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Warren warns 'democracy hangs in the balance' in New Year's Eve speech
Politics
December 31, 2019 / 10:05 AM / Updated 19 minutes ago
Joseph Ax, Amanda Becker 4 Min Read
BOSTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren sought to re-energize her White House campaign in a New Years Eve speech on Tuesday, warning that democracy hangs in the balance five weeks before nominating contests begin in early February.
In her home state of Massachusetts on the first anniversary of her campaign launch, Warren said President Donald Trump would try to cheat his way through yet another election if he is not removed from office after his impeachment by the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives.
In the past 12 months, the president has become bolder with his lies and more brazen in his law-breaking, said Warren, who as a U.S. senator will vote on whether to convict Trump of improperly pressuring Ukraine for political favors. Meanwhile, the Republicans in Congress have turned into fawning, spineless defenders of his crimes.
The race for the Democratic nomination remains fluid as the calendar turns to 2020, with 15 Democrats still in the running and a majority of voters telling pollsters that they have yet to settle on a final choice. The nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire in early February will be critical tests of candidates viability.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren/warren-warns-democracy-hangs-in-the-balance-in-new-years-eve-speech-idUSKBN1YZ117?il=0
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Warren warns 'democracy hangs in the balance' in New Year's Eve speech (Original Post)
turbinetree
Dec 2019
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Good. She has been needing to find a more transcendent message. Biden has been saying this--
emmaverybo
Dec 2019
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Girard442
(6,058 posts)1. Bravo!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)2. Good. She has been needing to find a more transcendent message. Biden has been saying this--
warning about the threat to democracy here and abroad since campaign launch. I think if Warren can get beyond policy in her messaging, she might pass Sanders, positioning herself much higher than shes been getting trampled up in domestic economic policy, missing the bigger picture.
She learns fast.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden