Elizabeth Warren loves selfies. 'That is the heart of democracy, right?'

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KEENE, N.H. — For her supporters, the most electrifying part of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s recent town hall was not her entrance onto the stage — arms waving, music blasting — nor her speech, peppered with jokes and plans, nor the lottery to ask her questions. Instead, the climax of the event was a line.

A very, very long line.

“I’ll stay as long as you want, and I’ll do selfies,” Warren said at the beginning of the rally, as the crowd of 900 students and others at Keene State College whooped. “That is the heart of democracy, right?” she added, chuckling.

And in 2019, perhaps it is. Though almost all the presidential candidates take photos with potential voters, Warren has become famous for her “selfie” lines, which can last hours and involve hundreds or even thousands of people. She has said that if she wins the nomination, she will continue to do them. But right now, with Warren climbing in the Democratic primary polls, these photo lines have a kind of intimate, now-or-never feeling to them, like meeting Taylor Swift when she was still strumming her guitar at a bar in Nashville.

As the sun set on the lawn in front of the student center, four freshmen discussed what they planned to do with the photo they would soon have.

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/09/29/elizabeth-warren-retail-politicking-for-instagram-age/jIq89d5yUA02gXclZqmRAO/story.html

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1. K&R & thanks. nt

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2. I would wait in line for

An E.W. hug.