Monday, February 17, 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.
    204 replies737 retweets4,902 likes
     
     
  •  15 minutes ago
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    0:29
    Mike Bloomberg: “There are ways to slowly decrease the benefits or raise the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare.”
    35 replies158 retweets454 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     40 minutes ago
    I guess that when you’re a powerful billionaire, you’re not used to — and you certainly don’t like — people holding you accountable for your record.
    In a release with the subject line "BERNIE’S NEW BRO… DONALD TRUMP," Bloomberg campaign calls out specific tweets by Sanders aides Briahna Joy Gray, David Sirota and Nina Turner
    28 replies265 retweets1,230 likes
     
     
  •  28 minutes ago
    This move by Mike Bloomberg can be best understood as the enraged temper tantrum of a billionaire who has up until now been able to buy everything he wants — but who is now worried he may not be able to buy the presidency, and so he’s lashing out in an effort to silence critics.
    In a release with the subject line "BERNIE’S NEW BRO… DONALD TRUMP," Bloomberg campaign calls out specific tweets by Sanders aides Briahna Joy Gray, David Sirota and Nina Turner
    45 replies229 retweets902 likes
     
     
  •  45 minutes ago
    I won't be intimidated. won't be intimidated. won't be intimidated. No matter how much cash spends to vilify us, the movement will not be intimidated. We will continue to be civil in our criticism - and we will not be silenced.
    It's clear what the strategy is here: is a longtime pal of Trump & has pushed right-wing policies. This move by Bloomberg is designed to send a message: he's saying to everyone that he'll use his billions to personally vilify anyone who dares criticize his record. …
    79 replies505 retweets2,425 likes
     
     
  •  51 minutes ago
    This is a very clear effort by Bloomberg to intimidate people and silence criticism of his record. It's not going to work.
    It's clear what the strategy is here: is a longtime pal of Trump & has pushed right-wing policies. This move by Bloomberg is designed to send a message: he's saying to everyone that he'll use his billions to personally vilify anyone who dares criticize his record. …
    14 replies78 retweets373 likes
     
     
  •  53 minutes ago
    It's clear what the strategy is here: is a longtime pal of Trump & has pushed right-wing policies. This move by Bloomberg is designed to send a message: he's saying to everyone that he'll use his billions to personally vilify anyone who dares criticize his record.
    In a release with the subject line "BERNIE’S NEW BRO… DONALD TRUMP," Bloomberg campaign calls out specific tweets by Sanders aides Briahna Joy Gray, David Sirota and Nina Turner
    69 replies558 retweets2,217 likes
     
     
  •  1 hour ago
    If you're fact checking, heres a press release on Bloomberg's website describing as a "part-time Bermuda resident": Also, The Guardian: "Bermuda is the world’s worst corporate tax haven, according to a list by Oxfam"
    In a release with the subject line "BERNIE’S NEW BRO… DONALD TRUMP," Bloomberg campaign calls out specific tweets by Sanders aides Briahna Joy Gray, David Sirota and Nina Turner
    37 replies336 retweets1,163 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     1 hour ago
    New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Criticizes Michael Bloomberg For 'Masking' a Lifetime of 'Supporting Those In Power' With Television Ads
    4 replies67 retweets269 likes
     
     
  •  1 hour ago
    12 replies96 retweets402 likes
     
     
  •  1 hour ago
    I hope you'll watch this video and retweet it.
    0:41
    . on : "In this primary, we are facing a Republican billionaire who has fought against minimum wages, tried to cut, Social…
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    12 replies256 retweets629 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     2 hours ago
    3,623 replies21,205 retweets79,137 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     2 hours ago
    Today in Richmond, CA, on :
    19 replies40 retweets259 likes
     
     
  •  4 hours ago
    The people who nebulously accuse me of being “toxic” — without offering substantiation of that claim — are often the very same people who routinely did/do this. 👇🏻
    Examples of “toxic” rhetoric: - Lying America into a war that killed hundreds of thousands of people…
    13 replies93 retweets460 likes
     
     
  •  4 hours ago
    Examples of “toxic” rhetoric: - Lying America into a war that killed hundreds of thousands of people - Depicting war opponents as unpatriotic traitors - Blaming the financial crisis on poor people - Slandering a multiracial, multigenerational working class movement as “bros”
    40 replies812 retweets2,705 likes
     
     
  •  5 hours ago
    It’s odd that some folks in media & on this website genuinely believe they should be able to promote factually wrong & slanderous claims about Bernie Sanders, and further, that they’re entitled to not have anyone criticize or debunk their claims in a civil, dispassionate way.
    100 replies830 retweets3,749 likes
     
     
  •  5 hours ago
    In the lead up to the financial crisis, vetoed legislation to crack down on predatory lending. During & after the crisis, he defended bankers & deployed law enforcement to stop-and-frisk communities of color that were harmed by the crisis
    12 replies222 retweets459 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     6 hours ago
    "Bloomberg Apologized for Stop-and-Frisk. Why Won’t He Say Sorry to Muslims for Spying on Them?" - my latest piece for on an under-reported, Islamophobic angle to Michael Bloomberg's awful civil liberties and policing record in New York:
    67 replies596 retweets1,561 likes
     
     
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  •  6 hours ago
    "Developers hoping to get tax breaks for building affordable housing in or near luxury buildings can no longer install a 'poor door' to separate low-income tenants...The 'poor doors' were previously allowed under a program created by Mayor Bloomberg"
    33 replies541 retweets1,734 likes
     
     
  •  7 hours ago
    Michael Bloomberg suddenly criticizes toxicity in our politics. Also, Michael Bloomberg "criticizes minimum-wage laws and defends the practice of fingerprinting food-stamp recipients, which he enforced during his time in office."
    81 replies786 retweets2,513 likes
     
     
  •  7 hours ago
    h/t to , the deputy campaign manager who does double duty as a great photographer -- follow his photos here:
    Last night here in Denver, my kids saw the next president of the United States. Was pretty cool.
    3 replies25 retweets201 likes
     
     
  •  7 hours ago
    Last night here in Denver, my kids saw the next president of the United States. Was pretty cool.
    23 replies125 retweets1,131 likes
     
     
  •  7 hours ago
    One day after 11,000+ came out to the Bernie rally in Denver 👇
    Joe Biden will campaign in Colorado for the second time tonight, but still isn’t holding a public event. He’s here for a fundraiser hosted by oil and gas lobbyist Ken Salazar, whom Anadarko hired for damage control after the 2017 Firestone home explosion.
    14 replies278 retweets1,018 likes
     
     
  •  8 hours ago
    The Denver Post runs a regular column by the chair of the "State & Local Legislation & Policy Group" at Colorado's biggest corporate lobby firm. The newspaper doesn't explicitly disclose that, nor does it disclose the guy's clients that he may be shilling for in his column.
    Friednash: Colorado voters now have their ballots. Will we feel the Bern?
    8 replies78 retweets326 likes
     
     
  •  8 hours ago
    This is an embarrassment on every level -- the Denver Post & its oped editor are helping promote & launder a major oil/gas law firm & corporate lobby firm's political attacks on , whose agenda threatens the financial interests of the firm's clients.
    Can you honestly tell me you think “partner with the law firm Brownstein Hyatt…” is an adequate disclosure for Doug Friednash’s column, ? Do you think the average reader fully understands what his job is from that description?
    7 replies112 retweets365 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     8 hours ago
    “Nominating Bloomberg would be a disaster for public schools and for Democrats’ chances at beating Trump. Because when it comes to education policy, it is virtually impossible to tell the two billionaire politicians apart.”
    84 replies761 retweets2,573 likes
     
     
  •  8 hours ago
    I love that rich, out-of-touch Republican consultants in faraway Washington, D.C. convinced themselves that this is truly a devastating attack here in Colorado (hint: it isn't devastating -- it's the opposite)
    . is holding a rally in Colorado today, so we’re reminding Coloradans that supports Bernie and his radical policies.
    32 replies157 retweets776 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     8 hours ago
    Sanders Slams Trump — and Bloomberg — at Massive Denver Rally
    3 replies97 retweets474 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     9 hours ago
    this headline is doing a lot of projecting. bernie voted against the war, and, as the story notes, led the opposition to it. others, like senate foreign relations committee chair joe biden, voted for it and vocally supported the bush wh. not complicated.
    19 replies161 retweets810 likes
     
     
  •  9 hours ago
    Mike Bloomberg is decrying toxicity in our politics. Mike Bloomberg also created a stop-and-frisk policy that targeted people of color, pushed to cut Social Security, fought against raising the minimum wage & vetoed a living law in the most economically unequal city in America.
    103 replies1,042 retweets3,859 likes
     
     
  •  18 hours ago
    Personal news: thinking of building a baseball field on some of the acreage of rent-free space I occupy in Beltway people’s minds
    64 replies89 retweets1,140 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     22 hours ago
    Bernie Sanders directly attacked Mike Bloomberg for attempting to "buy the presidency" at a campaign rally in Nevada. "Well, I got news for Mr. Bloomberg, and that is the American people are sick and tired of billionaires buying elections."
    529 replies888 retweets5,030 likes
     
     
  •  19 hours ago
    My 9-year-old son Isaac was feeling the Bern tonight in Denver
    20 replies61 retweets909 likes
     
     



















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