Elizabeth Warren Says She's Taking a 'Hard Look' at Running for President in 2020
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren had a little surprise for the audience at a town hall meeting in her state on Saturday: She made her first public announcement that she was considering running.
“After November 6, I will take a hard look at running for president,” Warren, a Democrat, told the crowd, according to CBS.
Previously, Warren’s denied reports that she was thinking about making a bid for the executive office. According to CBS, in August, she said that she’d be looking to keep her Senate seat during this year’s upcoming midterm elections rather than run for president.
She, along with former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. and 2016 candidate Bernie Sanders, are thought to be the Democratic frontrunners for the 2020 race. Trump has infamously referred to her repeatedly as “Pocahontas” during his term, in the same way he refers to his election rival, Hillary Clinton, as “Crooked Hillary.”
During the town hall, she also referenced the Kavanaugh hearings—particularly the way Dr. Christine Blasey Ford had been treated since she came forward with allegations of rape against the potential Supreme Court Justice.
“Today I am angry, and I own it,” she said.
She also expressed her anger in an interview with Glamour on Thursday as Blasey Ford gave her testimony against Kavanaugh.
“The fact that Republicans want to go forward treating this woman and other women who have come forward as if their claims don’t matter is an insult to every single woman in this country,” she said. “It is fundamentally wrong.”
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