2020 Democratic presidential primary

*rushes to shave own legs*

Having someone else shave your legs would be 100xs more of a hassle than the 2 minutes it takes to do it yourself.

Unless it is a mobility or ableness issue.

If it’s true, it’s obviously more of an abusive kink than a matter of convenience. If it’s false, what a heckin weird story to spread around

see you on the TRAIL

Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President. Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? See you on the campaign TRAIL, Liz!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2019

She should scalp him.

Really tough to imagine the leg shaving story just getting dreamt up out of nowhere, though I suppose stranger things have happened

the legs shaving thing sound LBJesque

than the 2 minutes it takes to do it yourself

maybe she thought she would rush it and cut herself

in this capitol hill culture of turning underlings into life-aides (cf. scott pruitt and ryan zinke)

Nice that she's getting ahead of these, but when you gotta start off with your own Snopes page...

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don't think of an elephant

Eventually the food is served & Gillibrand starts to eat her fried chicken with a fork. She looks around, sees other people eating with their hands and says “Um Kiki, do we use our fingers or forks for the chicken?”

Kiki said to use her fingers, and use her fingers she did. pic.twitter.com/jYO8DgSiBD

— Jasmine Wright (@JasJWright) February 9, 2019

fork lickin' good

god that’s embarrassing

there are no good candidates

other than idiots, who cares whether she eats chicken with a knife and fork or her fingers? it is irrelevant to everything that matters.

Me, a normal person with no public appearances to make and no hands to shake, would eat fried chicken the normal way.

Kirsten Gillibrand, who is campaigning and doesn't have time to change clothes after lunch and will be in front of audiences and shaking hands the rest of the day, might find it beneficial to use a knife and fork.

Using a knife and fork for pizza is still fucking shameful, though.

it seems like a really petty thing to pick on. I could see a non-politician having the save awkwardness and curiosity.

We just Dean Scream everything now

Take a break nerds, it’s hilarious she wanted to use a knife on her fried chicken, she’ll be fine

i just wanted to say fork lickin' good

what i wanna know is, why could she not just look at what other people were doing, surely as a career politician she has a knack for that

i guess no one wants to be gerald ford trying to eat his tamale with the wrapper still on

other than idiots, who cares whether she eats chicken with a knife and fork

it seems like a really petty thing to pick on.

Have you met our electorate?

um, kiki?

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https://www.latlmes.com/breaking/hillary-clinton-announces-2020-nomination-run-1

jesus. she's never gonna give this up is she?

sometimes you just have to roll the dice

i'm with her

klobuchar's announcing this afternoon, in minneapolis.

does she have a chance? just in terms of name recognition she's already fighting an uphill battle. i don't know a lot about the kinds of policies she's pushed in the past. i thought she handled herself quite well during the hearings for the golden boy kavanaugh, but she didn't exactly scream "presidential contender" either

I welcome her, unless that leg shaving thing is true. Can't imagine her gaining a lot of traction, and don't know that she's really pushing any ideas anyone else has missed, but go for it I guess.

the main thing i've seen in her favor - and a point i think she's also pushing - is that she would be able to win the upper midwest states that clinton lost in 2016. that's a plus, sure, but it's not exactly inspiring

I think the pundit class consensus fwiw is that that is also true of Gillibrand.

Which seems wildly off to me

I misunderstood the leg shaving story with klobuchar—i thought she made female staffers shave THEIR legs, not hers, which is much weirder.

Agreed xp

That tweet about eating the fried chicken make me want to stab. Shit is hard to eat with your hands if you don't have a hairtie. Places need to do what ramen places do and have a little jar of rubberbands for your hair.

One thing that's been bothering me from the Bernie/AOC left on twitter is the cries of bandwagon jumping and opportunism from Harris, Gillibrand, et al regarding the Green New Deal.

THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL IS TO PICK UP SUPPORT FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

Worth remembering:

Some keep asking what can beat Trump? He lost by over 4 million votes. He got in b/c of voter suppression swinging 80k votes in a few states. How do you beat him? Fight voter suppression, turn out votes, don’t write off any states & fight him in the South.

— Rev. Dr. Barber (@RevDrBarber) February 10, 2019

*promiment politician looks around him and thinks that democrats crave a "centrist"*

Are you ready for MICHAEL BENNETMENTUM? https://t.co/YFOY0xGIEV

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) February 10, 2019

This seems like a good way to go hard against Trump in tandem w the “he’s a symptom of bigger problems” imo

Warren didn't mention Trump by name during first Iowa tour, but she hits him at the start of this one. "By the time we get to 2020, Donald Trump may not be president. In fact, he may not even be a free person."

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) February 10, 2019

Sure, borrow revolutionary rhetoric but pretend the American justice system as it currently exists is capable of doling out commensurate punishment to the wealthy.

But yeah, sure, it'll piss him off.

I just think to resonate w Dem primary voters you have to ride the line between “the problems/goals are bigger than him” while also acknowledging that he’s uniquely bad in many ways.

ok so I messaged a friend who has worked on many big state and national campaigns, I guess I messed up the story, but yes AK made a male staffer shave her legs.

he's pretty jaded about weird politics and actually thinks she's a really effective senator, he says all the mean stories are true but he just sees it as her being demanding...but yeah I know I sound crazy but if he says it I would bet on it

looks like it's percolating on Twitter now

Will require razor sharp reporting

— Caitlin Legacki 🤦🏼‍♀️ (@caitleg) February 9, 2019

Seems a clear case of sexual harassment?

Medicare Fur All

Some keep asking what can beat Trump? He lost by over 4 million votes. He got in b/c of voter suppression swinging 80k votes in a few states. How do you beat him? Fight voter suppression, turn out votes, don’t write off any states & fight him in the South.
— Rev. Dr. Barber (@RevDrBarber) February 10, 2019

this dude gets it, consistently. more consistently than pretty much anyone IMO.

That's kinda why the "Dems need a long look in the mirror" takes post 2016 infuriated me. The guy limped across the finish line through a grotesque star alignment and suddenly electoral victories are sorcery?

Dems lost two elections like this to the same terrible candidate and turned it into an 8 year White House stint (pre-emptive stfu Morbs)

southern af and I eat fried chicken and hot wings with fork/fingers combo.

Fork to scrap the remains