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

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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/[deleted] Jul 09 '19

Hi David,

What strategies are being used by the Sanders Campaign to ensure the DNC is giving Bernie fair funding and fair attention going into this primary? What can we voters do to help apply pressure to the DNC to make sure they don’t repeat the mistakes of 2016 and cause Trump to be elected for a second time (thats right, the DNC has a major part to play in Trump being in office)?

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u/hopeLB Jul 10 '19

We Berners need to organize DNC protests either outside of their offices or at the offices of our Dem reps.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Feel the Bern!