Saturday, February 01, 2020

Some Tweets from David Sirota

David Sirota is the speechwriter for candidate Bernie Sanders.


  •  Pinned Tweet
     Jan 21
    I told the NY Times that “my principles don’t change with the job I’m in” and I think that’s proven to be true over the last 20 yrs. It hasn’t been a perfect career — but I’ve tried hard to live my values. Thanks to everyone for the support. Onward.
    172 replies627 retweets4,454 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     13 hours ago
    “The records of and on Social Security could not be more different.” -SA This issue is not going away anytime soon.
    5:21
    For my entire career I have fought to protect and expand Social Security. After we defeat Donald Trump, together, that is exactly what we will do.
    14 replies188 retweets618 likes
     
     
  •  9 hours ago
    If at the end of my life I am remembered as one of the people who intently and obsessively worked to help focus public attention on Social Security during the 2020 election, I’m good with that.
    9 replies61 retweets406 likes
     
     
  •  9 hours ago
    While I was out with my longtime friends in Denver tonight, a buddy told me I made an appearance in a climate denier’s NYT column. I didn’t believe him. But alas I was wrong. Thank you, Bret Stephens.
    27 replies34 retweets35 likes
     
     
  •  10 hours ago
    Celebrate. And stay in Denver.
    Replying to @davidsirota
    What are you gonna do once bernie wins bro
    6 replies4 retweets163 likes
     
     
  •  10 hours ago
    Hung out with my journalism pals in Denver tonight, and it was a much-needed long overdue reminder of my pre-existing life and community outside of all this.
    10 replies18 retweets210 likes
     
     
  •  10 hours ago
    I’ve known for 20 years. He is my friend. He is right.
    5:21
    For my entire career I have fought to protect and expand Social Security. After we defeat Donald Trump, together, that is exactly what we will do.
    2 replies99 retweets423 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     12 hours ago
    Bernie has a 30-year record of fighting not just to prevent Social Security from being cut, but to expand benefits for senior citizens, veterans & people with disabilities. Biden has a 40-year history of working with the GOP to try to cut Social Security. We break it down here⬇️
    5:21
    For my entire career I have fought to protect and expand Social Security. After we defeat Donald Trump, together, that is exactly what we will do.
    8 replies485 retweets1,399 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     17 hours ago
    🚨Bernard Schwartz, chairman emeritus and funder of , which is advertising against Bernie Sanders (), donated $100,000 to the pro-Joe Biden super PAC last month.
    3 replies102 retweets181 likes
     
     
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  •   Retweeted
     17 hours ago
    🚨Richard Slifka, a top executive of oil and gas wholesale company Global Petroleum Corp, donated $50,000 to the pro-Biden super PAC, which has spent millions to boost Biden in Iowa. Biden's climate plan involves maintaining the natural gas industry.
    6 replies89 retweets156 likes
     
     
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  •   Retweeted
     17 hours ago
    New from me: Attorneys from union-busting law firms are throwing support behind Joe Biden
    38 replies734 retweets1,688 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     17 hours ago
    The DNC apparently stuck to the rules when they were helping to eliminate candidates of color. Having eliminated them, the rules are being scrapped to give a billionaire a chance to buy the election and not have to compete against the eliminated ones.
    The DNC drastically shifts debate requirements, opening the door for Bloomberg to join the stage starting in mid-February
    401 replies4,162 retweets12,818 likes
     
     
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  •  17 hours ago
    that good feeling when you are married to a Democratic state legislator
    Did you know that we currently have no limits on contributions to school board candidates in Colorado?! NONE! My bill aims to change that, and it passed out of its first committee last night with bipartisan support. …
    2 replies24 retweets169 likes
     
     
  •  17 hours ago
    I think this quote from 18 days ago aged well
    3 replies100 retweets314 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     18 hours ago
    NEW at : Third Way, which sent a memo to Iowa voters attacking Bernie Sanders on Medicare for All, is funded by corporations in the pharmaceutical industry such as Amgen, Baxter International, and CVS Health.
    15 replies375 retweets804 likes
     
     
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  •   Retweeted
     20 hours ago
    As points out, we're days away from the Iowa Caucus and Google searches in Iowa have shown voters are really interested in Biden's record of supporting Social Security cuts.
     
    Another good sign: interest in Biden’s Social Security record is not waning. Even more encouraging: Iowa and NH are in the top five of Google searches.
    2 replies55 retweets153 likes
     
     
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  •  19 hours ago
    11 replies114 retweets615 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     Jan 30
    The Atlantic covering up Rahm Emanuel's firing for months is pretty perfect
    14 replies305 retweets1,578 likes
     
     
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  •   Retweeted
     Jan 22
    Another good sign: interest in Biden’s Social Security record is not waning. Even more encouraging: Iowa and NH are in the top five of Google searches.
     
    15 replies77 retweets312 likes
     
     
  •  20 hours ago
    The best part of this awesome segment is the interview with the private equity mogul literally at a yacht show
    4:36
    WEALTH INEQUALITY: The richest 1% controls more wealth now than at any time in more than 50 years. But what does wealth inequality really look like? …
    14 replies198 retweets641 likes
     
     
  •  20 hours ago
    "'I am not a candidate of the corporate media,' Mr. Sanders has said."
    6 replies55 retweets290 likes
     
     
  •  21 hours ago
    This is egregious, and journalistic malpractice. The Associated Press deliberately omitted Bernie's words in order to manufacture a false narrative. Really bad.
     
    On Tues, claimed expressed openness to Social Security cuts in a 1996 "opinion article." But it wasn't an op-ed. It was an answer to a reader question about reducing entitlement costs and Sander…
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    45 replies804 retweets2,479 likes
     
     
  •  22 hours ago
    when the takes are so stale they begin to recycle the same headlines in the same week
    41 replies265 retweets1,435 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     Jan 28
    Thanks for coming to the today. See you in committee this afternoon to get HB1153 one step closer to law!
    We’re excited to have so much support at the Capitol in Denver. HB 1153 is a real game-changer. Thanks !
    24 retweets78 likes
     
     
  •  Jan 30
    Pain: working on a presidential campaign. Insane: one parent working on a presidential campaign while the other is in session in the state legislature. We’re keeping it together, kids are doing great...but wow, it’s a lot. Onward.
    78 replies124 retweets1,827 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     Jan 30
    Joe Biden running around Iowa handing out sheets of paper about means testing Social Security That'll work.
     
    I’ve asked several times about his record on Social Security. Tonight in Iowa he handed me these talking points: “ FALSE ATTACK ON SOCIAL SECURITY”
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    24 replies210 retweets827 likes
     
     
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  •   Retweeted
     Jan 30
    Writing on behalf of Paste Politics, I took a critical look at the ’s recent report suggesting an equivalence between Bernie Sanders’ record on Social Security and Joe Biden’s. The facts are clear: There is no equivalence.
    3 replies301 retweets738 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     Jan 30
    4 days before the caucus, is handing out talking points on Social Security to reporters
     
    I’ve asked several times about his record on Social Security. Tonight in Iowa he handed me these talking points: “ FALSE ATTACK ON SOCIAL SECURITY”
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    60 replies231 retweets1,189 likes
     
     
  •  Jan 30
    Biden wants to pretend this video from 2007 doesn’t exist 👇🏻
    26 replies410 retweets964 likes
     
     
  •  Jan 30
    Biden wants you not to believe your own eyes right here 👇🏻
    13 replies249 retweets638 likes
     
     
  •  Jan 30
    A new report from Axios about Google Trends suggests Iowa voters are paying close attention to the Social Security debate. "The only ones that Iowans searched for alongside 'Social Security' were front-runners Biden, Sanders and Warren."
    0:30
    Donald Trump wants to cut Social Security. We're not going to let that happen. We are going to protect and EXPAND Social Security.
    8 replies170 retweets438 likes
     
     
  •  Jan 30
    that time Joe Biden went to the floor of the Senate to brag about how closely he worked with Iowa GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley to try to cut Social Security 👇🏻
    56 replies629 retweets1,652 likes
     
     
















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