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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,860 posts)
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 09:26 PM Feb 2020

Warren explains the difference between herself and Sanders

In the wake of a strong performance in Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, Elizabeth Warren has sought to distinguish herself from Bernie Sanders, the presumed frontrunner, whose politics closely resemble her own.

At a CNN town hall event on Thursday, Warren mentioned Sanders by name when explaining to voters why she was the best choice for Democrats.

“I not only have a plan for what I want to do, I have a plan to get it done. And on immigration reform, the serious question is for all of the senators, including Sen. Sanders, who still support keeping the filibuster — you’re going to have to find 60 votes to get it done,” Warren said. “My view is that if Mitch McConnell tries to do to me what he did to Barack Obama, and that is to try to block whatever it is you’re trying to do, then I’m all for rolling back the filibuster, and that means we can get immigration reform on 50 votes, which is a lot more likely to happen.”

During an appearance that same night with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, Warren was asked what “single policy point” most distinguished her from Sanders.

“I get real stuff done. I have rock-solid values, and I get stuff done. I get hard stuff done. I fought for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, got that thing enacted and set it up over the space of a year. I can work across the aisle when I need to. I’ve got a big hearing aid bill that I got through while Donald Trump was president, got it through on a bipartisan basis. And next year people are going to be able to buy hearing aids over the counter, save them millions of dollars. I don’t want to be president just to yell at people. I want to be president to change things. That’s why I’m going there.”

https://news.yahoo.com/warren-explains-the-difference-between-herself-and-sanders-195230898.html

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Warren explains the difference between herself and Sanders (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 OP
Now she just has to win...something!! jmg257 Feb 2020 #1
She has to still_one Feb 2020 #2
Hubby and I want so badly for her to be the nominee. GreenPartyVoter Feb 2020 #3
She should have gone after Sanders instead of Bloomberg in the debate Moderateguy Feb 2020 #4
I wish she would have but at Cha Feb 2020 #5
 

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
1. Now she just has to win...something!!
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 09:28 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
3. Hubby and I want so badly for her to be the nominee.
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 09:29 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Moderateguy

(945 posts)
4. She should have gone after Sanders instead of Bloomberg in the debate
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 09:39 PM
Feb 2020

Bloomberg was not in the ballot on NV and she could have waited until next week to go after him--then maybe she would have gotten something out of NV for her efforts

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Cha

(297,040 posts)
5. I wish she would have but at
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 05:36 AM
Feb 2020

least she's doing it now.

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