Thread by @originalspin

It's taken a while to get here, but if you've followed my feed you might've guessed I was heading in this direction:
Today, I'd like to enthusiastically endorse @ewarren as my pick for the Democratic nominee, and ultimately, as President of the United States. #AAPIsWithWarren (1)

It helped to have had the chance to meet with @ewarren face to face. As smart and thorough as she is on video—as energetic and passionate—she's more impressive in person. Devastatingly informed. Thoughtful, but also empathic. Quirky, and fully aware of her imperfect humanity. (2)

Still, the reason I held back from endorsing so long is that I genuinely like many of the candidates—including quite personally @AndrewYang, whom I've known and respected for years. His campaign is historic and his is a voice that will shape US politics for decades to come. (3)

But this is not a normal time. We're living through one of the darkest chapters in our nation's history—one in which the most dangerous elements of American and even global society have taken control of our government and are leveraging it in the service of greed and bigotry. (4)

For this era, @ewarren's core message of equity, empathy and the need to fight against corruption is the one that feels right, and she strikes me as a historic and transformative changemaker, for a nation that desperately needs one. (5)

Unlike any other candidate, @ewarren has laid out plans to comprehensively explain how we can address not just the ways Trump that has broken our nation, but pressing issues we've failed to engage for generations. Healthcare. Economic inequality. A broken political system. (6)

Our nation is threatened by growing inequality. Rising intolerance. Trump has made overt what we've quietly known all along: The ultrawealthy extract the benefits of prosperity—using racism, xenophobia, misogyny and homophobia to distract whte voters from what they're doing. (7)

Race, nativity and class aren't separate issues. Since before this country's founding, they've been inextricably interwoven. @ewarren is the only candidate who's made this fact explicit with proposed policies that focus not just on each independently, but their intersections. (8)

More than any other group, Asian Americans stand at the crossroads of issues that others experience as discrete. Because of how we look and where we or our ancestors come from, foreign policy is domestic policy for us, and vice versa. (9)

Race and immigration, diversity and entrepreneurship and education—for our communities, the lines between them are constantly blurring. Warren's plans are rich and complete enough that they highlight how these issues combine to produce meaningfully unique implications. (10)

For instance, she doesn't just talk about "creating jobs"—she's proposed a federal funding program designed to make investments, not just loans, in minority entrepreneurs, to reduce the racial wealth gap and promote small business, while yes, creating jobs. (11)

She doesn't just talk about "celebrating immigrants," but lays out a blueprint to welcome them in, creating a viable path to citizenship for Dreamers and their families, while raising refugee admissions quotas to historic highs. (12)

She doesn't just talk about "family values"—her proposals for universal healthcare, subsidized early education and childcare, enhanced family leave and enhanced rights and care for the disabled are robust and detailed and compelling. (13)

They're not one-size-fits-all, they're many-sizes-fit-many—as diverse and varied as we are as Americans. Other candidates have painted in broad strokes and refused to discuss how they'll make their promises happen, Warren has shared not just the what but the how—and the why. (14)

And for me and a lot of other Asian Americans, the fact that she's done that extra homework makes all the difference.

So too does the team she's doing it with, perhaps the most diverse of any candidate: 40% people of color. Over 60% women, nonbinary or gender nonconforming. (15)

And among them, @ewarren has surrounded herself with over 100 Asian American staffers, from field organizers and operations team members, all the way to the very top, with campaign manager @RogerLau and policy director @GaneshSitaraman. (16)

These are all reasons why I'm endorsing @ewarren, and doing so with passion. And I'm not alone. I'm proud to be among over 140 Asian American/Pacific Islander leaders who are collectively announcing our support of Elizabeth Warren today, at this link: bit.ly/AAPIsWithWarre… (17)

I'm in great company—friends, colleagues and personal heroes like @tazzystar @ahujie @lizalps @rabiasquared
@karencheee @runwithskizzers @curtischin @choo_ek @triketora @the_real_chow @arthur_affect @nicolesjchung
@deborahscraig @anildash @carolinefan @reappropriate
@kipx (18)

@abbygov @soniagupta504 @jennyhan @pakouher @hyepin @GishJen @kalhan @kangisman @mskathykhang @rameyko @sarahkuhn @rokwon @cnle @PhilipLeeR2E @JLeeSoc @nancyleong @kenjilopezalt @courtneymilan @aparnamuk @taiyona @pronounced_ing @anthonyocampo @ElloEllenOh @ekp @annabelpark (19)

@spamfriedrice @sairasameerarao @breyeschow @dsantat @AnganaRShah @lshin818 @vsoe @rtajima @monique_truong @altonwang @esmewang @constancewu @SW @jennyyangtv @yehforvina @miriamyeung @nancywyuen @pjraval are among the hundreds on our list—compiled in less than a week. (20)

Let's be clear: With one exception, I'll vote in the general for any of the remaining candidates who wins the Dem nod. All are better than Trump. Some would be good POTUSes. I believe @ewarren will be a great one.

And a great one is what we need right now.
#AAPIsWithWarren (21)