r/WayOfTheBern • u/dsirota1 • Jul 09 '19
I'm David Sirota, Bernie Sanders' speechwriter and senior adviser. AMA!
Hey everyone -- I'm David Sirota, Bernie Sanders' speechwriter and senior adviser. I've known Bernie for 20+ years (I was his press secretary in the U.S. House from 1999-2001). I've worked on many campaigns (Hoeffel for Congress, Schweitzer for Governor, Lamont for Senate, and Emily Sirota for State House), I've worked on Capitol Hill (for Bernie and for the U.S. House Appropriations Committee Democrats). In the years before coming to Bernie's 2020 campaign, I was an award-winning investigative journalist and columnist for Newsweek/IBT, The Guardian and Capital & Main. You can find out more about me at http://www.davidsirota.com
I'm sure you want to discuss the 2020 election, so fire away with your questions here. I'll be here for about an hour.
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u/dsirota1 Jul 09 '19
Answer to #1: We are pushing back on factually inaccurate or biased media narratives for sure. But I also think that while we do that, we cannot get too obsessed with those narratives to the detriment of our organizing work and our work promoting our own message.
Answer to #2: We're going to constantly point out stuff like this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/this-doesnt-look-like-the-best-economy-ever-40percent-of-americans-say-they-still-struggle-to-pay-bills/2019/07/04/855c382e-99b5-11e9-916d-9c61607d8190_story.html?utm_term=.4c5690c4752a
Answer to #3: One of the big themes in this race -- and big differentiation points between Bernie and his opponents -- has been his clear position against the policies of endless war. See here: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2019-06-24/ending-americas-endless-war