Let's talk briefly about media erasure of Elizabeth Warren. I did a tiny but nevertheless interesting Twitter poll asking who's in third place in the actual delegate count.
Nearly 1/3 of you (bright! well-informed!) folks thought it was Not Warren:
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Nearly 1/3 of you (bright! well-informed!) folks thought it was Not Warren:
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Of course, duh, OBVIOUSLY Elizabeth Warren isn't in third place! For example, she's not mentioned in this tweet from the Boston Globe! (Yes, THAT Boston, whose senator is... Elizabeth Warren!)
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@NewYorker @CNN Here's Very Serious (and incorrect) Person Bill Kristol. The people he mentions here rank 1, 2, 4, and none in terms of total delegates won so far.
Huh. Who's #3?
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Huh. Who's #3?
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@NewYorker @CNN And here's David Axelrod: "Sanders! Biden! KLOMENTUM!!!"
(Delegate rankings: Sanders #2, Biden #5, Klobuchar #4. Again: who's #3?)
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(Delegate rankings: Sanders #2, Biden #5, Klobuchar #4. Again: who's #3?)
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@NewYorker @CNN Let's be clear: Elizabeth Warren is THIRD in the delegate race so far.
And no, I don't think the results of two white states/2% of the electorate should matter much. But at least they're REAL. This is the ACTUAL DELEGATE COUNT that will determine the nominee. Warren's THIRD:
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And no, I don't think the results of two white states/2% of the electorate should matter much. But at least they're REAL. This is the ACTUAL DELEGATE COUNT that will determine the nominee. Warren's THIRD:
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@NewYorker @CNN But because the chattering class isn't taking about her, nearly 1/3 of you (again: bright! well-informed! nice-smelling!) people don't know that Elizabeth Warren is in third place.
NEARLY A THIRD.
That's not on you. It's on the pundits who are erasing her.
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NEARLY A THIRD.
That's not on you. It's on the pundits who are erasing her.
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@NewYorker @CNN So to those of you who like Elizabeth Warren but are worried she's "not electable" or a "bad candidate": stop worrying.
She's in 3rd place, which isn't 1st, but ain't 5th either. It's VERY early, but so far, she's campaigned better than Biden (or Klobuchar, whom I also like).
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She's in 3rd place, which isn't 1st, but ain't 5th either. It's VERY early, but so far, she's campaigned better than Biden (or Klobuchar, whom I also like).
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@NewYorker @CNN And to those of you who are erasing Warren, who are acting as if the only people with a shot are Sanders or Buttigieg or Klobuchar or Biden or Bloomberg: WE SEE YOU.
We see you dismissing Warren, just like you did Clinton.
Cut that shit out. It is not ok.
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We see you dismissing Warren, just like you did Clinton.
Cut that shit out. It is not ok.
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@NewYorker @CNN P.S.: By which I mean: "so it's OK to vote for her! you're not throwing your vote away!"
