Friday, September 13, 2019

Some Tweets from David Sirota

David Sirota is candidate Bernie Sanders' speechwriter.



  •  Pinned Tweet
     Aug 14
    NEWS: We are launching Bern Notice -- the ' campaign's digital newsletter with scoops, insights and news nuggets about the election. Subscribe at this link -- and please retweet: Bern after reading...
    155 replies1,201 retweets2,309 likes


  •  24 minutes ago

    2 replies61 retweets165 likes


  •   Retweeted
     13 hours ago
    Does Joe Biden, and whoever came up with this, not know that most normal people see a line and dollar amount in their paycheck today, literally under "deductions," for healthcare? Has he just never seen a normal paycheck?

    Senator Sanders' Medicare for All plan would require raising taxes on the middle class. Joe Biden:…
    25 replies220 retweets1,344 likes


  •   Retweeted
     59 minutes ago
    in the richest nation in the history of the world, it is absolutely outrageous that john's struggle is not unique.
    11 replies166 retweets388 likes


  •  40 minutes ago
    Hey — here’s why is yelling

    20 replies195 retweets752 likes


  •   Retweeted
     2 hours ago
    At town halls, people often offer up stories of how they are in debt thousands of dollars. This afternoon’s story was one of the most vivid examples I’ve ever heard, of the effect this debt has on everyday Americans.


    1:51
    Dramatic moment here at rally. A Navy vet says that he has stage-4 Huntington’s, has +$130k in insurance debt and is contemplating taking his own life.
    14 replies183 retweets482 likes


  •   Retweeted
     1 hour ago
    The Fact Checker recently tried to pretend medical debt isn’t a real problem. So shameful. Just watch this


    1:16
    Tough stuff to watch, but real — reports from Sanders event in Reno, NV:
    3 replies93 retweets327 likes


  •   Retweeted
     7 hours ago
    I will be on with at 10 a.m. Eastern tomorrow to talk about Biden’s seminal Record Player Moment. I will try to be as vocal as the 1,000 pundits who think he did amazing.


    1:59
    Joe Biden's answer on how to address the legacy of slavery was appalling -- and disqualifying. It ended in a sermon implying that black parents don't…
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    98 replies197 retweets1,190 likes


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  •  55 minutes ago
    Maybe the Beltway press corps should spend less time pretending 500,000 people don’t go medically bankrupt every year, and more time reporting on the horrific and barbaric realities of America’s corporate-run health care system 👇🏻


    1:51
    Dramatic moment here at rally. A Navy vet says that he has stage-4 Huntington’s, has +$130k in insurance debt and is contemplating taking his own life.
    15 replies152 retweets386 likes


  •   Retweeted
     1 hour ago
    Tough stuff to watch, but real — reports from Sanders event in Reno, NV:
    33 replies406 retweets970 likes


  •  5 hours ago
    For those interested, read these two articles to understand how egregious the lies were from 's WashPost fact checking team:

    FYI: & the WashPost's "fact checking" team lied about this. Some criticized us for debunking those lies -- but the reason to fight those lies is because the lies are weaponized by GOP politicians in defense of their pharma & insurance donors. Here's an example 👇 …
    2 replies40 retweets100 likes


  •  5 hours ago
    FYI: & the WashPost's "fact checking" team lied about this. Some criticized us for debunking those lies -- but the reason to fight those lies is because the lies are weaponized by GOP politicians in defense of their pharma & insurance donors. Here's an example 👇

    Replying to @cologop @Romanoff2020
    Additionally, your claim about medical bankruptcies already received 3 Pinocchios from the Washington Post, who said you are "cherry-picking a number from a scientific study and twisting it to make a political point." …
    11 replies243 retweets791 likes


  •  6 hours ago
    Counterpoint: "More than a quarter of Colorado households, about 430,000, don’t earn enough income to cover basic costs like food, shelter, transportation, health care and childcare" - Denver Post

    2020 Democrats have no answer for President Trump and 's booming economy in Colorado
    3 replies61 retweets159 likes


  •  7 hours ago
    "The T-shirt is everything!"
    2 replies12 retweets67 likes


  •   Retweeted
     8 hours ago
    Sanders beats Trump by biggest margin in Wisconsin. Sanders is by far the biggest recipient of campaign donations from working class voters These two things are related.

    16 replies215 retweets589 likes


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  •  8 hours ago
    Considering that millions of Americans can’t afford medical care, this was the defining moment of the


    0:44
    Bernie Sanders: "We are spending twice as much per capita on health care as the Canadians or any other major country on earth."…
    38 replies375 retweets1,315 likes


  •   Retweeted
     Sep 11
    Emily is a progressive Democrat who won a tough primary and helped Democrats win the legislature. She relies on grassroots donations. I hope you'll consider pitching in to her campaign -- and retweeting this to spread the word.

    PITCH IN: In 2018, you helped me win an upset victory & helped progressives win Colorado. I need your help again. As you can see, Trump aims to win this state. We must stop him. I dont take corporate PAC money, so please click…
    10 replies213 retweets508 likes


  •  8 hours ago
    A three-act play

    10 replies128 retweets483 likes


  •   Retweeted
     Jul 30
    Everyone who thinks it’s uncouth for Bernie Sanders to sound too passionate and angry about matters of life/death and grave injustice is a pampered little idiot baby
    101 replies2,082 retweets12,382 likes


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  •  8 hours ago
    . notes that went on national television and recited talking points written by the pharmaceutical & insurance industries. Here’s a comparison of a memo from the major pharma/insurance dark money group, and what Biden said last night.👇🏻

    8 replies104 retweets216 likes


  •  9 hours ago

    3 replies17 retweets62 likes


  •   Retweeted
     12 hours ago
    They really hate how Jewish people from NY talk don’t they?
    58 replies158 retweets1,435 likes


  •   Retweeted
     Sep 12
    WISCONSIN 2020 GE: Sanders 49% (+6) Trump 43% . Biden 44% (+2) Trump 42% . Warren 43% (+1) Trump 42% / 9/7-9
    31 replies364 retweets969 likes


  •   Retweeted
     10 hours ago
    Sanders Is Right: 50 Million Lose Their Insurance Each Year
    15 replies318 retweets1,061 likes


  •   Retweeted
     11 hours ago
    The corporatization of American healthcare is proceeding at a gallop. Private equity giants like Blackstone are buying up physicians practices and turning out-of-network billing into a business model.
    3 replies74 retweets116 likes


  •   Retweeted
     13 hours ago
    Sen. Bernie Sanders to Joe Biden: "The big mistake, the huge mistake, and one of the big differences between you and me: I never believed what Cheney and Bush said about Iraq." "I voted against the war in Iraq, and helped lead the opposition."
    18 replies214 retweets887 likes


  •  12 hours ago
    It seems has split with on the most important health care question in America

    10 replies112 retweets449 likes


  •  12 hours ago
    I think and should read yesterday's Bern Notice: 👇
    4 replies34 retweets94 likes


  •   Retweeted
     13 hours ago
    Man, journalists are giving Julian Castro a really raw deal here. Look at the transcript. He is quite obviously right and Biden is dead wrong.
    436 replies1,239 retweets3,868 likes


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  •  13 hours ago
    On the other hand, I gotta say this: you’re a former NYT guy who could instead use your platform to note that he’s pushing to prevent 500,000 people from being medically bankrupted every year & hes got a plan to prevent millions of people from being fleeced by insurance companies

    Gotta say this: Bernie, with his endless shouting, reminds me of my boyhood and of a relative I was always afraid they'd make me sit next to at the Passover Seder.
    47 replies385 retweets2,015 likes


  •   Retweeted
     15 hours ago
    . is right. One of the worst things did last night was barely noticed: he yelled "this is America!" when bemoaned us spending double what other countries do on health care. This is a powerful paragraph.
    4 replies111 retweets315 likes


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  •  14 hours ago
    CNN this morning refutes the insurance lobbyists’ talking points

    18 replies152 retweets511 likes


  •  15 hours ago
    The major pharma/insurance front group sent out a memo telling candidates to vilify ’ Medicare for All plan with dishonest tax talking points: Last night, went on national TV and obediently followed the front group’s orders 👇🏻

    Senator Sanders' Medicare for All plan would require raising taxes on the middle class. Joe Biden:…
    70 replies1,072 retweets2,588 likes


  •  15 hours ago
    Last night, went on national TV and read the talking points of the insurance/pharma front group that’s vilifying the Medicare for All plan pushed by and a majority of House Democrats. Biden did that — literally. Receipts: 👇🏻

    23 replies284 retweets810 likes


  •   Retweeted
     18 hours ago
    Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world. This is disgusting.
    173 replies2,725 retweets6,398 likes


  •   Retweeted
     23 hours ago
    To clarify: Rahm Emanuel once mailed the body of a dead, decomposing fish to bully a Dem he disliked. Then, as a mayor of Chicago, he worked to hide footage of the murder of Laquan McDonald from the public. Now he’s an investment banker & on TV. And all this is seen as normal.

    ABC's first post-debate commentator is Rahm Emanuel calling Castro 'mean'.
    2,383 replies18,893 retweets83,383 likes


  •   Retweeted
     Sep 12
    Me, looking at the NY Times’ latest effort to pretend the Vermont senator polling in 2nd place actually doesn’t exist

    29 replies102 retweets378 likes


  •  Sep 12
    If passes Medicare for All, how will a handful of health care industry CEOs be able to keep paying themselves $2.6 billion a year?
    30 replies479 retweets1,269 likes


  •  Sep 12
    Another topic that went unaddressed at tonight's debate: if cancels college debt for millions of Americans, how will Wall Street CEOs and credit card companies be able to keep making big money off of 's bankruptcy bill?
    25 replies631 retweets2,494 likes


  •  Sep 12
    One big question not addressed in the debate: if ' Medicare for All plan finally ends medical debt, how will credit card companies, debt collection agencies and their lobbyists be able to keep making huge profits off of the bankruptcy bill?
    30 replies419 retweets1,545 likes


  •   Retweeted
     Sep 12
    . you are wrong that plan “doesn’t trust the American people.” page 8 is not a “ bad idea.” Bernie’s bill has the same ban on duplicative insurance that current Medicare does! It extends Medicare to all as Johnson & Moynihan envisoned!
    76 replies920 retweets3,333 likes


  •  Sep 12
    The anti-Medicare-for-All front group for insurers & pharma is touting — the guy who killed the public option, the guy who is employed by an investment bank that advises health care corporations, and the guy who is an ABC News contributor. Let it sink in.
    16 replies201 retweets472 likes


  •  Sep 12
    This person is paid lots of money for this, while thousands of real journalists face mass layoffs

    BERNIE IS YELLING ALL THE TIME
    77 replies914 retweets5,662 likes


  •   Retweeted
     Sep 12
    hell yeah


    1:25
    Bernie Sanders: "We are going to cancel all student debt in this country and we are going to do that by imposing a tax on Wall Street."
    15 replies246 retweets1,526 likes


  •   Retweeted
     Sep 12
    oh!?


    0:29
    I appreciate that President Obama has said recently that Medicare for All is a good idea.
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    1 reply90 retweets412 likes


  •  Sep 12
    Counterpoint: Medicare for All lowers the overall cost for the middle class — a Democrat echoing Donald Trump’s wildly dishonest talking points and framing is both dishonest and not a great way to defeat Donald Trump

    Let’s get the facts straight: Medicare for All will cost 30x more than Joe Biden’s health care plan—and it will be paid for in part by raising taxes on the middle class.
    4 replies117 retweets289 likes


  •   Retweeted
     Sep 12
    Rahm’s investment firm employer regularly works with pharmaceutical companies, excited to hear more of his thoughts on Medicare for All

    A person who killed the public option, got shamed out of municipal office and now works for an investment bank
    13 replies315 retweets1,343 likes


  •  Sep 12
    A person who killed the public option, got shamed out of municipal office and now works for an investment bank
    53 replies607 retweets3,094 likes


  •   Retweeted
     Sep 11
    This new report shows that gets to appear on national TV to vilify Medicare for All — and he doesn't tell viewers that he works for a Wall Street firm that has advised health care and pharmaceutical corporations
    27 replies428 retweets954 likes


  •  Sep 12
    tfw you are the pharma front group , and you could spend your money saving babies’ lives, but you instead brag that you are bankrolling a “seven-figure” campaign of attack ads

    1 reply47 retweets89 likes


  •  Sep 12
    bernie 2020

    bernie 2020
    27 replies147 retweets1,257 likes


  •  Sep 12
    The television network airing tonight’s Democratic debate about the health care crisis will be making money off ads from the industry that is creating the health care crisis
    16 replies233 retweets887 likes









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