The thing about this video is these forums are tailor made for the candidate to look good: they have control of the room, and a hostile questioner can be cut off any moment, however it’s really funny how for an extended period of time AES really does give “Tommy” every opportunity to make his case

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This is a masterclass in effective communication while also not being afraid to point out bigotry for what it is. We should be so lucky to have someone like this in our government.

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The hallmark of the modern reactionary is that they are so immersed in their own bullshit that they don’t understand how facile and corny their understanding of the world is.

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One of the many things I love about El-Sayed is that he's willing to engage with someone hostile if it gets them to admit the premises behind that hostility, to the extent that it becomes impossible to avoid the underlying bigotry. You want to go there, fine, but he's gonna make you own it.

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