Former Mayor of New York City. Love my beautiful family and my amazing city! Proud Brooklynite. Fighting for working people and our democracy. (he/him)
And hey
@PeteButtigieg
, try to not be so smug when you just got your ass kicked. You know how we form a winning coalition to beat Trump? With a true multi-racial coalition of working Americans: something
@BernieSanders
has proven he can do + you haven’t. Dude, show some humility
I deeply respect
@ewarren
. Our nation + our party are better + more progressive because of her leadership. Now our progressive movement needs her more than ever. Senator, if the shoe was on the other foot
@BernieSanders
would have endorsed you already. Please join us!
I'm standing with
@BernieSanders
because he stands w/ working families & always has. Bernie is the candidate to take Trump on & take him down. I'm proud to endorse a true progressive leader who will fight for working New Yorkers & families across the country.
Mayor
@BilldeBlasio
knows that the only way we can defeat Trump is by uniting people from all backgrounds around an agenda that speaks to working families. I’m proud to have the support of a mayor fighting every day to improve the lives of New Yorkers.
No,
@JoeBiden
, most Americans really DON’T like the status quo. Shouting out that you oppose change + you disdain the “revolutionary” idea that working people deserve a better America - well, THAT’S not the way to beat Trump.
@BernieSanders
will see you on the playing field Tues
As the guy who actually ended the Stop + Frisk policy + settled the lawsuit + sent Bloomberg’s police commissioner packing, let me answer that question: YES, stop and frisk was racist! And
@MikeBloomberg
stood by it til last year. If he weren’t running for Pres, no apology
.
@PeteButtigieg
, you clearly don’t understand the movement
@BernieSanders
has built. It reflects the true values + hope of working people in America. They simply want a country that puts working people first. Your critique tonight speaks for the American elite, not the majority
Today they will tell u Bernie can’t win. They will tell u it’s all over. They want to discourage u. Don’t fall for it! The voters + the delegate count tell a different story: 2-person race, clean slate, game on! If u want to change this country, work even harder 4
@BernieSanders
I deeply respect
@ewarren
. Tentire + our party is better + more progressive because of her leadership. Now our progressive movement needs her more than ever. Senator, if the shoe were on the other foot
@BernieSanders
would have already endorsed you. We have
Only 3 people can now actually BE the next President: Bernie, Biden or Trump. Only ONE will actually bring real change for working people:
@BernieSanders
Congrats
@JoeBiden
for a well-earned victory. But
@Robt_Gibbs
@MSNBC
makes crucial point: from now on this is a national election. The person who consistently leads in national polls + key March 3 states is
@BernieSanders
. The person who beats Trump in most polls:
@BernieSanders
Purveyors of Conventional Wisdom are telling us tonight that
@BernieSanders
can’t be elected President because he’s different. Just like they said about Donald Trump. Just like they said about Barack Obama. The truth: you CAN’T be elected in America today UNLESS you’re different.
OK Boomer pundits: take a deep breath! The game has just begun. The 2 largest states in the nation haven’t spoken yet tonight. And many big states in weeks ahead. It’s a 2-person race, totally clear contrast. Debates loom large. And THAT is a very GOOD formula for
@BernieSanders
.
@JoeBiden
, the lesson of 2016 was clear: DON’T focus on Trump’s character. Working people don’t want to hear it. They NEED to hear an honest vision for change in their lives. Stop acting like they are ok with the status quo - they are NOT. They need a champion:
@BernieSanders
THE moment from tonight:
“You know, Mr. Bloomberg, maybe it wasn’t you who made all that money. Maybe your workers played a part in that as well."
-
@BernieSanders
That’s what this election is about: giving our country back to the working families who built it.
#DemDebates
Yes, PLEASE ask NYC teachers how
@MikeBloomberg
treated them. You will get an earful. He attacked + denigrated our educators + their union. He blamed teachers + treated THEM as the problem, instead of the solution they really are. I have spent 6 yrs healing + fixing what he broke
It’s 2019 &
@JoeBiden
is longing for the good old days of “civility” typified by James Eastland. Eastland thought my multiracial family should be illegal & that whites were entitled to “the pursuit of dead n*ggers." (1/2)
Listen to what
@JoyAnnReid
just said about a Republican consultant privately admitting to her what it would be like to take on
@BernieSanders
: “All things considered, I’d rather not run against a movement.” 2016 taught us: we only win by moving the people + rejecting the elites!
If someone proposed a “radical” idea called public education today, Beto would try to warn us that 180 million Americans would be kicked out of their schools.
Let’s leave the lazy fear mongering tactics to Trump.
We don’t have to make the false choice between a status quo where millions of Americans are uninsured and millions more can't afford their prescriptions—and a plan that would force 180 million Americans off their insurance. That's why I support Medicare for America.
#ConDon
takes another shot at me. But I’m a total
@SadiqKhan
stan, so consider any comparison a compliment. Plus the Mayor is a much better British doppelgänger than Brexit Bojo....
....Kahn reminds me very much of our very dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, de Blasio, who has also done a terrible job - only half his height. In any event, I look forward to being a great friend to the United Kingdom, and am looking very much forward to my visit. Landing now!
.
@JamesCarville
@msnbc
this is really getting obnoxious, brother. A lot of us admire your contributions over the years, but bristle when you use words like “scary” about the guy who actually can motivate people to vote:
@BernieSanders
. Change is not scary. You used to know that
I told
@JoeNBC
that
@JoeBiden
hasn’t really been vetted. The video below is perfect evidence of that fact. How many Democrats know about Joe’s passionate defense of freezing Social Security benefits? Not many. At the next debate: truth will come out, which favors
@BernieSanders
The mailer sent by the NY Democratic Party in the 11th hour falsely attacking Cynthia Nixon is beyond unacceptable — it’s downright Trumpian. A tweeted “apology” calling it a “mistake” is laughable. The state party must compensate the Nixon campaign immediately.
.
@bwilliams
@msnbc
you want a fact check on
@MikeBloomberg
record on education? Here goes:
Non-stop efforts to corporatize public schools
Endless attacks on teachers + their union
Closing neighborhood schools
3 chancellors, 0 were educators
High-stakes testing
No thanks!
Al Sharpton
Elijah Cummings
Ilhan Omar
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Ayanna Pressley
Rashida Tlaib
Maxine Waters
John Lewis
Frederica Wilson
Barack Obama
@realDonaldTrump
Is this really your campaign strategy? Attack as many people of color as possible? You are a disgrace.
Giving workers a voice is not communism.
Making sure the wealthy pay their fair share is not communism.
Wanting a government that works as hard as the American people is not communism.
But calling those things “communism” is VERY Republican.
#DemDebates
Bernie has more energy and vigor than most folks in their twenties —
@Chirlane
and I can attest to it. His voice matters deeply to this race. It’s time for the media to get back to talking about the issues that matter.
As the person who ended
@MikeBloomberg
’s racist + counterproductive Muslim surveillance program, I will tell you what he won’t: it actually made us LESS SAFE. It bred resentment and distrust, just when we most needed to bring our police and our Muslim community together. Failure
It’s past time for apologies or evolution from
@JoeBiden
. He repeatedly demonstrates that he is out of step with the values of the modern Democratic Party. (2/2)
I did not know the phrase I used in Miami today was associated with Che Guevara & I did not mean to offend anyone who heard it that way. I certainly apologize for not understanding that history. (1/2)
Here’s an idea. Instead of tax breaks for the wealthy, let’s invest in our education system, fix our infrastructure, and make it easier for kids to go to college.
Signor Presidente, from the
@en_sscnapoli
fans in NYC and around the world: thank you for bringing us to this magical day! Unforgettable! FORZA NAPOLI SEMPRE!!
.
@AndrewYang
makes a powerful point: the Democratic Party CANNOT just aspire to take us back to Nov 7, 2016 if we expect to win this election. “There are so many Americans who just don’t think our institutions are working for them AT ALL.” Word! BE the Party of CHANGE, or lose
There u go again,
@PeteButtigieg
. You just don’t understand: fighting Donald Trump WILL take passion + fight + yes, getting up in Trump’s face. It won’t be mild + calm + easy. It will be a struggle for the soul of our nation. We need a street fighter 4 the people:
@BernieSanders
I’m a New Yorker, I’m a mayor and I know I’ve been cleaning up Michael Bloomberg’s mess for six years. We ended the era of stop and frisk — and guess what? Crime went DOWN.
#DemDebates
Democrats everywhere should unite behind the idea that state parties and the national party have no place in primaries. When state parties put their fingers on the scales, it weakens the power of the people. The grassroots will lead us back to power — not party elites.
Since I’m encouraging New Yorkers to go on with your lives + get out on the town despite Coronavirus, I thought I would offer some suggestions. Here’s the first: thru Thurs 3/5 go see “The Traitor”
@FilmLinc
. If “The Wire” was a true story + set in Italy, it would be this film.
It’s clear the people of
#NY10
are looking for another option and I respect that. Time for me to leave electoral politics and focus on other ways to serve. I am really grateful for all the people I met, the stories I heard and the many good souls who helped out. Thank you all!
There is a special narcissism to billionaires. They can’t see like the rest of us. Here’s what actually happened,
@MikeBloomberg
: I called for an end to your broken policies, got elected + changed them. None of us needed to “learn” what we already knew. The people had told us
Congrats
@PeteButtigieg
for running a great campaign! You made history + took us a step closer to the truly inclusive America we need to build. When you are ready to turn the Governor’s Mansion blue in Indiana, you will have a whole lotta us around the nation ready to help!
Here’s my message to
@MLB
and
@MLBPA
: STOP IT! Everybody CHILL! Spring Training should be starting RIGHT NOW. Americans have been through so much with COVID and we need the joy back in our lives. For the good of your country, put aside differences and PLAY BALL!
All over this country people are working harder and harder, but getting less and less. It‘s not an accident. It’s an agenda to ensure that working people won’t get ahead.
I am not going to be running for Governor of New York State, but I am going to devote every fiber of my being to fighting inequality in the state of New York.
Great conversation
@JoeNBC
@morningmika
! Yes, campaigns have to constantly improve to win. But NEVER underestimate
@BernieSanders
. Dismissed in ‘16 + almost won nomination. Behind in ‘20, now 1 of 2 stlll standing. Bernie has made the impossible possible before + can do it AGAIN
In December 1890, hundreds of Native Americans were killed by the U.S Army in a massacre that claimed mostly women and children. Yesterday I pledged to revoke and rescind the 20 congressional medals wrongfully awarded to the soldiers responsible.
I’m no soccer expert, but I am a devoted sports fan. I watched the 2nd half of the
#ChampionsLeague
match yesterday. I have never seen such unfair officiating. It felt like the referees should have been wearing a
@acmilan
jersey. Alla prossima!
#ForzaNapoliSempre
@sscnapoli
Today I am proud to announce my candidacy for president of the United States of America, because it's time to finally put working people first.
Join me:
#BdB2020
.
@JoeBiden
, wake up! The American people LIKE
@BernieSanders
because he actually wants their families to have health care. They don’t want you guys talking about whether another country has it, they want to know when WE ARE GOING TO GET IT.
While the Trump administration and the Republican party is working overtime to take health care away from millions of Americans, in New York we are working to guarantee health care for all. Health care is a right, not a privilege.
I've known
@TheRevAl
for decades and Trump's characterization is not only disrespectful, it's untrue. While
@TheRevAl
was pushing for justice in the teachings of Dr. King, Trump was calling for the execution of five innocent black boys.
Immigrants are not responsible for the misery that exists in this country. Immigrants didn't do that to you.
The corporations did that to you.
The 1% did that to you.
#DemDebate
.
@GloriaBorger
@CNNPolitics
makes a key point: Bernie did better than Biden with White working class voters in SC. We saw the same in NH. We need those voters back in the Democratic coalition. That is Trump’s worst nightmare. Only one person brings them back:
@BernieSanders
A real thanks to
@TomSteyer
for speaking out with passion against the unacceptable concentration of wealth + power in America. Tom, you have helped push our party away from the corporations and toward the grassroots, where we belong.
Is he “mentally fit?” Gimme a break!
@JoeBiden
just gave us 2 hours of honest, introspective answers on a very wide range of topics. I don’t know many people who could do what
@POTUS
just did!
Just saw this deeply disturbing message from the NYU Student Bar Association. As a NYU Visiting Fellow, I strongly condemn this statement, which embraces disgusting acts of terrorism. I call on NYU community members to speak out against this hateful message.
#Istandwithisrael
Had a very inspiring meeting today in Rome with
@ellyesse
at the
@pdnetwork
. Here’s what I felt: Elly Schlein has a tremendous amount of heart and soul, and a real vision for reviving her party and helping the Italian people. The right leader at the right time!