Friday, February 28, 2020

Some Tweets from David Sirota

David Sirota is the speechwriter for candidate Bernie Sanders.


  •   Retweeted
    Tax cuts for a virus is the most on brand GOP thing ever
  •   Retweeted
    Joe Biden’s chief strategist lobbied to undermine Barack and Michelle Obama’s signature initiatives by
  • A majority of House Democrats are co-sponsors of Medicare for All legislation, including Colorado Reps. Ed Perlmutter, Diana DeGette and Joe Neguse. Additionally, exit polls from the first 3 Dem primary/caucuses show a majority of Dem voters support Medicare for All.
  • "blames social media for the success of Bernie's campaign"
  • Side note: every time I go to DC, there’s always the “wait you live in Denver?!” moment of the conversation with media/politicos — as if that’s the equivalent of living on some lonely asteroid circling a star in a different galaxy 50 light years away
  • This tweet now has more than 800,000 views. Keep it going 👇🏻
  • I know it is hard for Beltway people to understand that it’s possible to work on a campaign because you actually believe in it, which is why I’m doing this slog of a job. I know it’s hard for those folks to imagine that not everything is about getting some fancy White House title
  • Said it before, will say it again for all 12 people on this hellsite who care: I’m not going to Washington to work in any administration. I left Washington because I hated Beltway climber culture. I am raising a family in Colorado and I like it here. Please move on. Thank you.
  • You, a very smart and honest pundit: It’s really gross and wrong for Bernie folk to criticize the media for not covering serious issues Me:
  • “With few friends in cable news, the Sanders campaign felt it had to play its own game...His campaign has responded by building a media infrastructure that could withstand attacks from mainstream networks. So far, it’s worked wonders.”
  •   Retweeted
    (Change from Oct 20) Sanders 25% (+12) Warren 17% (-15) Buttigieg 14% (+7) Bloomberg 13% (New) Biden 9% (-9) Klobuchar 6% (+5) Steyer 2% (+1) (Poll Conducted Feb 23-26)
  • Fully agree — they are fantastic
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    Take 45 seconds & watch this video -- and retweet it. You'll see lead the fight to stop the GOP effort to freeze funding for Social Security. Then you'll see that 5 days later was bragging about his effort to help the GOP freeze Social Security funding.
  • “Despite Sanders’ electoral wins – including a gargantuan victory in Nevada – the political press, the establishment press, is determined to dismiss his standing as the front-runner. It is embarrassing itself in the process.”
  • “Most available evidence points in the direction of a popular vote and Electoral College victory.”
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    Democratic Primary Polling: Sanders: 25% (+12) Warren: 17% (-15) Buttigieg: 14% (+7) Bloomberg: 13% (+13) Biden: 9% (-9) Klobuchar: 6% (+5) Steyer: 2% (+1) MassInc / February 26, 2020 / n=426 / MOE 4.9% / Telephone (% chg w Oct 20)