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Jamie Mayerfeld 🏳️🌈
@jmayerfeld
political theorist, @UW, author of "The Promise of Human Rights," bit.ly/3ZQzYT3. Tweets express personal views only.
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David Sirota repeatedly makes things up. It's intolerable.
Now that the midterms are over, let me correct the record.View quoted post on X
-I wasn't handpicked by Chuck Schumer. I didn't even talk to the man until after I announced.
I’m not sure exactly what a corporate or establishment Dem is, but I’m pretty sure it’s not a first-time candidate or a career military guy. Call me a moderate, I’ll take it. I always think big, but I don’t let idealism get in the way of getting a job done. I’m practical and would take Medikids and lower age limits for Medicare to expand healthcare and drive down costs over nothing at all. In 2028 after a Dem trifecta, I expect bold moves.
-Be an asshole and call me a carpetbagger! So I moved here four years ago, AFTER SERVING IN THE U.S. ARMY FOR 21 years. I'm here with my family, raising my daughter, and caring for my elderly parents in SoFlo. I decided to run because it was clear that the midterms would trigger a Blue Tsunami, because Trump sucks. And I saw a path to win the general election. I jumped-in to help. Call it a call to serve. Same one from a lifetime of service.
Let's just say I was very skeptical, because hey its Florida, but I wasn't going to sit on my ass when the stakes were so high.
No I didn’t move to Florida to run for Senate! 🙄
-I have some regrets, but even in losing, I delivered 1.5M to Florida candidates and to races that would have otherwise been left short-changed. I feel that in some small way I pitched in to help break the super majorities in the Florida House and Senate.
-I invested 3M total campaigns and parties around the country including Iowa, Ohio, Alaska, etc., including in Kansas and South Carolina when few were looking there.
-I wish I had chosen to outspend Angie 20, 10, or even 5 to 1 on the primary. I only spent 2:1 on the primary. Obviously a HUGE mistake. I was too focused on defeating Moody and building real democratic power.
-Angie was tireless in making her case to primary voters, while I was trying to connect with potential crossover voters without first securing my base.
-I neglected to heed the old maxim always fight and finish the battle in front of you.
-I never took a penny from AIPAC. Those claiming otherwise, when they knew better, were playing to the old Jewish dual allegiance trope.
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Sheer unabashed racism.
AES demolishes Ross Douthat in this exchange. It is quite astonishing.
“You brought up Saudi Arabia. You just don’t like the example you brought up.”
I don’t know what Ross Douthat thought he was trying to do but Abdul El-Sayed was ready for it.View quoted post on X
She is as bad as she always appeared to be.
Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers on the grounds that she is pro-Muslim hate and opposed to anti-semitism and oh yeah also if i try to shoehorn some throwaway concern for black kids in here this won’t seem as strange.
Abdul wins by 5 #nobodycaresView quoted post on X
