Waleed Shahid

@_waleedshahid ↗

Deleted No

Hibernated Yes

Last Checked April 30, 2020

Created

Thu Oct 17 14:26:05 +0000 2019

Likes

656

Retweets

Source

Twitter Web App

View Raw Data

JSON Data

View on Twitter

Likely Available

Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid

@NateSilver538 @NationalNurses Even Jesse Jackson was calling for a single-payer system when he ran for President. A lot of the champions of Medicare for All have their origins in that campaign. https://t.co/3jHfaBXrjw — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 17, 2019 Hibernated

Preceded By

Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid

@NateSilver538 @NationalNurses Thanks for engaging. I think the term was chosen because Medicare 1) the closest thing voters understood to a public health care system and 2) the name of Canadian single-payer. Every "Medicare for All" bill since Conyers has been a single-payer bill. https://t.co/mgyTo0HUyD — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 17, 2019 Hibernated

Followed By

Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid

In 1932, a Senator at the RNC called on FDR to define his "New Deal." "Criticizing Democrats for indulging in 'generalities' for 3 years, Sen. Dickinson said the day for demagogic appeals is past and that arraying 'class against class' can never win the war against depression." https://t.co/Bv0JF2BDsC — PolitiTweet.org

Moral of the story: if you're a Democratic politician, don't sign on for broad conceptional frameworks like "Green… https://t.co/gY9VugzKs7

Posted Oct. 17, 2019 Hibernated