Wednesday, February 12, 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.
    196 replies704 retweets4,792 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     8 hours ago
    This myth of freedom and choice sounds wonderful til you realize your boss has the freedom and choice to fire you from this union job.
    There are 14 million union workers in America who have fought hard for strong, employer-provided health benefits. Medicare for All Who Want It protects their plans and union members' freedom to choose the coverage that's best for them.
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  •   Retweeted
     1 hour ago
    Chuck Todd doesn't just think Bernie is THE frontrunner. He doesn't get why he should even be considered A frontrunner. Jesus Christ.
    0:23
    Chuck Todd doesn't understand why the candidate that got the most votes in the only two primaries to take place so far is considered the frontrunner
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  •  1 hour ago
    He lit $7 million on fire attacking Medicare for All and got less than 1,000 votes total...it's almost as if there's a lesson there...
    In a strange way, losing badly is winning for Michael Bennet.
    16 replies106 retweets590 likes
     
     
  •  1 hour ago
    when you're not mad
    Once more Buttigieg overperforms and Sanders underperforms by several pts. Under 26% and less than 2pt win in NH for him? Meh
    35 replies61 retweets902 likes
     
     
  •  2 hours ago
    Two headlines less than three months apart
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  •  2 hours ago
    I have a really crazy idea, hear me out here for a second: Winning the most votes of any candidate in the first two election contests is a stronger "electability" argument than not winning the most votes.
    101 replies503 retweets2,881 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     3 hours ago
    The New Hampshire presidential primaries took place on February 11, with several candidates locked in fierce competition for Democratic delegates. The Onion provides the most important takeaways from the New Hampshire primaries.
    15 replies283 retweets1,214 likes
     
     
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  •  5 hours ago
    If your dream comes true, it comes with prematurely gray hair and a bad stomach
    When I grow up I want to be as hated and effective as .
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    26 replies33 retweets579 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     5 hours ago
    When I grow up I want to be as hated and effective as .
    13 replies43 retweets871 likes
     
     
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  •  5 hours ago
    I genuinely think this is a stages-of-grief thing -- where the first stage is denial
    123 replies925 retweets4,672 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     6 hours ago
    Replying to  
    I think it's kinda hilarious that because you only see me on Twitter, you genuinely think that all the work I do must only be what you see on Twitter.
    13 replies17 retweets286 likes
     
     
  •  7 hours ago
    Tired: The candidates who came in 2nd and 3rd actually won the election. Inspired: The candidate who literally wasn't even on the ballot actually won the election.
    On MSNBC, Jim Messina concludes that because a lot of NH voters backed moderate candidates, "the big winner last night could be Mayor Bloomberg."
    43 replies219 retweets1,391 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     7 hours ago
    I read this morning that Mayor Pete plans to attack Medicare For All, for political gain in Nevada. This will thrill my old pals in the insurance industry, as Pete's plan preserves the very system that makes them huge profits while bankrupting & killing millions. Here's why. 1/7
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  •   Retweeted
     8 hours ago
    It's interesting how many people are ignoring this although that's what happened.
    Sirota basically knocked Biden out of the race by himself. He just kept posting videos of him proposing to cut social security, & that was the end of that
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    69 replies94 retweets791 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     8 hours ago
    This is offensive and dangerous. Stop perpetuating this gross myth. Not every union member has union healthcare plans that protect them. Those that do have it, have to fight like hell to keep it. If you believe in Labor then you’d understand an injury to one is an injury to all.
    There are 14 million union workers in America who have fought hard for strong, employer-provided health benefits. Medicare for All Who Want It protects their plans and union members' freedom to choose the coverage that's best for them.
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    523 replies7,971 retweets35,817 likes
     
     
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  •   Retweeted
     9 hours ago
    Sometimes the simplest explanations are right. Biden may have been doomed no matter what, but in the actual world, where he was actually doomed, this is indeed what did it:
    Sirota basically knocked Biden out of the race by himself. He just kept posting videos of him proposing to cut social security, & that was the end of that
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    45 replies172 retweets1,587 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     8 hours ago
    . deserves all the credit for being a person who always speaks TRUTH in the ugly face of entrenched power. He's done this for the whole of his career in politics and journalism. This brother models solidarity and we're lucky to have him in the fight.
    Sirota basically knocked Biden out of the race by himself. He just kept posting videos of him proposing to cut social security, & that was the end of that
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    18 replies121 retweets722 likes
     
     
  •  8 hours ago
    “The agency hired private consultants who advised it to cut back operation days, increase mail delivery times, automate postal services and replace unionized labor with non-unionized labor. Pete Buttigieg was on that team of consultants.”
    There are 14 million union workers in America who have fought hard for strong, employer-provided health benefits. Medicare for All Who Want It protects their plans and union members' freedom to choose the coverage that's best for them.
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    39 replies721 retweets1,888 likes
     
     
  •  8 hours ago
    The guy who helped lie America into the Iraq War says it is “bad news” that is the frontrunner. This is the greatest endorsement ever.
    Bad news: Bernie's the frontrunner. Good news: He's not a strong frontrunner--far weaker than Trump 2016. Trump surged from 2nd in IA to win NH by 20 points. Not so with Sanders. The Pete/Amy/Mike survivor will be competitive.…
    44 replies804 retweets3,779 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     21 hours ago
    Breaking: beating eight opponents is more difficult than beating one.
    Number of votes won in New Hampshire in 2016: 152,193 Number of votes is currently tracking on winning tonight in New Hampshire: 52,930
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    71 replies1,223 retweets10,846 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     20 hours ago
    Now that Bernie Sanders is the Democrats’ presidential frontrunner, the party establishment is going to have to start answering the question it has long posed to his supporters: will you support the nominee?
    140 replies554 retweets3,056 likes
     
     
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  •  9 hours ago
    Sir, this is a Wendy’s
    If Dems go on to nominate Sanders, the Russians will have to reconsider who to work for to best screw up the US. Sanders is just as polarizing as Trump AND he’ll ruin our economy and doesn’t care about our military. If I’m Russian, I go with Sanders this time around.
    38 replies118 retweets1,199 likes
     
     
  •  9 hours ago
    Life on the frontlines of the Posting Wars
    Sirota basically knocked Biden out of the race by himself. He just kept posting videos of him proposing to cut social security, & that was the end of that
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    174 replies210 retweets2,526 likes
     
     
  •  10 hours ago
    Live shot of this morning:
    19 replies71 retweets347 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     12 hours ago
    MSNBC is leading the resistance to Bernie Sanders
    99 replies646 retweets2,435 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     11 hours ago
    James Carville ranting that Dems weren't going to nominate someone electable and then endorsing Michael Bennet, who got 0.3% in New Hampshire, is an underrated funny thing of this cycle
    107 replies952 retweets7,143 likes
     
     
  •  10 hours ago
    I’ve always thought is one of the smartest and most insightful people on TV — and he totally nails it here 👇🏻
    103 replies425 retweets1,963 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     10 hours ago
    Bloomberg would pay $3 billion less under his wealth tax than under Sanders plan
    148 replies356 retweets853 likes
     
     
  •  10 hours ago
    Narrator: that’s actually how Bernie won the New Hampshire primary
    0:52
    If we all vote for the candidate who inspires us most, the candidate who inspires the most people will be our nominee. Don’t let voter-as-pundit paralysis get you in 2020.
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    11 replies99 retweets642 likes
     
     
  •  10 hours ago
    This is aging like a fine wine
    8 replies69 retweets351 likes
     
     
  •  10 hours ago
    One way to prove you are more electable than other candidates is to win more votes in the first two states than any other candidate. Thanks for attending my TED talk.
    51 replies672 retweets3,972 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     11 hours ago
    “The Pundits Wrote Off Bernie’s Candidacy. In Iowa and New Hampshire, He Proved Them Wrong” - my latest for ⁦⁩, looking back on the predictions of my media colleagues who, a year ago, were predicting defeat and humiliation for Sanders:
    112 replies644 retweets2,323 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     16 hours ago
    Genius.
     
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