Progressive commentator: NYT editorial board endorsement 'even dumber' than expected

Progressive commentator Maximillian Alvarez, a backer of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), criticized the New York Times editorial board on Tuesday over its dual endorsement of Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in the Democratic Primary.

“Against all odds, The New York Times’s endorsement managed to be even dumber than we were all expecting,” Alvarez, a host of left-leaning podcast Working People, told Hill.TV. “It’s really mind blowing and really I commend them for it.”

“The New York Times just really doesn’t it — they really don’t get the stakes of our political moment,” he added.

Alvarez argued that working class people like himself don’t care about what “this paneled boardroom of elitist dweebs” think.

He instead pointed to endorsements that Sanders has received from National Nurses United, the United Teachers of Los Angeles and American Postal Workers Union of New Hampshire among others. 

“These are the unions that have endorsed Bernie Sanders and I take way more stock in those endorsements than I do in this dog and pony show,” he said.

Over the weekend, the Times broke with convention and endorsed Warren and Klobuchar in an effort to address what it described as the "radical and the realist models" voters are faced with by the 2020 Democratic field.

“If there were ever a time to be open to new ideas, it is now. If there were ever a time to seek stability, now is it,” it wrote. “That’s why we’re endorsing the most effective advocates for each approach. They are Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar.”

Both Klobuchar and Warren tweeted in reaction to the editorial endorsement with Klobuchar calling it an “honor” and Warren alluding to a remark she made during the Iowa debate.

“So, I guess @AmyKlobuchar and I are now both undefeated in elections and undefeated in New York Times endorsements!” Warren tweeted.

Warren said in last week’s debate that “the men on this stage have lost 10 elections,” while noting that she and Klobuchar had won all of their elections.

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Hill.TV's Saagar Enjeti: NYT dual endorsement could hurt Warren, Klobuchar
Hill.TV host Saagar Enjeti on Tuesday ripped the the New York Times editorial board's dual endorsement of Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for the Democratic nomination for president.

Hill.TV host Saagar Enjeti on Tuesday ripped the the New York Times editorial board's dual endorsement of Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for the Democratic nomination for president.

Enjeti maintained that the dual endorsements aren't doing either of the senators any favors.

“Since the Times is itself a member of the moneyed elite, their endorsement and embrace of Warren is devastating,” Enjeti said. “It validates the central critique that she is herself not an ideologue and in reality would mostly masquerade as a far left cultural figure who issues woke executive orders every day of her presidency.”

Enjeti argued that endorsement could also potentially hurt Klobuchar, saying that they “see her as a witting heir to the moderate Democratic movement” solely because she “has been in the Senate awhile, says ‘Midwest’ a lot and is a woman."

Over the weekend, the the Times announced a dual endorsement of Warren and Klobuchar effectively breaking with convention.

In explanation of its decision not to throw its support behind a single candidate, the Times wrote that both senators address the "radical and the realist models" voters are faced with by the 2020 Democratic field.

“If there were ever a time to be open to new ideas, it is now. If there were ever a time to seek stability, now is it,” it wrote. “That’s why we’re endorsing the most effective advocates for each approach. They are Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar.”

The decision later drew some backlash on Twitter.

“The New York Times even Both Sides’d its endorsement,” said Jon Favreau, a director of speechwriting for former President Obama.