Live Twittervism: Illinois Democractic Gubernatorial Debate at the Chicago Teacher's Union
I had originally planned on re-posting here a Twitter thread/Facebook post that I still intend on posting here some day, seeing as how I'm still busy focusing on reading open submissions to Uncanny Magazine and I didn't think today would be predictable enough to publish a blog post that would satisfy me. Seeing as how I Live Tweeted today the debate between the Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidates, I think I can better serve at least my Illinois audience by re-posting them here. The rest of my audience might enjoy these posts, too. Women welcoming everyone to crowd: "Don't be mean. . .YET!" #OurRevolutionILGubernatorialDebate [Watch debate here] CAN TV - More local voices than any other network - Chicago https://t.co/oF3gdHXveW #OurRevolutionILGubernatorialDebate Sad only men running for IL governor, glad that organizers emphasizing point. #ORILGOB [note the hashtag] JB Pritzker: "This campaign isn't about money, it's about progressive values." LOL #Pawar2018: The only way to fight racism & classism is by coming together. https://t.co/LK7GpSrV90 #Pawar2018: Let's stop pretending that $15/hr is enough. We need guaranteed sick leave, healthcare, etc. https://t.co/LK7GpSrV90 Pritzker: "When people get $15, they spend it." #ORILGOB Biss: "We put a $15/hr bill on Rauner's desk, but he vetoed it." #ORILGOB Pritzker: "I don't believe free college should be offered to my kids." Graduated income cut off. #ORILGOB #Pawar2018 rapid shooting so many good ideas about free college that it's hard to choose! #ORILGOB https://t.co/LK7GpSrV90 Biss: Voted against school voucher bill. #ORILGOB Pritzker: "We need to keep public money in the public schools." Kennedy: Tax Vouchers violates paragraph 10, article 3 of IL Constitution. #ORILGOB #Pawar2018: We don't spend enough on public schools. Need to spend more where it's needed. Equity is spending where it's needed. #ORILGOB #Pawar2018: Tax more on income, not behavior. #ORILGOB https://t.co/LK7GpSrV90 Pritzker: Financial Transaction Tax should be done on Federal level. #ORILGOB Biss & Pritzker fighting over how their canpaigns are getting funding (with Biss showing Middle Class pride). #ORILGOB #Pawar2018: Got here on my own grit & sweat labor. Got the votes through my own work. #ORILGOB http://pawar2018 Kennedy & Pritzker arguing over privileges they've gotten because of money & lawyering. [Not surprised.] #ORILGOB Biss touting himself as a Medicare for All/Single Payer hipster. #ORILGOB #Amaya2018: Single Payer is pro-business. We need to lean in each other. #ORILGOB https://t.co/LK7GpSrV90 #Pawar2018: Biggest mistake made in politics -making something about an individual. This is not about personalities or a bogeyman. #ORILGOB Pritzker & Biss fighting words & grandstanding re: affiliation with Michael Madigan. #ORILGOB Pritzker re: Amazon - Returns on incentives need to be worth it. #ORILGOB Biss: "How much do we give Amazon? Not much." #ORILGOB #Pawar2018: "Government has responsibility to constituents. Match incentives to Amazon with money to schools & other services." #ORILGOB #Pawar2018: "Amazon jobs will be 1099 contractors", not employees. #ORILGOB https://t.co/LK7GpSrV90 #Pawar2018: We will stop the racist War on Drugs. [After graceful handling of heckler.] #ORILGOB https://t.co/LK7GpSrV90 #Pawar2018: Closing a school akin to closing community. Schools where a lot of funding comes from. Closing school = defunding communities. Candidate Paterakis REALLY WANTS TO LEGALIZE CANNABIS! #ORILGOB #Pawar2018: It comes down to economics. Politicians are pitting poor white people & poor black & brown people against each other. #ORILGOB Biss asking to join the movement. #ORILGOB
In full disclosure: In case you don't know, I support Ameya Pawar. This thread does favor him. I may not show as much seriousness about the other candidates. Also, as much I tried to get verbatim quotes, I didn't meet with 100% accuracy or get as many quotes as covered by the whole debate. Where I could, I put double quoted what I believe are as exact quotes as I could take and left summarized words without quotes.
Also I want the best candidate to win, and I don't want Bruce Rauner to stay in office. With that in mind, I have included some quotes and summaries about some of the other candidates who said things that I agree with. I also did not include all the candidates in this transcription. I haven't really heard of them before today or before an article I read the other day about how they were willing to work with Amazon to get a new headquarters into Illinois. It's still early in the race, so I can't say whether they have a serious chance or not, but most of the candidates I mention in this stream already have name recognition to me, so I see them as the serious contenders at this point.
All that said, here we go! It starts with Facebook post that apparently didn't make it to Twitter:
Ameya Pawar campaign showed up to debate with a bang! Marched w/ a drum corp. #PawartothePeople!
UPDATE: Just heard a clip of Pawar on NPR. He made a point to say in another portion that he made it as far as he did because of his community.
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