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I like @AndrewYang as a person. I really like a lot of his supporters.
I also love my city, and really love the people in it.
So this will be a thread where I will hold #YangForNY accountable in real time during his campaign.
There are only 3 rules, civility, fairness and fact
I also love my city, and really love the people in it.
So this will be a thread where I will hold #YangForNY accountable in real time during his campaign.
There are only 3 rules, civility, fairness and fact
1) Why would Andrew Yang launch a campaign with @RitchieTorres? Was it a signal to corporate backers who adore him? If so, there is a reason they adore him. He put a price tag on us, even on families who lost loved ones to the NYPD, who he colluded with against them.
2) Here is a letter warning everyone about @RitchieTorres.
Look who wrote it.
Why would @AndrewYang begin his campaign in NYC in the middle of the most historic movement against police violence, with the person who betrayed those murdered by the NYPD?
https://medium.com/@baezjustice2020/do-not-vote-for-ritchie-torres-13237f37f78
Look who wrote it.
Why would @AndrewYang begin his campaign in NYC in the middle of the most historic movement against police violence, with the person who betrayed those murdered by the NYPD?
https://medium.com/@baezjustice2020/do-not-vote-for-ritchie-torres-13237f37f78
3) Although Yang didn't launch with @rontkim, he is a beloved leader in the progressive community. I personally trust him. And I've seen Assemblymember Kim's influence already - with @AndrewYang vowing to decriminalize sex work in the name of Yang Song. https://twitter.com/rontkim/status/1350183487475736580
4) I've been told that @AndrewYang's campaign is managed by Tusk Strategies.
True? If so, in addition to launching with Rep Torres, who had betrayed mothers of those killed by NYPD, this would mean #YangForNY chose the NYPD PBA's consulting firm. https://www.wsj.com/articles/largest-nypd-union-hires-consulting-firm-with-history-of-fighting-city-hall-1458141483
True? If so, in addition to launching with Rep Torres, who had betrayed mothers of those killed by NYPD, this would mean #YangForNY chose the NYPD PBA's consulting firm. https://www.wsj.com/articles/largest-nypd-union-hires-consulting-firm-with-history-of-fighting-city-hall-1458141483
5) NYPD PBA is among the most hated groups in New York City. Its leader is an open and loud racist, who broke with tradition and policy to endorse Trump, threaten the Mayor, and dehumanize Black and brown New Yorkers, including those killed and tortured by police. #YangForNY
6) Tusk isn't just backing police murderers with consulting to protect them from accountability.
As each city battles greedy and destructive corporations, #YangForNY's consulting firm makes its living helping them.
Clients? Jeff Bezos. Walmart. Blackstone. Uber.
As each city battles greedy and destructive corporations, #YangForNY's consulting firm makes its living helping them.
Clients? Jeff Bezos. Walmart. Blackstone. Uber.
7) @AndrewYang's campaign consultants are headed by Bradley Tusk, the same Tusk who was campaign manager for Bloomberg, largely disgraced by regular New Yorkers for brutalizing with Stop and Frisk and so much more.
Why did #YangForNY choose them?
Why did #YangForNY choose them?
8) Do #YangForNY's early decisions show us how Andrew Yang will lead this city?
Because this city is not 98.5% white rich folks who work for billionaires against the interest of working families, but the campaign consultant firm is. https://tuskstrategies.com/team/
Because this city is not 98.5% white rich folks who work for billionaires against the interest of working families, but the campaign consultant firm is. https://tuskstrategies.com/team/
9) Marla Tusk, from #YangForNY's campaign firm, was a federal prosecutor who clerked for George Bush appointed Dennis Jacobs.
In her Tusk bio under "favorite political figure" she "pleads the fifth".
Maybe the Tusks should tell us.
In her Tusk bio under "favorite political figure" she "pleads the fifth".
Maybe the Tusks should tell us.
10) As NYC mayoral candidates outdo each other in promising to finally #taxtherich, there was one group who organized the ultra rich to end the people powered effort.
That group was created by Tusk, campaign strategy leader for @AndrewYang #YangForNY https://therealdeal.com/2020/08/25/ny-business-leaders-form-group-to-oppose-more-taxes/
That group was created by Tusk, campaign strategy leader for @AndrewYang #YangForNY https://therealdeal.com/2020/08/25/ny-business-leaders-form-group-to-oppose-more-taxes/
11) Both the Torres championing and Tusk involvement indicate @AndrewYang isn't on same page with most New Yorkers on NYPD and corporate dominance.
On police tip, even before the mayoral run, Yang needed to adopt a more sophisticated analysis. https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1269794236414808064
On police tip, even before the mayoral run, Yang needed to adopt a more sophisticated analysis. https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1269794236414808064
12) I interrupt this thread with just a reminder of how nice and reasonable #YangGang can be. Most of these people really want everyone to thrive. https://twitter.com/cerulean123/status/1350537204347645957
13) And Andrew too, who just responded to a part of this thread. Albeit, the most positive portion of it because we all dig @rontkim :) :) https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1350509127773118465
14) The head of Tusk in NY has responded to this thread and has distanced the firm for their work with NYPD PBA.
@chriscoffeytalk, did Tusk work with them during the killings of Eric Garner or others? Illegal profiling of Muslims? During Stop and Frisk? https://twitter.com/chriscoffeytalk/status/1350539235208605701
@chriscoffeytalk, did Tusk work with them during the killings of Eric Garner or others? Illegal profiling of Muslims? During Stop and Frisk? https://twitter.com/chriscoffeytalk/status/1350539235208605701
15) Ever since this thread, Chris Coffey of Tusk, who seems to lead the #YangForNY project there, has been repeatedly lying and misrepresenting the firm and its involvement working for one of the most racist and violent right wing organizations in NYC. https://twitter.com/aaronnarraph/status/1350874811724132353
16) Sadly, this @AndrewYang + Tusk thing is not getting better.
Here's a leader at #YangForNY's campaign and Lis Smith.
And here is an entire thread of receipts about Lis Smith and her white nationalist relationship.
This is who they attract.
https://twitter.com/nadinevdVelde/status/1201254801339666432
Here's a leader at #YangForNY's campaign and Lis Smith.
And here is an entire thread of receipts about Lis Smith and her white nationalist relationship.
This is who they attract.
https://twitter.com/nadinevdVelde/status/1201254801339666432
