Thread by @senatorshoshana

HEY ALL. @TPM is out with an asinine hit piece on me and all occupational licensing reformers. The piece undermines itself and concedes our points and they should be embarrassed to publish such tripe talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/koch-o…

@TPM The article says BiDen TaLkS aBoUt LiCeNsiNg bC KoCh Won

REALLY? Did the author forget THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHED A LANDMARK REPORT ON LICENSING?

"Shoshana Weissmann, a fellow at the Koch-allied R Street Institute"

I like how he didn't mention all the Democrats @RSI employs

"But licensed workers earn, on average, 15 percent higher wages — about the same benefit that union membership yields."

uh yeah and they lock poor people out of jobs and raise prices on consumers

uh yeah @PhilipWegmann is right

@PhilipWegmann Very serious writer Bob Moser doesn't mention Obama's studies found the same

@PhilipWegmann Like *checks notes* HAIR BRAIDING AND FLORISTRY

@PhilipWegmann AND HE CONCEDES ALL OUR POINTS

"licensing got a little out of hand"
"Do florists in Louisiana, for example, really need to be licensed?"

@PhilipWegmann EVIL KOCH BROTHERS DEFENDING ELDERLY WIDOWS

@PhilipWegmann he concedes we're right and is mad online that evil Koch bros defend *checks notes * AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDERS

@PhilipWegmann he concedes EVERYTHING. "This was a genuine problem for military spouses, who move a lot."

So yeah. @TPM should be embarrassed for publishing this tripe. You and your mad online author can suck it.

@TPM Oh and thanks @bobmoserwrites for not reaching out to me for comment and writing a crappy piece that proves all my points, baby

@TPM @bobmoserwrites *chef kiss*

LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE h/t @PatrickRuffini

AFT works on licensing reform. Don't think they're gonna stan the piece :/