We are strapping in now to live tweet tonight’s vice presidential debate.
Here’s our thread from last week’s presidential debate.
We hope tonight’s debate proves more insightful!
Here’s our thread from last week’s presidential debate.
We hope tonight’s debate proves more insightful!
https://twitter.com/ShahidForChange/status/1311104078768795659
And...we’re underway!
You can watch tonight’s debate on @cspan at c-span.org/debates/
By what do *you* expect to grow outraged this evening?
(FWIW we send our best to @KamalaHarris and—despite our differences—hope that she hands Pence his behind on a plate)
You can watch tonight’s debate on @cspan at c-span.org/debates/
By what do *you* expect to grow outraged this evening?
(FWIW we send our best to @KamalaHarris and—despite our differences—hope that she hands Pence his behind on a plate)
Kamala comes out swinging, forcefully laying out the profound costs our country has endured during this pandemic due to the reckless negligence of the Trump administration.
She correctly notes the president’s continuing failures, and commits to making a vaccine free for all.
She correctly notes the president’s continuing failures, and commits to making a vaccine free for all.
Pence thankfully repudiates the president’s hysteria by showing an entirely different, more dignified, demeanor.
This may be what Pelosi speaks of “yearning for” among Republicans, but don’t be fooled: Pence remains as committed to predatory policies as Trump himself.
This may be what Pelosi speaks of “yearning for” among Republicans, but don’t be fooled: Pence remains as committed to predatory policies as Trump himself.
Pence trying to spin the administration’s failures on pandemic response is pathetic, and Kamala shows a stark contrast.
She’s speaking as a voice of an appropriately outraged people, and embodying the role quite adeptly.
She’s speaking as a voice of an appropriately outraged people, and embodying the role quite adeptly.
While the VP nominees are trading polished rhetorical barbs, there’s another layer on which the debate is unfolding, as each of them aim to demonstrate a combination of strength and warmth to voters.
Their demeanor—and how they’re perceived—may well matter more than their words.
Their demeanor—and how they’re perceived—may well matter more than their words.
Kamala notes her qualifications and storied career, noting that she serves on the Senate Intel Committee.
What is it with San Francisco politicians and the intelligence committees? Feinstein chaired that committee, and Pelosi was once the ranking member on its House counterpart.
What is it with San Francisco politicians and the intelligence committees? Feinstein chaired that committee, and Pelosi was once the ranking member on its House counterpart.
Kamala aims for the jugular, invoking the issue that should have been at the center of the impeachment process: the president’s well-documented corruption and self-enrichment at public expense.
It’s the Achilles heel of this admin, as we said long ago: truthout.org/articles/democ…
It’s the Achilles heel of this admin, as we said long ago: truthout.org/articles/democ…
Kamala nods to the generational consensus on socialized education, but stops short after community colleges, endorsing means testing for higher education and a relatively meaningless $10k benefit for student debt holders who frankly deserve better.
Pence lies through his teeth when claiming a commitment to protecting coverage for pre-existing conditions.
Meanwhile, Kamala speaks directly to people with chronic conditions and their families: “They’re coming for you.”
Meanwhile, Kamala speaks directly to people with chronic conditions and their families: “They’re coming for you.”
Pence claims the Green New Deal (which Biden does not support) would “crush” jobs and the economy.
You know what will crush the economy?
How about entire states burning, or being inundated by multiple hurricanes at once?
Pence buries his head in the sand.
You know what will crush the economy?
How about entire states burning, or being inundated by multiple hurricanes at once?
Pence buries his head in the sand.
Harris is rhetorically breaking to the left, speaking to the challenges confronting working families, and the “failure of leadership” under this administration.
It’s a welcome change from last week, when Biden ran very much to the right in his debate against Trump.
It’s a welcome change from last week, when Biden ran very much to the right in his debate against Trump.
https://twitter.com/ShahidForChange/status/1311125691040112640
How many times can Pence say China within a single minute?
For that matter, how many times can Harris re-commit to fracking?
More importantly, why double down on an energy extraction method that is hopelessly toxic?
For that matter, how many times can Harris re-commit to fracking?
More importantly, why double down on an energy extraction method that is hopelessly toxic?
https://twitter.com/abdulelsayed/status/1314018179736363008
Enough with the McCain stanning! McCain was not an American hero. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
BTW it was McCain’s congressional committee that hosted the hearing after which I was arrested in 2015 asking questions raised by the Snowden revelations.
BTW it was McCain’s congressional committee that hosted the hearing after which I was arrested in 2015 asking questions raised by the Snowden revelations.
Pence trying to claim moral superiority on SCOTUS nominations—his indignation at suggestions to pack the Court if Barrett is confirmed—is audacious.
It’s like a thief‘s outrage at finding a door locked.
That said...
Tired: court packing
Wired: staggered terms for Justices
It’s like a thief‘s outrage at finding a door locked.
That said...
Tired: court packing
Wired: staggered terms for Justices
https://twitter.com/shahidforchange/status/1270120079158415361
Pence absurdly claims that the president “respects and cherishes all the American people.”
Does that include those of us from what he described as “shit hole countries?”
Or, for that matter, civil servants and government employees?
Does that include those of us from what he described as “shit hole countries?”
Or, for that matter, civil servants and government employees?
https://twitter.com/vickypjward/status/1313472853442998275
Pence describing Biden as an embodiment of the establishment is a punch, into which Democrats who voted to nominated him sadly ducked.
Every president to take the White House in the past 30 years has done so as (or at least claiming to be) an outsider.
Biden? 🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤞🏽#VPDebate
Every president to take the White House in the past 30 years has done so as (or at least claiming to be) an outsider.
Biden? 🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤞🏽#VPDebate
Pence’s response to the concerned young viewer was a series of meaningless platitudes.
He also seems to modulate his voice dramatically, sounding breathy when attempting to seem empathetic.
He offered a master class—but in acting, not governance. #VPDebate2020
He also seems to modulate his voice dramatically, sounding breathy when attempting to seem empathetic.
He offered a master class—but in acting, not governance. #VPDebate2020
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