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Post by Admin on Mar 6, 2020 18:27:52 GMT
As she exited the presidential race, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., took a swipe at the "bullying" and "online nastiness" of supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and said presidential candidates were responsible for the actions of their supporters who do "dangerous, threatening things to other candidates."
"It's not just about me. There's a real problem with this online bullying and sort of online nastiness," Warren said in a Thursday evening interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow when asked about Sanders supporters' online attacks on Warren. Maddow referenced Sanders supporters calling Warren a "snake" and a "traitor," and attempting to recruit a primary challenger against her.
Warren cited Sanders supporters' attacks on "women of color, immigrant women" who led a union in Nevada, saying, "They actually published the phone numbers and home addresses of two women...and really put them in fear."
Sanders told Maddow Wednesday evening he was "aghast and disgusted" by his supporters' actions, but told the MSNBC host, "by the way, Rachel, if you don't think that doesn't come into our campaign, talk to Sen. Nina Turner," referring to his campaign co-chair.
Warren, though, thought Sanders' explanation was not enough, saying, "We are responsible for the people who claim to be our supporters and do really dangerous, threatening things to other candidates."
Where do Warren's supporters go?:Elizabeth Warren's exit doesn't mean Bernie Sanders gets her progressive supporters, experts say
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Post by Admin on Mar 7, 2020 2:11:48 GMT
Warren eviscerated Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, twice on primary debate stages, going after him for his treatment of female employees at his company, Bloomberg LP, in a stunningly effective assault. And she knows it. “In this campaign, we have been willing to fight, and, when necessary, we left plenty of blood and teeth on the floor,” Warren said in a press call announcing her departure from the race. “And I can think of one billionaire who has been denied the chance to buy this election.” Mike Bloomberg spent roughly $400 million on television ads before he stepped onto a debate stage. When he finally did, Warren made him wish he hadn’t. In a series of stunning confrontations, Warren forced Bloomberg to contend with his alleged history of mistreating women — including signing nondisclosure agreements with former female employees who say he harassed or discriminated against them. “The mayor has to stand on his record. And what we need to know is what is lurking out there. He has gotten some number of women — maybe dozens, who knows — to sign nondisclosure agreements for gender discrimination in the workplace,” Warren began, winding up before landing the punch: “So, Mr. Mayor, are you willing to release all those women from those nondisclosure agreements so we can hear their side of the story?” Bloomberg attempted to play down the matter. “We have a very few nondisclosure agreements,” he said. “How many is that?” Warren interjected.
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Post by Admin on Mar 7, 2020 18:27:40 GMT
Last summer, when Elizabeth Warren was bringing out thousands of people at mega-rallies who would wait long into the night in seemingly never-ending selfie lines, progressive groups were torn. They saw both Warren and her fellow presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as allies for their causes. Sanders had inherited goodwill from his 2016 run against Hillary Clinton. But Warren was the charismatic star on late night TV who had fought the big banks during the recession and, notably, the politician progressives had initially tried to draft into the 2016 primary as an opponent to Clinton before Sanders entered the race. "Our members really wanted to see her run in that race," explained Charles Chamberlain, chair of Democracy for America, one of the organizations that had helped spearhead the "Run, Warren, Run" movement in 2015. "We believed that she would have been a better candidate than Hillary Clinton." Last week, Democracy for America endorsed Sanders over Warren. Chamberlain said the major change in the interim years was Sanders' presidential bid in 2016. "Bernie Sanders ran — in 2016 — an incredible campaign that won 23 contests, changed the narrative in this country about what is possible for progressives, and even moved the entire Democratic party to the left," he said. For much of the primary season, Chamberlain said, the group's members were split, but as it became clear that Sanders was winning races and Warren couldn't finish higher than third place, they decided to publicly back the Vermont senator.
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Post by Admin on Mar 9, 2020 18:18:54 GMT
The Massachusetts senator made a surprise cameo on "Saturday Night Live" during the cold open, where she was came face-to-face with her SNL twin, Kate McKinnon. http://instagram.com/p/B9deEqUFS2e Warren and McKinnon then went backstage and recorded a video for TikTok's "Flip the Switch Challenge" that was posted it to SNL's social media.
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Post by Admin on Mar 17, 2020 23:28:36 GMT
Amid the growing coronavirus pandemic, Elizabeth Warren joined All In With Chris Hayes Monday night where she slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his actions during the crisis. While the House passed a bipartisan coronavirus relief bill last week, McConnell gave senators a three-day weekend and left town. Warren believes that delaying the passing of the relief bill was irresponsible.
“I think that it was absolutely irresponsible of the Senate leader to do that. He ultimately called everyone in for a vote tonight, a vote that did not occur, because he worked out a deal, he had a problem in his own party, a deal that could have been worked out last week,” Warren said. “And we have still not moved forward on the coronavirus bill. This makes no sense at all. It’s as if he has no sense of emergency about this problem and no sense of what to do.”
McConnell and other republicans criticized the original bill, and the House voted Monday night to pass an amended version that will likely face opposition in the Senate. The bill is designed to aid Americans not only with medical expenses, but also economic fallout caused by the coronavirus, and Warren cautioned that steps need to be taken before it’s too late.
“It’s time to act,” Warren said. “We should have been acting months ago. And if that message still has not arrived with the president or with Mitch McConnell, then we’re in real trouble.”
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