Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Some Tweets from David Sirota as Bernie wins New Hampshire

Bernie Sanders has won New Hampshire.  These are some Tweets from his speechwriter David Sirota.


  •  Pinned Tweet
    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.
  • As the establishment now freaks out and intensifies its effort to vilify everyone supporting Bernie Sanders, let me make it easier for their oppo researchers by voluntarily offering up this oppo on me for them to use to demonize me 👇
  • New York Times reporter would like you to believe that every story other than Bernie actually winning the New Hampshire primary is the most important story of the New Hampshire primary
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    . in his NH victory speech makes a veiled reference to Bloomberg, Buttigieg (and possibly Steyer): "In this point in the campaign we are taking on billionaires and we are taking on campaigns funded by billionaires," he says about the path forward.
  • Update: we won an incredible against-the-odds victory, despite all the elites trying to stop us, despite all the corporate power trying to destroy us, and despite all the naysayers on this website trying as hard as they can to demoralize us. Onward.
  • I'm not sure if we are going to win, but let's be very clear: if we win - it truly would be an amazing, unprecedented, against-the-odds victory while being demonized 24-7 by cable TV, and while being outspent by billionaire-backed candidates and super PACs. Fingers crossed.
  • A reminder: if Bernie Sanders pulls off even the slimmest win, it is still an incredible against-the-odds feat because New Hampshire Republicans went out of their way to try to suppress the youth vote -- which is a key part of Bernie's coalition.
  • In New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders was outspent 7-to-1 on television by his opponents in aggregate
  • I mean, really think about it: you have a candidate being entirely funded by an average of $18 donations, sustaining 24-7 attacks by cable TV news, facing millions of dollars of negative attacks - and he is still in contention to win. Really understand how unprecedented that is.
  • I want you to step back, take a deep breath & realize how unprecedented it is for a candidate 100% funded by the grassroots with zero billionaire donors even being in contention to win against the entire corporate establishment & billionaire class thats trying to buy the election
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    It's sort of impossible to accurately describe the way cable news is covering this campaign without sounding like the most hopeless Sanders diehard
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    New MSNBC analyst Robert Gibbs is fresh from being the head lobbyist for McDonald’s. Before that he was the press secretary for the Obama WH where he attacked the ‘professional left.’ Welcome to the NBC family Robert!
  • A reminder that Bernie Sanders diligently focused the New Hampshire primary election on the critical question of whether or not we want billionaires buying our elections and owning our democracy
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    This tweet aged so well it’s eligible for full Social Security benefits
  • Live shot of the results coming in to my storage-closet-turned-office here in Denver where the posting magic happens
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    This tweet seems to have aged well
  • “Bernie defeated one opponent last time, so he will be underperforming if he now defeats 7 opponents”
  • “The basketball player previously scored 50 points in a one on one game, so him scoring 30 points in a full game proves he’s underperforming”
  • If you thought Biden's efforts to cut Social Security were a problem, take a look at Mike Bloomberg declaring that "entitlement cuts being discussed are both less than what I and many others believe are necessary”
  • Exit polls from the MSNBC studios show that there is 0% support for this position among occupants of the green room
  • It's weird how this is a majority position in the Democratic Party -- and yet it is a viewpoint that is almost completely unrepresented by contributors and hosts on cable TV news
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    🚨WAPO EXIT POLL: 6 in 10 New Hampshire Democratic primary voters support eliminating all private health insurance in favor of a single-payer plan for everyone. 57 percent agreed with that position in Iowa, too Per
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    The really important thing is who comes in 7th place. Much more important that who wins.
  • I tell you this because no matter what happens tonight in NH, I am enormously proud to have been able to play a small part in the fight for justice for more than two decades, and I feel lucky to know all of you who have been in this fight. Onward.
  • The first thing I worked on for 21 yrs ago was his fight to stop IBM from using a financial scheme to steal its workers’ pensions. I then went on to win journalism awards uncovering pension ripoff schemes engineered by politicians like & .