Sen. Elizabeth Warren officially announces run for president

[sickwithsin]

LAWRENCE, Mass. —

Sen. Elizabeth Warren officially announced her candidacy for president Saturday at Everett Mills in Lawrence.

A representative from the Warren camp told ABC News that 3,500 people attended the event.

 

"Our fight is for big, structural change," Warren said. "This is the fight of our lives. The fight to build an America where dreams are possible, an America that works for everyone.

"I am in that fight all the way -- and that is why I stand here today: to declare that I am a candidate for president of the United States of America."

The 69-year-old Massachusetts senator launched a presidential campaign exploratory committee on Dec. 31, 2018.

Since then, she has made visits to early voting states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire.

Other local politicians who also spoke at the event included Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera, Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins, Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu, Rep. Lori Trahan, Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Joe Kennedy.

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign has taken quick note of Warren's presidential candidacy and is sharply criticizing the Massachusetts Democrat, citing her past claims to Native American heritage.

Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement that Warren has been "exposed as a fraud by the Native Americans she impersonated and disrespected to advance her professional career, and the people of Massachusetts she deceived to get elected."

Warren's entry into the 2020 race on Saturday comes after she's apologized for claiming Native American identity on multiple occasions early in her life and career. It's a claim that's created fodder for Republicans and could overshadow her campaign.

Parscale says voters "will reject her dishonest campaign and socialist ideas" that, he says, "will raise taxes, kill jobs and crush America's middle class."

Warren did mention Native Americans on Saturday as one of several groups, including Latinos and disabled Americans, whom she argues the system is "rigged" against.

She offered no further explanation in her kickoff speech about her previous identification as a race other than white. She has connected that decision to family stories she heard growing up and has apologized to Native Americans troubled by the claim.

"People were beating her up about these things with the Native American stuff, and she said, 'You know, my day yesterday was not as hard as a mom who went home and couldn't make the mortgage,'" said Rivera.

The Massachusetts Democrat joins a crowded field in her party's primary. She'll battle at least five fellow senators for the nomination and the chance to challenge Trump in 2020.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-senator-elizabeth-warren-officially-announces-run-for-president-in-lawrence/26263632

[*Justin Seagull*]

hmmmmmm

[Winter Bear]

Bernie 2020 should have had her support.

[ChooChoo]

mistake

[TheBigMermaid]

Parscale says voters "will reject her dishonest campaign and socialist ideas" that, he says, "will raise taxes, kill jobs and crush America's middle class."

 

Why is the White House so pressed about her?

 

And destroying the middle class is something the Republicans have excelled in for a long time.

[Dilemma]

I do not like her

 

 

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[Juche Bird]

Cheap version of Hilary Clinton.