2020 Democratic presidential primary

What elevates Warren and Sanders above the rest has less to do w/ things like specificity and polish than w/ clear records and priorities w/r/t to corruption, income equality, and economic justice

Democrats will hold their second 2020 presidential primary debate in Detroit, the Democratic National Committee announced today. The debate — which could include up to 16 Democrats — will take place on July 30-31 and air live on CNN. The first primary debate will take place on June 26 and 27 in Miami.

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2019/04/detroit-will-host-second-2020-democratic-presidential-debate-in-july.html

I love that the first two debates will each take two days. Those water glasses better be full.

happy birthday to me!

what will you do between halves of the debate? I'm guessing watch The Lost Boys.

16 candidates okay with lending an air of legitimacy to CNN

prob gonna watch magic mike xxl on repeat instead of either of the debates xp

good plan! (no idea how anyone can sit through TV debates tbh)

magic mike xxl expresses a more coherent version of the america i want than politicians on a stage waiting for their turn to speak

vision* but also version, fine

The first primary debate will take place on June 26 and 27 in Miami.

With this many candidates it will take two days to finish the debate

Social norms are changing. I understand that, and I’ve heard what these women are saying. Politics to me has always been about making connections, but I will be more mindful about respecting personal space in the future. That’s my responsibility and I will meet it. pic.twitter.com/Ya2mf5ODts

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 3, 2019

^ gets it, gets it

It looks like that lamp is sticking out of the side of his head. Which it very well might be.

Most awkward way to start a campaign since the "I promise not to drive off any more bridges" video in 1980

always been about making love connections

also, on Joe the tieless w/ jacket choice looks like he's showing up for the early-bird buffet in Coral Gables

Coral Springs more like

So is he running for Kiwanis president or

Biden 2020: Emotional Support Animal for All

Biden 2020: He's Doing That Because You Look Nervous

love that he's like basically saying "back when i did this it was ok" when the people coming forward are like "back when you did this it wasn't ok" lmao ok bye joseph

jeez that video is a deeply uncomfortable HR meeting where you're expected to say "uh... yeah, i mean i guess he's fine to come back?"

never really wanted to see joe run but this is all so weird i wish he would just go the fuck away

tbh it's still so weird to me that anyone takes him seriously as a candidate that i find it equally hard to wrap my head around actively cancelling him.

i mean, name recognition and some residual obama nostalgia i guess but... he's just old. he looks old. he sounds old. he should be like maybe booking an easy billable 20 hours a week as a consultant on a campaign, holding meetings on golf courses, whatnot. why he'd even want to put himself through a campaign at this point is beyond me.

It’s weird anyone would want to do this

hands hands hands

now its all about taking selfies or whatever

STRATEGIST: mr vice president we need to explain the hands thing

BIDEN: well there are just so many people who need solace

STRATEGIST: yes good

He should somehow incorporate the consoling hand on the shoulder motif into his campaign materials. I know some designers who could mock up a logo for him

The slogan's already in place but the logo needs work.

https://img.songfacts.com/calendar/17694.jpg

That and Halley's Comet were the biggest disappointments of 1986.

the "you can hug me anytime" responses to that tweet make me ill

https://www.mediaite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-14-at-11.25.58-AM-650x467-1.jpg

yes thank you, I've been trying to forget for the last two and a half years

lol hadrian

https://i.imgur.com/rPlIJdU.png

At least it's by the shoulders! You people, gawd.

lmao

Thank you for listening Joe 🙏 pic.twitter.com/Ic5Sg9lFRA

— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) April 3, 2019

haaaaa

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) has joined the fray

What? pic.twitter.com/cu70Idc9tm

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) April 4, 2019

uh.jpg

dad of the year

I swear some of these motherfuckers put less thought into deciding whether to run for president than I put into deciding which kind of bagel to order at the coffee shop in the morning.

my top 2 bagel options were out of stock when i went to the coffee shop this morning.

and that's when i decided i had to run for president of the united states

NEVER AGAIN

Bagels 4 Beto

BUTTIGIEG on free college: Americans who have a college degree earn more than Americans who don't. As a progressive, I have a hard time getting my head around the idea a majority who earn less because they didn't go to college subsidize a minority who earn more because they did

— Stephanie Murray (@StephMurr_Jour) April 3, 2019

I've heard some variant of this argument before and it always strikes me as dumb

i have decided that buttigieg in fact Sucks

im on the warren wagon btw choo choo

That's a weird argument tbh. For one. thing, that's not really how a progressive tax system would work, I don't think. (Those who earn more do pay more.) I am not sold on free, as opposed to affordable, uni, though, when it is neither required nor standardized. 2xp

also, and I am far from the first to point this out, people who didn't go to college and earn less have kids who might want to go to college!