Waleed Shahid

Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid

@TVietor08 @jonfavs I generally like the approach that Warren, Sanders, Harris are all taking on progressive policy! — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonfavs @mehdirhasan I think advocates of Medicare for All are concerned about public opinion and their health and… https://t.co/rmqMyoWk6r — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a good conversation to have about Democratic health care policy and strategy. My major criticism is that 1… https://t.co/WDRBmg0j1V — PolitiTweet.org

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@TVietor08 Keep going on TYT! It was a great conversation, genuinely. But you and @jonfavs are giving so much cov… https://t.co/QfMMdx42bg — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonfavs @mehdirhasan If you told voters that the Affordable Care Act would create death panels, the polling plummeted as well. Democrats should fight from a place of strength and make the case. Don't succumb to pressure from insurance corporations and Big Pharma so early on. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TVietor08 This feels like the kind of spin and pushback that a campaign comms person would do. Trying to confuse journalists and voters that there are 10 M4A plans including conflating a public option with single-payer. Sorry man, I think it's a little disingenous. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TVietor08 There are not 10 proposals for Medicare for All! Beto supports a public option, not single-payer, Medicare for All. He said so himself and it dominated coverage over the past 48 hours. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonfavs @mehdirhasan I think lots of progressives don't trust those closer to the Democratic establishment because of things like "We agree with M4A as a goal, but here's my way of getting there." Just seems like spin to get the energy without backing the policy or aligning with the organizing. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonfavs @mehdirhasan What do you think about the flip flop? — PolitiTweet.org

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We can debate proposals that are not single-payer -- as Tommy highlights -- but Jayapal + Sanders bill are aligned (as she has said herself) and backed by real organizing by the Nurses Union while the more establishment proposals (Medicare Extra and Medicare for America) are not. — PolitiTweet.org

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I like Pod Save and @TVietor08 but I think it's incredibly disingenuous to muddy the waters to defend Beto's flip-flop on single-payer, Medicare for All by saying "I'm for Medicare for All, but I also know there are literally like 10 plans." Beto is not for Medicare for All. https://t.co/ZlUmspjKDH — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonfavs @mehdirhasan I know the PSA fam is friendly with Beto, but you know perfectly well that Beto's plan is not… https://t.co/X4N5FUARWS — PolitiTweet.org

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The Green New Dealers have been giving credit to every candidate who seems genuinely committed to the resolution! — PolitiTweet.org

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If GOP's goal is to preserve hierarchies by dismantling gains from New Deal + civil rights eras, then gridlock works: "The more democracy is made to tie itself in knots, the more frustrated working people grow and the more corporate interests have the field to themselves." — PolitiTweet.org

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A political revolution will require major democracy reform -- a democratic revolution (filibuster, mixed-member districts, ranked choice voting, expanding voting rights, public financing of elections, etc.)! But that's not just for Bernie Sanders. It's for every Democrat! — PolitiTweet.org

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The difficulty of getting anything through a Congress structurally designed to stymie big legislative change has led some to not only discuss getting rid of the filibuster, but one major legislative package in 2021 confronting major inequities in our economy and democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

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Dems favored raising min. wage in '09. It didn't happen b/c: 🔘 Issue prioritization ('one thing at a time') 🔘 Veto points lead to moderate Dems 'Cornhusker Kickbacks' 🔘 Demobilized (labor) movement & outside game 🔘 Unprepared to confront GOP's parliamentary-style obstruction — PolitiTweet.org

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There is some truth to Matt's point. Any Democrat -- Biden, Beto, Harris, or Sanders -- will confront a political system that allows the GOP and provincial politicians to take down legislation regardless of both the legislative ideas themselves or national election results! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GregJKrieg: So her overall unfavorability is anchored in the disapproval of older white males? Shocking. https://t.co/e2NPeJGIAm — PolitiTweet.org

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Beto’s lack of progressive policy convictions will hopefully lead to more candidates like Sanders, Warren, and others to keep putting forward big solutions that match the scale of our problems. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias But she’s a “democratic socialist!” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rcbregman: This about sums it up. Beto O’Rourke: oratory without content, idealism without substance, ambition without purpose. Or as t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Sifill_LDF: @NumbersMuncher But why not just say she’s liked by every demographic except white men over 35. Or am I missing something? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RashidaTlaib: Sister Ara was 42 (like me) and she was killed saving her husband from the #NewZealandTerroristAttack. https://t.co/tVew7… — PolitiTweet.org

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@neeratanden @NumbersMuncher Even with **24/7** negative FOX News coverage, AOC’s overall numbers are on par with o… https://t.co/8HGspJrX0f — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KhaledBeydoun: I don’t know the terrorist’s name. Nor do I care to know it. Im keen on knowing the names, remembering the stories and… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KhaledBeydoun: Say his name: Naeem Rashid. One of the 49 #ChristChurch victims. After he witnessed his son Taha shot and killed, and… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mehdirhasan: This outrageous comment from a Republican congressman won’t get 1% of the coverage or outrage that Ilhan Omar got which is… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JeremyMcLellan: Another tribute https://t.co/zaYSmVeT5J — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rortybomb: The simply asymmetry of the Senate filibuster: it takes 60 votes to build something, but only 50 to tear it down. The filibu… — PolitiTweet.org