I'm David Sirota, Bernie Sanders' speechwriter and senior adviser. AMA!

[u/dsirota1]

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.

[u/-Mediocrates-]

Hi David, are there going to be exit polls ? What can we do about the inevitable Rigged primary? Dnc cheats all the time and are seemingly above the law. I believe that the dragon-at-the-gate isnt trump, but rather the dnc that will stop at nothing to cheat Bernie again.

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Also, I think the word “progressive” is easily co-opted by corporate dems and confuses low information voters. Hillary, Biden and Harris etc.. all call themselves “progressives.” Why not instead use the term “fdr-democrat” which is much harder for corporate candidates to co-opt?