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Aug 18, 2019 5 tweets 2 min read Read on X
I don’t know who’s advising Warren, but laying out all these plans with little to no history of fighting for them before running for president isn’t a good look. It seems disingenuous and fake af. Why haven’t you written any legislation for these plans before now @ewarren
It’s puzzling to me that a senator who’s been in office since 2012 waits until now to have all these big plans and roll outs. Some of these plans are great, but where is the fight for them before now? How am I to believe these plans will become bills or laws?
Honestly, she should have focused on her economic strengths and made that her campaign focus. She’s got credibility in that arena. The economy isn’t all that great and the tax scam has hurt many. That campaign focus would have been clutch.
I don’t believe any of this civil rights justice reforms she’s talking about is a real focus or issue for her. She’s not a fighter in any area other than economics. It’s why she flip flops so much on everything else. There’s no rooted activism and passion in her past or present.
I want Warren to answer for a lot, not her team, but her. Many people get on Sanders a lot about his lack of connection to black issues. He gets judged a lot on how he speaks on black life but give Warren a pass on how bad she is in that area. I don’t understand why.

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