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US election: 'Sanders said no woman could win', Warren says US election: 'Sanders said no woman could win', Warren says
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Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren claims rival Bernie Sanders told her a woman could not win the 2020 election. Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren claims rival Bernie Sanders told her a woman could not win this year's presidential election.
Ms Warren said the comment was made during a two-hour meeting with Mr Sanders in 2018.Ms Warren said the comment was made during a two-hour meeting with Mr Sanders in 2018.
Mr Sanders denied the claim and said he believed a woman could beat President Donald Trump. Mr Sanders denied the claim and insisted he believed a woman could beat President Donald Trump.
Mr Sanders and Ms Warren are the most prominent progressive candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in November's presidential election. Mr Sanders and Ms Warren are the most prominent progressive candidates for the Democratic nomination.
Correspondents say the spat is a breakaway from the unstated non-aggression pact between the two politicians seeking to appeal to left-wing voters. Their spat has left an unstated non-aggression pact between them in tatters and is likely to come up at a live televised debate on Tuesday night in Des Moines, Iowa.
The dispute arose when CNN quoted Warren aides as saying she had been told by Mr Sanders during a private meeting that a woman could not win. CNN quoted Warren aides as saying she had been told by Mr Sanders during a private meeting that a woman could not win.
In his response, he said the comment had been made up by "staff who weren't in the room and are lying about what happened." In his response, he said the comment had been made up by "staff who weren't in the room and are lying about what happened".
He told CNN: "It is ludicrous to believe that at the same meeting where Elizabeth Warren told me she was going to run for president, I would tell her that a woman couldn't win." The Vermont senator told CNN: "It is ludicrous to believe that at the same meeting where Elizabeth Warren told me she was going to run for president, I would tell her that a woman couldn't win.
"Do I believe a woman can win in 2020? Of course! After all, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by 3 million votes in 2016." "What I did say that night was that Donald Trump is a sexist, a racist and a liar who would weaponise whatever he could.
But later on Monday, Ms Warren stood by the allegation in a statement. "Among the topics that came up was what would happen if Democrats nominated a female candidate. I thought a woman could win, he disagreed," she said. "Do I believe a woman can win in 2020? Of course! After all Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by 3 million votes in 2016."
But later on Monday, Ms Warren stood by the allegation. "Among the topics that came up was what would happen if Democrats nominated a female candidate," she said in a statement.
"I thought a woman could win, he disagreed." The Massachusetts senator added: "I have no interest in discussing this private meeting any further because Bernie and I have far more in common than our differences on punditry."
She added that the two remained "friends and allies".She added that the two remained "friends and allies".
BBC North America reporter Anthony Zurcher said the rising tension has left some progressives concerned that both candidates could be weakened in the end. It is not the first flashpoint between the Sanders and Warren campaigns.
The pair are preparing to take part in a televised Democratic debate in Iowa on Tuesday. Six candidates have qualified to take part including former Vice-President Joe Biden and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. On Sunday, Politico reported that some Sanders volunteers had been instructed to depict Ms Warren as an elitist.
According to an opinion poll taken on 8-9 January, 23% of registered Democrats said they supported Mr Biden, while 20% supported Mr Sanders and 15% said they would vote for Ms Warren. The volunteers were reportedly telling voters on the doorstep that Ms Warren's appeal was limited to "highly educated, more affluent people".
Ms Warren accused Mr Sanders of "sending his volunteers out to trash me". She warned against the kind of internecine "factionalism" she said split Democratic voters in 2016.
He denied sanctioning the script.
Mr Sanders told reporters in Iowa: "We have hundreds of employees. Elizabeth Warren has hundreds of employees.
"And people sometimes say things that they shouldn't. You have heard me give many speeches. Have I ever said one negative word about Elizabeth Warren?"
The pair will be among six candidates on stage in Tuesday's televised debate hosted by CNN, including former Vice-President Joe Biden and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
According to an opinion poll taken on 8-9 January, 23% of registered Democrats said they supported Mr Biden, while 20% supported Mr Sanders and 15% Ms Warren.
Former Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand, who last August ended her campaign focusing on women's equality, has commented on the gender row.
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