good morning. Y'all listening to the DNC platform hearing plan? Because I have something to say. Thread, which I will tag #RLM4DNC like all my other DNC-related tweets.
background: by this time in 2016 @TheDemocrats had held 3 (out of 4 total) hearing on the platform. And I was getting concerned about both the logistics of public hearings, for the ob-virus reason, and the delay this year. #RLM4DNC
@TheDemocrats so @ClimateHawkVote put out a petition for the DNC to hold public hearings on the platform. bit.ly/2Ac4eka
@TheDemocrats @ClimateHawkVote on Saturday, June 27, 2020, the DNC made its announcement re platform hearings. They are TODAY, Wed., and Thursday. 48 hours' notice! #RLM4DNC
@TheDemocrats @ClimateHawkVote to make matters worse, platform hearings will NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! They will be broadcast on YouTube., aka 4chanlite, the place where it's political malpractice to allow comments.
No zoom calls. Not even a pretense of a shred of open hearings. No listening to Democrats.
No zoom calls. Not even a pretense of a shred of open hearings. No listening to Democrats.
@TheDemocrats @ClimateHawkVote as a DNC member-elect, I got an email at 925 AM West Coast time, informing me of hearings beginning at 5 PM Eastern/ 2 PM West Coast time, i.e., 4.5 hours away. #RLM4DNC
@TheDemocrats @ClimateHawkVote and the email told me about a Digital Engagement Platform where I could submit my video thoughts... but it appears that the DNC would be snipping "yay Dems" videos, not using videos to shape the platform. #RLM4DNC
@TheDemocrats @ClimateHawkVote Instead, I am asking the DNC -- @TomPerez, @samcornale, and the rest -- to hold meaningful PUBLIC hearings. Take public testimony on the platform. I want to talk about how to build America back better, on clean energy infrastructure. #RLM4DNC
@TheDemocrats @ClimateHawkVote @TomPerez @samcornale Short anecdote. At a @CA_Dem regional meeting, a leading Democrat asked me how to submit public testimony on the platform. I said "what are you, a Democrat? who expects the Democratic Party to listen to Democrats?" and we both laughed. With irony. #RLM4DNC
I ran for DNC, and won on a platform of transparency. DNC, platform hearings beginning in FOUR HOURS are not transparent, nor are they public. @samcornale please do a platform process allowing for meaningful public testimony. Love, DNC member-elect #RLM4DNC
@samcornale for people who are asking: DNC Platform hearings will be broadcast on DNC channel beginning 5 PM Eastern/ 2 PM Pacific TODAY bit.ly/3dIy51v
but again, no opportunity for public comment at all.
but again, no opportunity for public comment at all.
