The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

The most revealing moment came when a local man asked him about a Siemens factory in town that had shut down, and how he planned to keep those types of jobs in America. Beto’s answer to this vital question—and I will do my best to characterize it accurately—was, like, uhhh, why don’t you tell me? “You share with people like me, how we can partner together,” the man running for president told the Iowa citizen in search of answers. “Gimme your best idea for how we do this.” The local man was caught off guard. “Would legislation be an option?”

Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke agreed with the man that legislation might be an option.

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

Werthless wrote:Went to the Washington Post opinion page today... not many fans of Beto on there!

Also, from there I was linked to this fun piece containing a fun exchange:

The most revealing moment came when a local man asked him about a Siemens factory in town that had shut down, and how he planned to keep those types of jobs in America. Beto’s answer to this vital question—and I will do my best to characterize it accurately—was, like, uhhh, why don’t you tell me? “You share with people like me, how we can partner together,” the man running for president told the Iowa citizen in search of answers. “Gimme your best idea for how we do this.” The local man was caught off guard. “Would legislation be an option?”

Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke agreed with the man that legislation might be an option.

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California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes filed a major lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against Twitter and a handful of its users on Monday, accusing the social media site of "shadow-banning conservatives" including himself to influence the 2018 elections, systematically censoring opposing viewpoints and totally "ignoring" lawful complaints of repeated abusive behavior.

Kirsten Gillibrand @SenGillibrand
I knew that calling on Al Franken to resign was a risk, but silence wasn’t an option. I’m running for president to fight for a country that values women, and I’m ready to share this vision with the American people. Will you give $1 to help us bring our vision to the debate stage?

jerseyhoya wrote:

Kirsten Gillibrand @SenGillibrand
I knew that calling on Al Franken to resign was a risk, but silence wasn’t an option. I’m running for president to fight for a country that values women, and I’m ready to share this vision with the American people. Will you give $1 to help us bring our vision to the debate stage?

I feel like Al Franken's fav/unfav with Dem primary voters probably isn't terrible. I guess this can work to get some buzz and raise money, but as a long term play seems not sustainable. Not to say she was wrong.

In general, I just don't get the Gillibrand campaign, why she thought running was a good idea, etc.

And Andrew Yang, who has already qualified for the first debate so is a more serious candidate than Kirsten Gillibrand, came out against circumcision, a very important public policy stance.

“I think there’s nothing more inhumane than tying down a baby or a child and amputating a healthy, normal part of his body,” Chapin said. “So I just think that his campaign slogan is awesome.”

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swishnicholson wrote:

“I think there’s nothing more inhumane than tying down a baby or a child and amputating a healthy, normal part of his body,” Chapin said. “So I just think that his campaign slogan is awesome.”

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JFLNYC wrote:

swishnicholson wrote:

“I think there’s nothing more inhumane than tying down a baby or a child and amputating a healthy, normal part of his body,” Chapin said. “So I just think that his campaign slogan is awesome.”

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They really want it sent to them?