Scott M. Welfel

Progressive organizer, attorney & dad. Former @SkaddenArps fellow/reentry attorney at @NJ_ISJ ** @Princeton & @NYULaw Alum ** Views are my own

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@MetLifeStadium literally the worst run operation ever. Don't know how you're going to host the final with this nonsense

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@LamonicaMciver Push for a vote in Congress to #StopTheWar #NoWarWithIran

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@SenTimKaine @SenatorAndyKim Thank you @SenTimKaine for your clear message that you oppose the war and Congress should vote to stop it. @CoryBooker please join them in this clear message. #StopTheWar

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@CoryBooker A lot of words but a lack of moral clarity. I call on you Senator Booker to clearly and categorically oppose this illegal war with Iran. #NoWarWithIran

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@PATHTrain Really really sick of these delays.

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@WhiteHouse I oppose this lawless strike not authorized by Congress with every fiber of my being. #NotInMyName

[Jon Lovett @jonlovett]

There have always been two Joe Bidens. The empathetic, decent, big-hearted leader, forged in loss and grief, finding the good in his friends and opponents, in love with America, arms wide and open with space for everyone. And there’s the blowhard with a chip on his shoulder, stubborn, something to prove, his fellow senators rolling their eyes as the finger wags harder and the stories get longer. Statesman and politician, hero and fool.

Joe Biden ran for president for 50 years. He finally won because he ran as that hero at a time when the country was desperate for empathy and normalcy and wisdom and grace. It was still too close. But even when he was doubted by insiders and pundits (hi!), he persevered; he knew Democrats, he knew America, and he was right.

And then! To his great and everlasting credit, Joe Biden governed as that statesman too. He built a coalition wide enough to hold Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders. He defied Washington’s stodgy consensus when necessary, a consensus he spent a lifetime living inside. He adapted, he governed with humility and purpose, whether on how to revive the economy, or take on monopolies, or address student loans, or press for the largest investment in clean energy by any country anywhere on earth. And even as he showed the capacity to listen to the rising progressive voices inside the Democratic party, at the very same time he achieved bipartisan legislative successes in defiance of every political trend of the last thirty years. Joe Biden has been an extraordinary president! Statesman. Hero.

But it’s hard to deny that in the two weeks since the debate, it’s the arrogant and small Joe Biden we’ve seen most - hanging on, bragging, defensive, angry, weak. Who else but him? he wonders aloud. Only God could change his mind, he tells us. The stakes for the country are all that matter. The stakes for Joe Biden are beside the point. But it’s worth saying just the same: Joe Biden can leave office as one of the greatest presidents in our lifetimes, who defeated Trump and put his country first at every turn; or he can leave a stubborn old man who allowed hubris and insecurity to destroy his legacy and perhaps our democracy with it.

We all have our best and worst selves, scrambling over each other, battling it out in the moments that define us. Where is the Joe Biden we elected? Where is the statesman? I hope that version of him shows up soon. And I hope the people around him know where to look.

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@StevenFulop @AylaSchermer @bikejc @JerseyCity @DavidPringle11 @NJEJAlliance @DougOMalleyENJ Thank you for your courage to oppose the governor on this critical issue for health and the environment!

[Steven Fulop @StevenFulop]

Thank you to everyone that came out to the rally/press conference to voice their opposition to the $10 BILLION state proposal to widen the turnpike extension. Just imagine how far that money could go towards mass transit across NJ. We can create good union jobs, modernize our transportation infrastructure + do it in an environmentally thoughtful way by investing properly

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@ELE_Network @MikieSherrill Um...there were no alternatives to Biden in the primary....

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@MikieSherrill Thank you for being one of very few Dems with the courage to publicly speak the truth!

[Mikie Sherrill @MikieSherrill]

I know President Biden cares deeply about the future of our country.

That's why I am asking that he declare that he won't run for reelection.

My full statement:

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@StevenFulop 1) You're taking an opposite position to @RepSherrill because you're running against her for Governor
2) Dems cleared field for Biden in primary so voters had no other choice
3) telling 75% of Americans (who think Biden is too old) that they're wrong is a losing strategy

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

I would simply say that calling nearly half your party’s voters “the bedwetting brigade” is not the most effective strategy to assuage their concerns about your candidate and get them to the polls.

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@KathleenKleinb1 @PhilMurphy @JoeBiden That poll suggests Harris polls about equal to Biden against Trump and so supports the argument that Biden should drop out and give Harris the chance to run.

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@PhilMurphy @JoeBiden Your collective blindness to reality is frightening and disheartening. LISTEN TO VOTERS. 75% SAY BIDEN IS TOO OLD. Whether that's true is irrelevant. Do you expect to win an election by telling 75% of Americans they are wrong?

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@PATHTrain Yes I'm well aware. This is a problem of relying on antiquated infrastructure. We need a higher bridge with sufficient clearance to obviate the need for a drawbridge

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@JerseyCity @StevenFulop DPW garbage truck on Highland Ave just grabbed my brown paper leaf bags along with household garbage. Extremely upset that my leaves are now going to a landfill rather than being composted.

[Scott M. Welfel @ScottWelfel]

@POTUS Call for a #CeasefireNOW #CeaseFireInGaza