(2) First Lady Melania Trump is a natural in this important role.
She's one of those women whose face lights up whenever she is around children. God Bless our great First Lady.
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(3) FLOTUS left Joint Base Andrews in her trademark high heels and arrived in Ghana wearing practical flats. She still looks sensational, whatever she happens to wear!
(4) FLOTUS was welcomed by the First Lady of Ghana and they seemed to get on well.
(5) Melania Trump poses with Osabarimba Kwesi Atta II, the chieftan of the regional Fante tribe, at the Emintsimadze Palace in Cape Coast, Ghana, 10/3/18.
The First Lady's hosts seem very happy to be with her. Just genuine goodwill and goodness.
(8) @ivankatrump visited residents affected by #HurricaneFlorence in NC on Wednesday and helped distribute meals at the Hyde Park Baptist Church in Lumberton.
Please remember those affected & if you can, donate to a trusted charity.
(9) A rockstar welcome for FLOTUS in Malawi for her 1-day visit there. Met by First Lady Gertrude Mutharika at Lilongwe International Airport October 4, 2018. #BeBest
(10) POTUS does rally after rally. Five this week, and numbers like that planned for the next month up until election day. We are going to #DefyHistory by winning the first midterms after a new President was elected, which hasn't happened in years.
(12) Thursday was a great day for the Republican party. 🐘🇺🇸
Also, Melania Trump petted this baby elephant in Kenya, which I think is kinda symbolic, no? And cute af. Wait till you see her giving him his bottle! 🍼
Republicans are uniting behind Kavanaugh. Historic.
(13) Listening to the Trump rally in Rochester, MN, from the overflow crowd outside. Thank you for your service, Sir.
(2) Brett M. Kavanaugh will soon be the 102nd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the USA. He has earned this highest honor throughout his life, inspired by his trailblazing mother, Judge Martha Kavanaugh.
His title for these few hours is Associate Justice Designate.
(3) This statement from the Supreme Court explains the two ceremonies:
(2) This WaPo reporter is incorrect about the vote being "scheduled for" Saturday. The earliest time a vote COULD be held is Saturday pm. There's no reason not to hold it on Sun/Mon IF we need Daines. I think we won't. Read my 5 tweets about him here:
(1) A directory of my Kavanaugh threads since July 9, 2018.
I never planned more than a couple of threads about him this year but, I shoulda known the Dems would try to destroy whoever was the nominee this time.
(2) Like Democrats, I'd already decided how I felt about him before his nomination was announced. I live-tweeted the announcement, which was a great event in itself.
(3) I followed Kavanaugh's progress over the summer and on September 22nd, I finally wrote a thread about the preparations for the all-important hearing on September 27th. It covers the hearing before the next thread started the day after.
(2) Mitch laughing to himself about how absurd it is that he has to push his way through the crowd of reporters on 9/25/18.
(3) Sen Grassley is 85 years old. (Democrats have senators around that age, too.)
Today he had to hold onto a Capitol Police officer to reduce the risk of a reporter knocking him over. This has to stop. Senators must return to being able to walk around freely at work.
(2) Cloture in the Senate is a procedural step that you can learn more about at the link below. The senate.gov website is the best resource for learning about Senate procedure and a lot more. Same for house.gov.
(3) Watching live Senate floor proceedings is boring as hell, as they pass bills for naming Post Offices, & so on. But every now & then, they confirm a SCOTUS judge. And this time, they will affirm our great #BillOfRights#DueProcess & the hard-won #RuleOfLaw. Seriously. 🇺🇸🦅