Warren changes tack, taking aim at rivals with big money donors
Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Thursday accused her more moderate rivals of failing to stand up to the rich and pledged to fix a “rigged” US
Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Thursday accused her more moderate rivals of failing to stand up to the rich and pledged to fix a “rigged” US
economy, as she sought to re-energize her stalled campaign.
Warren delivered pointed criticisms aimed at several others vying to win the Democratic nomination to face Donald Trump in the 2020 election,
Warren delivered pointed criticisms aimed at several others vying to win the Democratic nomination to face Donald Trump in the 2020 election,
including former Vice President Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Reuters writes In a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, Warren also faulted unnamed Democrats for
soft-pedaling their rhetoric for political reasons.
“Unlike some candidates for the Democratic nomination, I’m not betting my agenda on the naive hope that if Democrats adopt Republican critiques of progressive policies or make vague calls for unity that somehow the
“Unlike some candidates for the Democratic nomination, I’m not betting my agenda on the naive hope that if Democrats adopt Republican critiques of progressive policies or make vague calls for unity that somehow the
wealthy and well-connected will stand down,” she said.
The rebukes reflected a recent tactical shift for Warren, whose campaign spent much of the year largely refusing to engage in back-and-forth spats with her rivals.
The rebukes reflected a recent tactical shift for Warren, whose campaign spent much of the year largely refusing to engage in back-and-forth spats with her rivals.
The speech underscored an effort to return to a key theme that helped lift Warren’s campaign through the summer and early fall: the country’s political and economic systems are corrupted by money and special interests, ensuring the wealthy benefit at everyone else’s expense.
In recent months, Warren’s momentum has slowed in the face of sustained criticism from Buttigieg, Biden and others over her support for the sweeping healthcare restructuring known as Medicare for All.
There are 15 Democrats running for the party’s
There are 15 Democrats running for the party’s
nomination to challenge Trump in next November’s election. Democratic nominating contests begin in February and the campaign has become increasingly unsettled, with no clear front-runner.
“We will beat the most corrupt president in American history by campaigning on the most aggressive anti-corruption plan since Watergate,” Warren declared.
