.
Ally Mutnick@allymutnick4h
Replying to @allymutnick
And CLF is doubling down with $9M across six new GOP-held districts: #AZ06 - Juan Ciscomani #MI04 - Bill Huizenga #VA02 - Jen Kiggans #PA08 - Rob Bresnahan #WI03 - Derrick Van Orden #SC01 - OPEN punchbowl.news/archive/10202… w @JakeSherman
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