If @ewarren wants to go straight at @BernieSanders—fine politics is politics. But what's puzzling about her critique of her "getting stuff done" vs @BernieSanders is...other than creating CFPB (great), she has no signature accomplishments as a Senatorhttps://twitter.com/BoldProgressive/status/1230709000582258688 …
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@RoKhanna passing the War Powers Act for the first time ever in bipartisan vote (Trump vetoed) You can agree or disagree with Warren going after him---but the narrative of her getting stuff done vs Bernie Sanders being ineffective....it's actually the opposite.Show this thread -
Warren has been great at creating viral moments shaming bank executives...that can't be argued. But as a legislator, she's gotten very little done. At the moment, I don't think
@BernieSanders camp sees a benefit in going after her/pointing that out....we'll see if that changesShow this thread
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And what is Sanders's congressional record? 6 bills in 30 years. Half of them renaming post offices.
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#2 there gave my grossly underserved community a nice health clinic and pharmacy. Thanks Bernie! CFPB is just another one of those Obama-style "reforms" that is super-complex because they really don't want to change the status-quo. (Frank-Dodd, ACA, being other exemplars.)
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But "getting real stuff done" is a worn-out centrist talking point in any case. It has no real meaning anymore. They said it about Clinton. (Destroys other countries, true. I guess that's some "real stuff"). And Gillibrand, for heaven's sake.
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4) Warren created a federal agency—the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau— without the title of "senator" in front of her name.
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He also got Disney, and Amazon workers wage increases, outside of the auspices of the Senate, by simply his ability to organize.
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Great. But my gosh I’m Open Democracy who couldn’t get shit done like this. So little gets done.
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OF COURSE he doesn't have a sht ton of legislation that they're trying to call him on, and YET he's still known as The Amendment King