Alabama celebration (not pedophile Senator!)

Because we avoided sending a pedophile to the senate and got a good Democrat elected in Alabama – highlights

Election night started with this hopeful note – as a number of black voters had their rights restored – she voted the first time in her life. At 33

This woman just voted for the first time. “My eyes just burning. Ain’t nobody crying.” #ALSen pic.twitter.com/VXxBNxjB7T

— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) December 12, 2017

as the NYT model started shifting blue, the hedging started

Now Hannity’s explaining that Trump didn’t **really** campaign for Moore.

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) December 13, 2017

and cheers at Jones’s headquarters

Crowd cheers as Jones goes ahead on CNN count #ALSEN pic.twitter.com/R1PkFdJdD8

— Bridget Bowman (@bridgetbhc) December 13, 2017

more hedging

RNC: ROY WHO???? https://t.co/z7HzAdd59b

— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) December 13, 2017

first sight of result – before AP called it

NYT model calls it. pic.twitter.com/ipwSfiEicX

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 13, 2017

Maxine having fun

https://twitter.com/RepMaxineWa…/status/940791605753204737

worries for the emperor

Hide the KFC tonight. #BingeEating #AlabamaSenateElection #ALsen pic.twitter.com/WNf0pB12ls

— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) December 13, 2017

who might be a tad upset

NOW WE GO LIVE TO THE WHITE HOUSE: pic.twitter.com/TV2ymaJUmS

— Ryan Graney (@RyanEGraney) December 13, 2017

first gif

https://twitter.com/AdamParkhom…/status/940792413433532416

Burying dead narratives

Narratives that just died:

— African Americans won't turn out

— Trump's formidable last minute entry will swing election

— Pro-choice stance doomed Jones

— Bannon's use of Nazi/Soviet propaganda techniques was fiendishly brilliant

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) December 13, 2017

and again

This tweet aged badly https://t.co/WjHn6N0qVI

— Aki Peritz (@AkiPeritz) December 13, 2017

and Dersh channeling Nina Turner

Now on Fox News:

Alan Dershowitz saying “This was not a win for Democrats, it was a loss for Roy Moore. . . . This tells us nothing. It is completely a one-off.”

— Kia Makarechi (@Kia_Mak) December 13, 2017

more recriminations

Source close to the RNC tells me folks there are furious with Ronna McDaniel over their move to jump back in the race for Moore.

“Congratulations on dropping the Romney name and picking up a pedophile. Proud day for the RNC.”

— Al Weaver (@alweaver22) December 13, 2017

and a response to 🍊’s tweet next day

Dear Lightweight @realDonaldTrump: Since your brand is so toxic and folks you endorse like Gillespie, Strange and Moore end up losing, can you please endorse my congressional opponent? https://t.co/Sgyr1p3Cex

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 13, 2017

some new narratives

Doug Jones quoting MLK and fully embracing diversity not playing to the type of a defensive Democrat in the deepest red state. Authenticity shines through and is like a revelation.

— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) December 13, 2017

Hanukah side

Yesterday the wife of the guy everyone thought would be senator from Alabama said they couldn't be anti-semitic because her lawyer was Jewish.

Today, the Senator-elect from Alabama wished us a Happy Hanukkah.

— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) December 13, 2017

is he gone?

Steve Bannon excels at helping Democrats win seats they shouldn’t:

2010: Angle and O’Donnell
2012: Mourdock and Akin
2017: Moore

— Evan Siegfried (@evansiegfried) December 13, 2017

or is he confounding us still

https://twitter.com/gettinnotic…/status/941081086515281920

final result

The last precincts just came in, per AP. Jones won by 1.6%. https://t.co/UqoGJ6H6pt pic.twitter.com/tjDEjpDyyI

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 13, 2017

demographics

There are a lot of reasons why, but the Roy Moore vote was *very* white, a majority white men, older and religious. The GOP has worried about being reduced to those voters since 2012. https://t.co/hfz4h9BiKI pic.twitter.com/oaXlccDkNn

— Philip Bump (@pbump) December 13, 2017

Tabloids

Bama bucks the perv! https://t.co/9ZaMFXw7aA

An early look at Wednesday's front… pic.twitter.com/HkiiBl4v0V

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 13, 2017

how we feel

People are either thrilled we won or despondent we almost didn’t. Hold on to BOTH these feelings.

EVERY RACE IN 2018 WILL BE THIS CLOSE. Every race, prejudice and fear will mobilize PASSIONATELY.

2018: Fight voter suppression. Work down ballot. Maintain this jubilant panic!

— Joss Whedon (@joss) December 13, 2017

and also

#WednesdayWisdom

A great way to wake up!

FBI says Trump is an idiot.

USA Today Ed. Bd says Trump isn't fit to clean toilets.

McMaster calls Trump an idiot w intelligence of a kindergartner.

Tillerson says Trump's a fucking moron.

Jones wins!

We're finally coming together! pic.twitter.com/1h6Gjvkr6Z

— RiotWomenn (@riotwomennn) December 13, 2017

this moment in history

54 years ago Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson & Carol Denise McNair killed by KKK in Birmingham Church Bombing

Today Alabama sent the man who prosecuted their killers to the Senate

The vote has power pic.twitter.com/aaZkge0hhO

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) December 13, 2017

Wow. Great moving video…
Sister of 1963 Birmingham church bombing victim celebrates Jones’ win https://t.co/D2FLCqMmfT

— Joe Trippi (@JoeTrippi) December 16, 2017

and

This is Patricia Gaines, whose father, a liberal minister, was driven out of Selma in 1961 by Klansmen on horseback. She went back to Selma for the first time today to drive black voters to the polls. pic.twitter.com/A6q8JDtDg9

— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) December 13, 2017

They were angry at her dad for offering communion to blacks. The whole family fled in the middle of the night. With her father out of work, she entered beauty pageants to put herself through college.

— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) December 13, 2017

and

"Alabama for the moment has thrown off the dead hand of George Wallace. The modern, urban, educated, upwardly mobile population of Alabama has coalesced" tonight. Howell Raines just now on @MSNBC.

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 13, 2017

And today

A former Alabama sharecropper in an SUV spent more than 10 hours driving registered voters to polling stations for Doug Jones who didn’t have transportation or couldn’t make the trip without help. https://t.co/ZtcanBVKSF

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 14, 2017

Remember the video I tweeted of the Alabama peanut farmer who was protesting outside the Roy Moore rally in honor of his gay daughter who committed suicide? How could anyone forget, right? Watch this interview of him on @TheEllenShow. He’s an inspiration. pic.twitter.com/zILRiZcu5y

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) December 15, 2017

also

The Confederacy can eat shit

— Daniel Carlson (@danielwcarlson) December 13, 2017

and

Selma, Lord, Selma. It’s no coincidence that Selma, where blood was shed in the struggle for voting rights for Black people, pushed #DougJones ahead for good. #Alabama

— Be A King (@BerniceKing) December 13, 2017

and Moore won’t concede

Narrator's voice: Roy was right. God was in control. What he didn't realise was, She's black. https://t.co/pCpVifXgbq

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 13, 2017

but seriously, religion and sex predators

A very interesting piece of data from Alabama exit polls: While White women overall voted for Moore 63 to 34, when you break out evangelical vs non you get evangelical white women 76 – 22 Moore; non-evangelical white women 74 – 21 Jones!

— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) December 13, 2017

which makes sense since

Forget the senate election. Roy Moore still hasn’t conceded the Civil War.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) December 13, 2017

and his campaign

The Moore campaign sent out a fundraising email at 10:41 PM—15 minutes after AP called the race—warning that "time is running out!" pic.twitter.com/MEM1dlcJgG

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) December 13, 2017

Mr 50 states strategy:

This puts the US Senate in play in 2018. NEVER EVER GIVE UP ON ANY STATE

— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) December 13, 2017

and a wish

After all of the Trump voter panels, now would be a good time for a panel on what black women are demanding from the Democratic Party for their continued support

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) December 13, 2017

and ending with this still searching for that video of the black women dancing after the vote – disappeared for some reason

so, back to the other  owner

@realDonaldTrump owns this 100% pic.twitter.com/q55L4BZxNC

— Joao (@appliedsoft) December 14, 2017

and this one

this is real. pic.twitter.com/45ALA1zd22

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 14, 2017

counterpoint

It took an extraordinarily unsuccessful series of choices, by Republican leaders, to make the Alabama race competitive even *before* the Moore scandal. Let’s review them in choose-your-adventure form.

— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) December 12, 2017

found the gif I wanted in a slew of brilliant comments to this dud

Skip the tweet, go for the comments https://t.co/Q30ivZK4Uz

— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 15, 2017

Can confirm!
I was sent this secret footage of Black women sneaking into Alabama to vote for Doug Jones. 🤫 pic.twitter.com/umdByzippP

— K.R. Whalen (@KR_Whalen) December 14, 2017

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