Thread by @freddieoconnell

Happy #PresidentsDay2020!

Here's a big, structural endorsement to celebrate.

@ewarren @TeamWarren @TeamWarrenTN I don't ordinarily spend a ton of time or energy on national politics, but if you've followed me for any period of time at all, you probably understand that I think Trump has been a disaster for both the presidency and the @GOP. So I think this election is critically important.

@ewarren @TeamWarren @TeamWarrenTN @GOP I think a woman beating Trump during the centennial celebration of the success of the women's suffrage movement would be an important moment for our politics. And @ewarren has been the woman I've wanted to see become President for a long time.

@ewarren @TeamWarren @TeamWarrenTN @GOP I've followed her work since @CFPBGOV was just an idea in @DemJournal. @ewarren was blocked from executing that idea herself by @senatemajldr and the @SenateGOP.

@ewarren @TeamWarren @TeamWarrenTN @GOP @CFPBGOV @DemJournal @senatemajldr @SenateGOP Nevertheless, she persisted, and the CFPB remains one of the most important new pieces of federal apparatus created in my adult lifetime. Even better? She ran and won as @SenWarren. Women win.

@ewarren @TeamWarren @TeamWarrenTN @GOP @CFPBGOV @DemJournal @senatemajldr @SenateGOP @SenWarren On a local level, I work hard to create financial empowerment. Trump has worked to gut the CFPB even as we're working with @CFEfund and @UWNashville to deliver financial empowerment and limit the influence of predatory lenders in vulnerable communities.

@ewarren @TeamWarren @TeamWarrenTN @GOP @CFPBGOV @DemJournal @senatemajldr @SenateGOP @SenWarren @CFEfund @UWNashville Having a strong federal partner who understands how to execute policy ideas is ideal for that work on a local level. And I'm eager to redefine our global military power as smart rather than "muscular."

@ewarren @TeamWarren @TeamWarrenTN @GOP @CFPBGOV @DemJournal @senatemajldr @SenateGOP @SenWarren @CFEfund @UWNashville As a policymaker, I work hard to come up with good plans, and as @ezraklein has noted, @ewarren is one of our best policy communicators. Resuming tomorrow, I hope you've got a plan to vote. And I hope you'll join me in voting for Warren.

@ewarren @TeamWarren @TeamWarrenTN @GOP @CFPBGOV @DemJournal @senatemajldr @SenateGOP @SenWarren @CFEfund @UWNashville @ezraklein Visit vote.nashville.gov for everything you need to know about voting in the presidential preference primary—and other important local races (Trustee, Criminal Court Judge).