Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Some Tweets from David Sirota

David Sirota is the speechwriter for candidate Bernie Sanders.


  •  2 minutes ago
    I worked on this campaign because I want a Green New Deal & Medicare for All. If we win tonite, it's good for those initiatives. If we lose, it's bad for those initiatives. I'm not in this for some future job with a cool title -- without these initiatives, there is no future.
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  •  11 minutes ago
    I won an LA Press Club journalism award for my reporting on Beto O'Rourke's congressional voting record. I find it odd that reporting on votes recorded in the Congressional Record is now considered a "dirty tactic" here on twitter dot com.
    Replying to @ambie1979 @Iheartstuff @mehdirhasan
    Nope, Bernie supporters/aides are the ones that get all the flack not Bernie due to their dirty tactics (what Sirota did to Beto) and online abuse
    10 replies64 retweets398 likes
     
     
  •  42 minutes ago
    Coronavirus + no paid sick leave legislation + restaurants = an efficient virus distribution system
    37 replies225 retweets1,003 likes
     
     
  •  46 minutes ago
    The business lobby will continue using its power to block paid sick leave legislation, because it is more interested in preserving short-term corporate profits and CEO pay packages than in halting a pandemic that threatens the stability of the entire economy.
    9 replies84 retweets322 likes
     
     
  •  3 hours ago
    Hey — I’ve got a good idea for a new Black Mirror episode 👇🏻
    A scary dystopian movie would be about a pandemic hitting a nation whose for-profit healthcare system requires people to do GoFundMe campaigns to pay medical bills, as both the ruling & opposition parties block Medicare for All in order to protect their insurance donors’ profits
    9 replies54 retweets227 likes
     
     
  •  3 hours ago
    A scary dystopian movie would be about a pandemic hitting a nation whose for-profit healthcare system requires people to do GoFundMe campaigns to pay medical bills, as both the ruling & opposition parties block Medicare for All in order to protect their insurance donors’ profits
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  •  4 hours ago
    So Joe Biden threatened a union worker and then blamed Bernie Sanders. Got it.
    0:18
    Just now: was asked by if he has any regrets about his testy exchange with the voter this morning, noting that both the Sanders and Trump campaigns are targeting him about it.…
    239 replies1,597 retweets6,230 likes
     
     
  •  4 hours ago
    I wanna see every single statewide Democratic elected official in Colorado push for this right now. This is an emergency & we need all hands on deck. , , , — please weigh in RIGHT NOW and do whatever you can.
    I have an idea: maybe Colorado’s Democratic legislature should immediately pass a strong paid sick leave bill that they’ve been promising for years.
    2 replies60 retweets235 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     6 hours ago
    I have an idea: maybe Colorado’s Democratic legislature should immediately pass a strong paid sick leave bill that they’ve been promising for years.
    The business elite control Colorado. They bankrolled the campaign to defeat paid sick leave in Denver. The legislature also failed to pass paid sick leave. Those were bad calls — and now we have a coronavirus outbreak that…
    10 replies80 retweets339 likes
     
     
  •  4 hours ago
    Mad Max Fury Road was a movie, it wasn’t supposed to be a guidebook
    28 replies88 retweets654 likes
     
     
  •  4 hours ago
    No, please - please continue saying it is our campaign that is being “toxic”
    Sirota, Daou, Sarandon, Greenwald, Stein, Trump Jr., & Putin all working to the same end.
    36 replies156 retweets1,101 likes
     
     
  •  4 hours ago
    Please go ahead and continue lecturing our campaign about "toxicity"
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  •  5 hours ago
    We know paid sick leave can help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Here are states with paid sick leave laws: There are 7 states - CO, DE, HI, IL, NM, NY, VA - that are fully controlled by Dems but that haven't passed paid sick leave legislation
    6 replies117 retweets410 likes
     
     
  •  5 hours ago
    No, go ahead — please lecture our campaign about toxicity, as you literally liken me to a deadly disease
    Replying to @davidsirota
    Are you ready to get SMOKED tomorrow ? I’m totally ready for your cult campaign to recognize that you absolutely SUCK at campaign comms. Sleep tight!
    80 replies550 retweets3,163 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     6 hours ago
    "I'm scared to lose my job and I'm scared to die." No one should ever have to choose between a paycheck and their health.
    8 replies145 retweets291 likes
     
     
  •  6 hours ago
    If you live in a state that’s simultaneously freaking out about coronavirus but isnt passing paid sick leave legislation, then it’s a sign your state is run by people who are more serious about keeping corporate donors happy than they are about stopping the pandemic. Full stop.
    31 replies330 retweets1,284 likes
     
     
  •  6 hours ago
    The business elite control Colorado. They bankrolled the campaign to defeat paid sick leave in Denver. The legislature also failed to pass paid sick leave. Those were bad calls — and now we have a coronavirus outbreak that could get worse because of those bad calls.
    Gov. Polis is declaring a state of emergency in Colorado bc of . He says this will open up new resources. Colorado also implementing a drive thru coronavirus test in Lowry for…
    9 replies106 retweets325 likes
     
     
  •  7 hours ago
    Joe Biden helped decimate Michigan’s job base by working with the GOP to pass NAFTA & China PNTR — and now he & his campaign seem bewildered about why some folks in Michigan have the nerve to be upset about what he did. Team Joe seems really ready for a general election... 🙄
    I fear that Democratic strategists still do not understand how raw emotions remain in communities that were devastated by the trade policies—NAFTA, WTO, PNTR—that were advanced by the Clinton administration & backed by centrists such as .
    34 replies314 retweets1,041 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     8 hours ago
    I told that hasn’t really been vetted. The video below is perfect evidence of that fact. How many Democrats know about Joe’s passionate defense of freezing Social Security benefits? Not many. At the next debate: truth will come out, which favors
    1:57
    Here's the deal, folks: is deliberately trying to erase his record from your memory. He wants you to forget about his repeated efforts to freeze/cut Social Security. Don't let him get away with it.…
    322 replies1,069 retweets3,568 likes
     
     
  •  8 hours ago
    The power of the establishment can be seen in its successful effort to take an election during a climate crisis, healthcare crisis & global pandemic, and make the media conversation focus on mean tweets — all to boost a candidate who helped the GOP lead America into the Iraq War.
    51 replies576 retweets1,686 likes
     
     
  •  9 hours ago
    I'm so old, I still remember getting paid $200,000 while helping Republicans defeat a Democratic candidate in Michigan only two years ago.
    111 replies2,441 retweets8,066 likes
     
     
  •  9 hours ago
    My dude, you literally work for -- the man who "lifted up" the GOP by voting for their Iraq War bill, their bankruptcy bill and their trade bills that killed millions of jobs.
    In case you're wondering what ' team is up to today, here's his campaign manager lifting up videos from the GOP:
    24 replies386 retweets2,080 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     Mar 9
    Joe Biden thinks we should "return to normal." Normal means 87 million uninsured or underinsured. Normal means fossil fuel companies destroying the planet. Normal means the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer. We cannot return to normal. We need real change.
    6,256 replies52,262 retweets243,369 likes
     
     
  •  9 hours ago
    The interesting thing about coronavirus is this: no matter how many TV ads or radio ads or promoted tweets they bankroll, the opponents of Medicare for All can no longer hide the fact that their for-profit health care system leaves us especially vulnerable to a pandemic.
    25 replies212 retweets701 likes
     
     
  •  9 hours ago
    Call me "Bernie Bro" all you want, but the facts are the facts: during a global pandemic, Joe Biden is not only actively campaigning against Medicare for All, he's proposing a health care plan that would leave 10 million people uninsured.
    Replying to @davidsirota
    Yet another misleading statement from Sirota, a paid Bernie Bro. It should read blocking “healthcare coverage for all or at least COVID19 coverage for all” not MFA.
    20 replies152 retweets661 likes
     
     
  •  10 hours ago
    We face the following threats: - climate change - a global pandemic - a health care crisis - Trump's possible reelection In light of this, you'd think we could agree that the Democratic Party should avoid nominating a candidate promising that "nothing will fundamentally change"
    24 replies228 retweets753 likes
     
     
  •  10 hours ago
    The politicians blocking Medicare for All & paid sick leave legislation are prioritizing the profits of their corporate donors over stopping a pandemic like coronavirus. It really is that simple.
    31 replies296 retweets951 likes
     
     
  •  10 hours ago
    I don't love the "when historians look back" thing, but in this case it's true: When future historians cast this era as a second dark ages, one thing they will cite is Dems like campaigning against Medicare for All during a pandemic that threatens millions of lives.
    Joe Biden is running to be the nominee of the left-of-center opposition party, and he is campaigning against Medicare for All during a pandemic. Really take a moment to think about that.
    32 replies234 retweets785 likes
     
     
  •  10 hours ago
    Sure, you can keep pretending stuff like Medicare for All or paid sick leave legislation or investments in public health programs are "radical." But the coronavirus shows those programs -- rather than billionaire tax breaks -- is a way for our government to protect our economy.
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  •  10 hours ago
    For me, not going to DC was a good call. But my point is: millions are likely making such decisions based not just on the fear of the coronavirus, but on the lack of faith in a government we know has prioritized serving the rich over protecting us against a threat like a pandemic
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  •  10 hours ago
    Let me put it another way: in seeking to further enrich the wealthy in the name of "economic growth," our government actually jeopardized our economy by leaving our society more vulnerable than necessary to something like a pandemic.
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  •  10 hours ago
    Our government decided to give billionaires tax new tax breaks rather than invest in stuff like public health care infrastructure. Our government decided to help corporations slash regulations rather than mandate paid sick leave, which could help slow a pandemic.
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  •  10 hours ago
    Thread: I was supposed to fly to DC today for my job, but decided to cancel the trip because of coronavirus. I don't trust that our government has a handle on the situation, because I dont trust that we have the robust public health policies to have a handle on the situation yet
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  •   Retweeted
     20 hours ago
    As a wildfire threatens your city, private fire departments bankroll politicians who block the creation of a public fire department for all. Now imagine it's a pandemic not a wildfire, and it's private insurers blocking Medicare for All. That's the reality we're living thru.
    40 replies1,067 retweets3,488 likes
     
     
  •  11 hours ago
    I didn't vote 3rd party last time. I love how this website just casually manufactures and promotes blatant lies.
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    70 replies154 retweets1,238 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     11 hours ago
    NAFTA is weirdly not even a TOPIC in some elite circles. They have no idea.
    I fear that Democratic strategists still do not understand how raw emotions remain in communities that were devastated by the trade policies—NAFTA, WTO, PNTR—that were advanced by the Clinton administration & backed by centrists such as .
    12 replies184 retweets766 likes
     
     
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  •   Retweeted
     21 hours ago
    Joe Biden is running to be the nominee of the left-of-center opposition party, and he is campaigning against Medicare for All during a pandemic. Really take a moment to think about that.
    649 replies8,097 retweets33,109 likes
     
     







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