Krystal Ball just accused Warren of abandoning economic populism in favor of "gender tokenism"

[highplainsdem]

Krystal Ball is one of the loudest Sanders supporters around.

Her tweet:

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Abandoning economic populism in favor of gender tokenism has been a disaster for Warren. It truly makes me sad to watch her now trying to actively harm the progressive movement in hopes of being Biden’s VP or whatever.

Comment on this from Warren supporter Tom Watson:

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"Gender tokenism." This is what the Sanders crowd really thinks about Elizabeth Warren. Incredible.

[IluvPitties]

1. Some of Sanders's supporters are just vile.

[MH1]

17. Yep, and yet he hires them / doesn't disown their vile comments

Really reflects badly on Sanders as a leader.

(not that it's new)

[hlthe2b]

2. Only a hair less disgusting than Nina Turner.

[Vivienne235729]

3. +1

[2naSalit]

20. Having to listen to her

is reason enough to not vote for Bernie. And that's aside from listening to his monotone yelling.

[IronLionZion]

4. Deplorable

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. She's so awful.

Why does Sanders attract such nasty people?

[IluvPitties]

6. A few of his supporters

are the left-wing deplorables. Aggressive, fanatical people.

[squirecam]

13. I think their self described term

Is the dirtbag left.


https://arcdigital.media/the-dirtbag-left-should-stop-being-dirtbags-91b28594061a

[highplainsdem]

16. True believers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Believer

[NurseJackie]

24. 👍

[Me.]

7. That Deplorable Statement Is Just So Krystal Ball

Does BS really not care what his supporters say on his behalf?

[George II]

8. I don't even know what "gender tokenism" is. Put two words together and add "ism" to anything?

She's unbelievable.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. I think what she's trying to say, which is bullshit,

is that Warren is playing the gender card, but we all know that the only thing that matters is economic equality because that, according to the Sandernistas' ideology, will solve all of society's problems. Once there are no more billionaires there will be no more racism, sexism or other forms of discrimination and we'll all be happy on our collective farms singing The Internationale as we hoe potatoes in perfect equality.

[Walleye]

30. Or economic populism

What the hell is populism, anyway?

[Codeine]

9. The Sanders crowd just continues to shine. nt

[MaryMagdaline]

10. The Senator from Massachusetts who beat an

Incumbent Republican and created the Consumers Affair Bureau is a TOKEN??

Jeezuz, how disgusting, Krystal

[OKNancy]

11. +1000

[Demsrule86]

19. What has Sanders ever done really?

[NurseJackie]

25. I'm told he's the amendment king, or something.

But that's basically tacking-on to the hard work that others have done in laying the foundation for creating and nurturing a successful bill. Grabbing on to something that's likely to pass anyway is not really what I would personally consider to be something worth bragging about. All I'm saying is that as far as accomplishments go, being known for tacking-on a lot of amendments is hardly as impressive as writing or cosponsoring a bill; and creating a coalition; and making compromises; and reaching across the aisle; and making deals; and finding common ground; and showing the leadership skills needed; and shepherding the whole shebang through to its successful conclusion.

[lapucelle]

51. I think BS was king durinfg his time in the House.

[Docreed2003]

14. This is such a disgusting smear from Ball

Warren deserves better. She is an amazing woman, she was the candidate who actually had plans for paying for her progressive agenda, and she's rewarded for it by being trashed by people like Ball.

[MrsCoffee]

15. It's just a Russian bot....

No real Sanders supporters would ever act like this....

[TwilightZone]

18. Ah, gotta love supporters of the "unity" candidate.

I always find it interesting that Sanders supporters insist that he's the one to unify the party when people like Krystal Ball consistently prove the opposite.

For that matter, so does Sanders. It's part of the strategy which makes the unity talk all the more ridiculous.

[2naSalit]

21. +1

[Gothmog]

22. sanders supporters are upset

Link to tweet

?s=20

[yardwork]

23. ..... I can't think of anything to say.

[duforsure]

26. She's not some one I'd

Be concerned about her opinion, especially about Senator Warren.

[Mike Nelson]

27. Krystal Ball wants...

... Elizabeth Warren to fail and drop out of the race. She's the person whose departure may benefit Bernie most... Krystal wants Warren to drop in the polls, votes, and leave.

[spicysista]

28. I had no idea Krystal Ball was like this.

I used to see her on MSNBC's, "The Cycle". Disappointing.

[Cha]

57. Oh yeah.. she's been doing

This for awhile now.

[evertonfc]

29. Ball is irrelevant

who cares what she thinks.

[dchill]

31. Pardon me for saying so, but she seems misguided.

[Walleye]

32. And what is a "corporate Democrat"?

[comradebillyboy]

37. Anyone who isn't Bernie.

[Mister Ed]

33. I've been wondering for some time now:

Who is this Krystal Ball person I occasionaly read about on DU, and why do I care what she says?

[OnDoutside]

34. I just had a look at the twitter responses on Ball's feed and they're nuttier than a bag of cats !

Some of the stuff

Link to tweet

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[Fran2020]

35. Love Krystal Ball! Why is that MAN telling a WOMAN what to say and not to say!

[Cha]

38. krystal ball doesn't know what she's talking about.

Abandoning economic populism in favor of gender tokenism has been a disaster for Warren. It truly makes me sad to watch her now trying to actively harm the progressive movement in hopes of being Biden’s VP or whatever

[Me.]

39. Because She's Dishonest & Shouldn't Be Saying Anything

[Fran2020]

41. She should speak up and speak the TRUTH! She's a great progressive Democrat.

[Me.]

44. So Then, Why Not Ask Her Who Was The Only One Who...

Made Money Off Her People's Project? That was certainly a progressive move for her bank account. Also, she used to say Tim Ryan was the best candidate ever, but now that's she's hooked on onto BS, no so much.

[lapucelle]

50. Is Krystal Ball's PAC a fresh approach or a get-rich scheme?

A new Democratic group — one with support from Democratic congressmen and three of the biggest names in the tech industry — is testing the boundary between a new approach to politics and a self-enriching scam.

When the People’s House Project launched last May, founder Krystal Ball billed it as an organization that would defy old conventions and show Democrats a new model for winning campaigns. The former MSNBC host said her political action committee would support longshot candidates who embraced economic populism and lacked a political background — the kind of office-seekers who normally don’t receive support from party leaders.

But thus far, nobody has benefited more financially from the group than Ball herself. Of the $445,000 Ball raised for the group, she paid herself more than a third of that — $174,000 — in salary, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission. The majority of her salary — $104,000 — came in the first three months of this year alone. That’s nearly eight times more than the nearly $22,000 the PHP has used to support its dozen endorsed candidates, some of whom have received just a single $1,000 contribution.

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Political groups with a glaring discrepancy between personal salaries and candidate contributions are often deemed so-called “Scam PACs,” a type of organization that enriches its founders while doing little to assist the cause or candidate they purportedly support. And indeed, when presented with the FEC data by McClatchy, several of PHP’s donors and supporters reacted with anger, going so far as to withdraw their endorsement and contributions.

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Ball also paid her own salary in fits and starts, something she says happened because of the group’s early uneven fundraising. When she received Hughes’s $50,000 contribution on December 21st, for example, she paid herself $25,000 the same day.

On a single day this year, March 1, she received $61,000 total in salary, according to FEC reports.

Ball said her annual salary should be $15,000 a month (or $180,000 annually) and that the extra money she made in the first three months of this year was back pay for last year’s efforts. (Her executive director, Moffett, should make a salary of $120,000 annually, she said.)

Pressed why her group hasn’t paid more money directly to candidates, she said PHP plans to eventually maximize a $5,000 contribution to all of its endorsed candidates. She said the group will “probably” also begin an independent expenditure campaign to help some of its candidates

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https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article210775574.html

You can find all the details at Open Secret. In the 2018 cycle, the top recipient of the donations was Ball herself at $279,333 in salary.

https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cycle=2018&cmte=C00639997

[TwilightZone]

52. When she starts speaking the truth, let us know.

So far, she's just spouted a bunch of hyperbolic nonsense.

[whistler162]

58. But she didn't she just spouted some gibberish!

[George II]

46. Krystal Ball is a "man"? SHE is telling a woman, Warren, what to say and not to say.

[lapucelle]

54. Check out the financials for Ball's PAC (People's House Project) on Open Secrets.

Even though Ball was tight with the purse strings when it came to candidates, she did manage to send a third party hopeful $9000+.

https://ballotpedia.org/Kate_Browning

https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cycle=2018&cmte=C00639997

[George II]

55. I did about a week or so ago. Before she virtually shut down "The People's House"....

...their expenditures were $823,000. Of that the recipients were:

BALL, KRYSTAL $321,000 (39%)
MOFFETT, JOHN $150,000 (18%)
JOHNSON, TOM $65,700 (8%)
PERRY, JAMES $55,400 (7%)

72% were paid to her and her three cohorts.

[lapucelle]

49. He didn't tell her what to say or what not to say.

"Gender tokenism." This is what the Sanders crowd really thinks about Elizabeth Warren. Incredible

[Cha]

56. He's doing her favor.. will she listen?

[samir.g]

36. This will not end when the primary is over

bros will be trying to hound Warren out of the senate for years.

[betsuni]

40. They don't seem to want to use "identity politics" anymore, so have to think up

another way to do the "It's not enough to say 'I'm a woman, vote for me!'" insult -- gender tokenism!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

42. Somebody's krystal [sic] ball is smudged and giving a bad view of reality.

[Me.]

45. Smudged!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

48. Hey, I wear glasses; I know how smudges can distort perception of reality. ...

When my son called me over to photograph my first grandchild, I took a very nice photo of a doll in a craddle while wondering why everyone was giggling. (Is she always this still when sleeping?)

[George II]

47. I prefer using the Magic 8-Ball:

[Yavin4]

43. Gosh, if you alienate everyone in the party, then how do you negotiate through a brokered

convention?

[blm]

53. That's just insane. This Sanders team values TALK over real action. Idiots.

And they are convincing others that their talk has value that the significant actions taken by Warren are to be ignored.