Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Some Tweets from David Sirota

David Sirota is the speechwriter for candidate Bernie Sanders.


  •  9 minutes ago
    I've been thinking all day about 's angry diatribe last night slamming "the revolutionary politics of the 1960s." I've been thinking I have heard it before -- and you know what? I was right. I HAVE heard it before 👇
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  •   Retweeted
     1 hour ago
    NEWS: 's new CNBC oped says & 's past efforts to cut Social Security are a major concern as Mitch McConnell now says he aims to work with the next Democratic president to cut the program "Sanders has a different record"
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  •  22 minutes ago
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  •  33 minutes ago
    cry harder
    Leon Cooperman On Bernie Sanders: He Needs To Stop “Villainizing Of The Billionaire Cass”
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  •   Retweeted
     41 minutes ago
    "Bernie has run a very Rainbow Coalition type campaign. It's paying off for him and he's very well funded with loyal supporters. It's going to be difficult for them to beat ." -
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  •   Retweeted
     55 minutes ago
    . speaks out ahead of South Carolina: "What Sanders represents is not the left-wing, it's the moral center." "[Biden's] on a different side of history...he might as well own up to his side of history." "[Biden's] message does not address the pain of our people."
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  •   Retweeted
     55 minutes ago
    With exit/entrance polls finding overwhelming support for Medicare for All in IA, NH and NV, the health care industry front group just quietly dumped $200K into SC in the last 4 days of the race
    New: As Bernie Sanders barrels toward South Carolina after victories in Nevada and New Hampshire, a healthcare industry alliance has quietly launched a six-figure ad campaign in the state bashing Medicare for All, his signature policy.…
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  •  50 minutes ago
    "A healthcare industry alliance has quietly launched a six-figure ad campaign in South Carolina that appears aimed at thwarting Bernie Sanders’ momentum "
    28 replies171 retweets450 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     3 hours ago
    ‼️ Azar refuses to promise a coronavirus vaccine will be affordable for anyone: "We would want to ensure that we work to make it affordable, but we can't control that price, because we need the private sector to invest.. Price controls won't get us there."
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  •  3 hours ago
    Keep it going Colorado (and Virginia)!
    New Super Tuesday Polling on VA & CO: *VA* Sanders - 28 Biden - 19…
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    12 replies109 retweets647 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     3 hours ago
    I joined 56 members of the Colorado General Assembly in voting to abolish the death penalty in the state of Colorado. When signs the bill, Colorado will be the 22nd state to repeal capital punishment.
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  •   Retweeted
     3 hours ago
    When we win the primary and defeat Trump, we’re not cutting Social Security. We’re expanding Social Security — whether billionaires like it or not.
    NEW: In clips from his radio show as mayor, Mike Bloomberg repeatedly called for making cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. He repeatedly called social security a Ponzi scheme. …
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  •  3 hours ago
    Colorado GOP Senator is now using the old ugly trope of portraying the son of a Jewish immigrant as an outsider who hates America. Disgusting and unacceptable.
    In which Sen. Cory Gardner declares that Bernie Sanders doesn't like America. There is no bottom for Gardner.
    24 replies109 retweets399 likes
     
     
  •  4 hours ago
    Don’t say I didn’t warn you. I did.
    NEW: In clips from his radio show as mayor, Mike Bloomberg repeatedly called for making cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. He repeatedly called social security a Ponzi scheme. …
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    22 replies320 retweets1,254 likes
     
     
  •  5 hours ago
    Colorado friends -- join me tomorrow night here in Denver to help us win our state for . Details at the following link -- please retweet to spread the word!
    2 replies68 retweets224 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     5 hours ago
    Bloomberg has spent 600 million dollars to run attack ads against Bernie across a variety of platforms with little success. This astonishing sum is roughly 100 million more than federal and state agencies have allocated to fix the . Think about that.
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    Bloomberg doesn't know any of the challenges real people face.
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  •  5 hours ago
    Democratic Senator on CNN: "Bernie’s base of support — the enthusiasm behind him — I think speaks to the strength of his candidacy both in the primary but as a general election candidate as well."
    38 replies315 retweets1,397 likes
     
     
  •  7 hours ago
    Just watch this video. Really — just watch it.
    Here's a Breakdown of Bernie's Comments on Cuba
    What did Bernie's comments on Cuba at the last #DemDebate mean? Here's where he (and Obama) stand
    145 replies2,232 retweets5,919 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     7 hours ago
    In Colorado, the richest people pay the lowest tax rates. That's not right. It's time to do something about it. (h/t )
    11 replies55 retweets164 likes
     
     
  •  7 hours ago
    I know I’m a child of the 1980s, but come on you gotta admit: Pete going with the retrograde bashing of “the revolution politics of the 1960s” was really a good Alex P. Keaton impression
    45 replies108 retweets743 likes
     
     
  •  7 hours ago
    The moment gave Sanders supporters “the opportunity to promote Sanders’s civil rights era activism, and others noted progressive political activism in the 1960s also involved the antiwar movement, the push for women’s rights, and LGBTQ rights activism.”
    24 replies247 retweets820 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     9 hours ago
    I love that Politico's newsletter for military-industrial complex lobbyists this morning warns that out of all the candidates running, represents an "unprecedented threat to the status quo"
    316 replies2,117 retweets6,553 likes
     
     
  •  9 hours ago
    Very recently, bankrolled the campaign that helped the GOP retain control of the U.S. Senate
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  •   Retweeted
     10 hours ago
    / Poll (2/20-23): Sanders 37% Warren 20% Biden 12% Buttigieg 11% Bloomberg 6% Klobuchar 5% Yang 4% Steyer 3% Gabbard 2% Castro 1%
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  •  10 hours ago
    Good to see another poll showing Bernie has — by far — the highest ceiling for electoral growth
    National Poll Dem voters who say they are considering voting for: Sanders 49%…
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  •  10 hours ago
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  •   Retweeted
     18 hours ago
    Pete Buttigieg went on national TV & slammed Bernie Sanders for having “a nostalgia for the revolutionary politics of the 1960s.” The “revolutionary politics of the 1960s” gave us Medicare, Medicaid and civil rights laws. This is what Bernie was doing in the 1960s 👇🏻
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  •  11 hours ago
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  •   Retweeted
     19 hours ago
    Who is the best candidate on... Healthcare: Sanders 33 Biden/Bloomberg 14 Warren 12 Buttigieg 6 Environment: Sanders 27 Bloomberg 12 Warren 11 Biden 10 Buttigieg 8 Steyer 7 Immigration: Sanders 21 Biden 16 Warren 12 Bloomberg 9 Buttigieg 8 /, Democrats/leaners,
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  •  19 hours ago
    On foreign policy, let’s be very clear: Bernie hasn’t done anything nearly as “extreme” or destructive as literally supporting/voting for a preemptive war based on lies that killed hundreds of thousands of human beings.
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