"This is me, a conservative, going to an Elizabeth Warren rally because . . . "

[pnwmom]

Going on Twitter to see if anyone mentioned TV coverage of the rally, I ran into this post and pictures from a couple hours before the rally began.

Link to tweet

Ranee Soundara
@naynerz
This is me, a Conservative, going to an Elizabeth Warren rally in Seattle because she is the most qualified presidential candidate, a smart badass woman, who will be Trump’s toughest opponent.

Voting for the best candidate sometimes means you leave your political party behind.

[lark]

1. If you are a Repug, voting for the best candidate ALWAYS means voting for the other party.

Russian repugs are destroying the nation.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Really don't know what to make of that Tweet

Call me suspicious, but all of it could be bunk. Could be they've decided to try to pick their opponent, and this is one method. Conservatives don't generally boast of their defection. May not be a conservative, but a partisan who is boosting her choice. Something doesn't seem right to me at least.

[pnwmom]

4. I looked through old tweets of hers. Didn't see anything that contradicted her claims.

And I don't know any progressive who would want to present herself publicly as a conservative.

[More_Cowbell]

10. It's interesting that she calls herself conservative

not Republican. That brand is forever tainted, I think.

[bluewater]

3. Attracting voters across party lines is great!

K&R!

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

5. A woman with a plan..

Well not just one...she reminds me of “Leslie Knope” from the tv show “Park and Recreation”.
Binders full of plans all in alphabetical and numerical order.

What we need now!

[mwooldri]

6. I am finding that many people who say they are conservative...

... aren't really conservative at all. My driving instructor said he was a conservative and a Republican. His personal ideology was more Libertarian.

[pnwmom]

7. Libertarians have far-right conservative economic views.

They are economic conservatives who smoke pot or don't want to regulate personal lives.

[Andy823]

8. I think a lot of republican women

Could come over and vote for one of the Democratic women running.

I also think many voters from those states that some say only "Biden" can win, would vote for a women such as Warren, Harris or Klobuchar. The primaries are still a long ways away, and I really do think these three women have as good a chance as any of the men ruining for the nomination.

They are my top three choices.

[PatrickforO]

9. Well, Warren definitely is very solid on policy. She is

energetic, personable, an order of magnitude more intelligent than Trump, and plans to address things that will actually make our lives materially better.

Sure, I know she'll ultimately have to negotiate with both House and Senate - that's how our founders created this republic - to allow for plenty of vigorous debate followed by compromise.

But Warren knows where we need to go and she is doing a good job setting the vision.

[Hulk]

11. There really is no 1960 GOP any longer...

These "conservative" voices have lost their cover. The GOP of the 1960's has morphed into this disgusting, greedy, evil, irresponsible hate party of today. I am thinking "conservative" is a term that should be just as welcome in the Democratic Party as anywhere else. We ARE conservative, but we are also willing to change our priorities to divert our tax dollars to the peoples' needs, and NOT to the industrial complex and corporate wishes. Enough is enough. It's time to break this 50-50 tax split between bombs and the people. It's a waste, and a waste of life as well. Time to make BIG CHANGES in the country, and that's what Elizabeth Warren is talking about!

[Perseus]

12. Voting for the best candidate means you don't belong to any party

It means that you understand very well that you are a USA citizen and that you are going to vote for the person you feel is better for your country, for the people, who is not a crook, who is not a racist, etc., one who will make you proud when he/she meets with World leaders.

No one should "have" a party, that is part of the problem, we have to recognize when politicians, regardless of political party are to no good and then we dismiss them, we vote for the best.

Having said that, at this time in US history I cannot find anyone in the republican party that I would vote for, but I refuse to "have" a political party.

[oasis]

13. Trump fatigue......and many months to go.nt

[Gumboot]

14. If just some of the Republican women who voted for Trump...

... in 2016, can't hold their noses and look away any longer, and cross over for Warren in 2020, then Trump will get demolished.

There'll be too much of a surge even for gerrymandering and Crosscheck to steal.

There's a couple of women at my workplace who both supported Trump in 2016, who already have Warren stickers on their cars. Just a small sample size, but interesting (and very encouraging) to see.

[JudyM]

15. It's encouraging to hear about those women at your workplace. May that shift spread far and wide.

[cwydro]

16. Rec.

Good to read!