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ehrnst

(32,640 posts) Wed Jan 31, 2018, 05:43 PM Jan 2018

Democratic response to SOTU gets over 10 million views on FB! [View all]

He’s got more Facebook followers than most senators. And he’s left a trail of viral videos that have been watched by millions.

Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III might not cut a high-profile yet in Washington, but his stature is growing among Democratic grassroots activists outside D.C.

The three-term congressman — who’s slated to deliver his party’s response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech Tuesday — features in scores of YouTube and Facebook videos, where clips of his remarks and floor speeches have spread like wildfire among progressives.

One of the most popular is from a March committee hearing where Kennedy, citing Scripture, called the GOP health care bill an act of malice, saying “There is no mercy in a system that makes health care a luxury.” That video, posted on his official Facebook page, drew more than 10 million views and nearly a quarter-million shares.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/30/joe-kennedy-state-of-union-376816

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Democratic response to SOTU gets over 10 million views on FB! [View all] ehrnst Jan 2018 OP

Wow.. that's a good number! Cha Jan 2018 #1

Outstanding Me. Jan 2018 #10

No.. Cha Jan 2018 #12

Google Was My Friend Me. Jan 2018 #11

Thank you, Me! President Obama! Cha Jan 2018 #13

That warms my heart Dem_4_Life Jan 2018 #2

From your link, ehrnst. sheshe2 Jan 2018 #3

I think in about 10 years, he'll have the chops to run for POTUS ehrnst Jan 2018 #4

Ohh, I've seen that starting already. R B Garr Jan 2018 #5

It's strange that some people join a forum for Democrats brer cat Jan 2018 #14

Same old for most, surely? Rule or ruin, acting out Hortensis Feb 2018 #16

Rule or ruin... brer cat Feb 2018 #17

Not badmouthing Joe, but this comparison? Hortensis Feb 2018 #19

I'm a huge PBO admirer. brer cat Feb 2018 #20

Oh, me too. I was saying, yes!--but not this one. Hortensis Feb 2018 #21

Yes, he very much appeals to millenials ehrnst Feb 2018 #23

I like him, ehrnst. sheshe2 Feb 2018 #25

This is fantastic! I have it recorded but haven't watched him, only R B Garr Jan 2018 #6

K&R mcar Jan 2018 #7

Knr withoutapaddle Jan 2018 #8

I just saw it DFW Jan 2018 #9

wow bdamomma Jan 2018 #15

Keep posting it around, it needs 90 million more views. n/t FSogol Feb 2018 #18

K&R. Awesome! lunamagica Feb 2018 #22

KICK! Cha Feb 2018 #24

And most important he is hated by that group, justice something, supported by a senator Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #26

I watched the speech on MSNBC Gothmog Feb 2018 #27