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| Elizabeth Warren Says 2020 Presidential Run Is On the Table | |
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| Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts declared on Saturday that she would “take a hard look” at running for the White House in 2020 once the midterm elections are over, and called on the country to elect a female president to fix the “broken government” in Washington. | Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts declared on Saturday that she would “take a hard look” at running for the White House in 2020 once the midterm elections are over, and called on the country to elect a female president to fix the “broken government” in Washington. |
| Ms. Warren made the announcement during a town-hall meeting in Holyoke, Mass., where she was decrying President Trump and Senate Republicans for digging in behind Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, the embattled Supreme Court nominee who has been accused of sexual assault. She described the hearings as a spectacle of “powerful men helping a powerful man make it to an even more powerful position.” | Ms. Warren made the announcement during a town-hall meeting in Holyoke, Mass., where she was decrying President Trump and Senate Republicans for digging in behind Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, the embattled Supreme Court nominee who has been accused of sexual assault. She described the hearings as a spectacle of “powerful men helping a powerful man make it to an even more powerful position.” |
| “I watched that and I thought: time’s up,” Ms. Warren said, according to a transcript and video of her remarks provided by an aide. “It’s time for women to go to Washington and fix our broken government, and that includes a woman at the top.” | “I watched that and I thought: time’s up,” Ms. Warren said, according to a transcript and video of her remarks provided by an aide. “It’s time for women to go to Washington and fix our broken government, and that includes a woman at the top.” |
| She continued, “So here’s what I promise: After Nov. 6, I will take a hard look at running for president.” | She continued, “So here’s what I promise: After Nov. 6, I will take a hard look at running for president.” |
| “I think we can turn this country around,” Ms. Warren said. | “I think we can turn this country around,” Ms. Warren said. |
| The comments are Ms. Warren’s clearest and most public confirmation yet that she is preparing to seek the presidency. She has been traveling the country extensively in recent months and has already been reaching out to Democratic leaders in crucial presidential primary states, leaving little doubt about her interest in the race. | The comments are Ms. Warren’s clearest and most public confirmation yet that she is preparing to seek the presidency. She has been traveling the country extensively in recent months and has already been reaching out to Democratic leaders in crucial presidential primary states, leaving little doubt about her interest in the race. |
| Ms. Warren, 69, is running for re-election in Massachusetts this year, but she faces only weak Republican opposition and is expected to win easily. A liberal former Harvard Law School professor, she is one of her party’s fiercest critics of President Trump; he, in turn, regularly mocks her with demeaning language. | Ms. Warren, 69, is running for re-election in Massachusetts this year, but she faces only weak Republican opposition and is expected to win easily. A liberal former Harvard Law School professor, she is one of her party’s fiercest critics of President Trump; he, in turn, regularly mocks her with demeaning language. |
| Ms. Warren’s comments in Holyoke captured two strains of her political identity that could make her a formidable contender for the Democratic nomination: a muscular message of economic populism, and an intensely personal connection with the urgent feminism of the Trump era. | Ms. Warren’s comments in Holyoke captured two strains of her political identity that could make her a formidable contender for the Democratic nomination: a muscular message of economic populism, and an intensely personal connection with the urgent feminism of the Trump era. |
| “Working people have taken one punch to the gut after another,” Ms. Warren said, before addressing Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination. “And I am worried down to my bones about what Donald Trump is doing to our democracy.” | “Working people have taken one punch to the gut after another,” Ms. Warren said, before addressing Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination. “And I am worried down to my bones about what Donald Trump is doing to our democracy.” |
| Ms. Warren took aim at the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has an all-male membership on the Republican side, for defending Judge Kavanaugh and enlisting a female prosecutor to question Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who says he attempted to rape her. | Ms. Warren took aim at the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has an all-male membership on the Republican side, for defending Judge Kavanaugh and enlisting a female prosecutor to question Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who says he attempted to rape her. |
| “I watched 11 men who were too chicken to ask a woman a single question,” said Ms. Warren. “I watched as Brett Kavanaugh acted like he was entitled to that position and angry at anyone who would question him.” | “I watched 11 men who were too chicken to ask a woman a single question,” said Ms. Warren. “I watched as Brett Kavanaugh acted like he was entitled to that position and angry at anyone who would question him.” |
| Ms. Warren is one of several Democrats in the Senate who have forcefully denounced Judge Kavanaugh as they consider challenging Mr. Trump in 2020. Two of her potential rivals for the Democratic nomination, Senators Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey, sit on the Judiciary Committee, and questioned both Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Blasey on Thursday. | Ms. Warren is one of several Democrats in the Senate who have forcefully denounced Judge Kavanaugh as they consider challenging Mr. Trump in 2020. Two of her potential rivals for the Democratic nomination, Senators Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey, sit on the Judiciary Committee, and questioned both Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Blasey on Thursday. |