Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign
{{Short description|American political campaign}}
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{{Infobox U.S. federal election campaign
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| logo = Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg
| campaign = 2020 United States presidential election (Democratic Party primaries)
| candidate = Elizabeth Warren
U. S. Senator from Massachusetts (2013–present)
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| affiliation = Democratic Party
| formed = December 31, 2018
| announced = February 9, 2019
| suspended = March 5, 2020
| slogan="Persist"
"Dream Big Fight Hard"
"Big, Structural Change"
"I have a plan for that" (unofficial slogan)
| headquarters = Charlestown, Massachusetts{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/04/10/elizabeth-warren-has-opened-her-presidential-campaign-headquarters-charlestown/vN446RS7pOoFG1xUjJeYBO/story.html |title=Elizabeth Warren has opened her presidential campaign headquarters in Charlestown |website=The Boston Globe |date=April 10, 2019 |access-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412131501/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/04/10/elizabeth-warren-has-opened-her-presidential-campaign-headquarters-charlestown/vN446RS7pOoFG1xUjJeYBO/story.html |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
| key_people = Deb Haaland (National co-chair){{cite news |last1=Greenwood |first1=Max |title=Warren adds Ayanna Pressley as campaign co-chair |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/471679-warren-adds-ayanna-pressley-as-campaign-co-chair |access-date=22 November 2019 |work=The Hill |date=22 November 2019 |language=en |archive-date=May 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530141934/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/471679-warren-adds-ayanna-pressley-as-campaign-co-chair |url-status=live }}
Katie Porter (National co-chair)
Ayanna Pressley (National co-chair)
Roger Lau (campaign manager){{cite tweet |number=1095752489104822272 |user=ewarren |author=Warren, Elizabeth |title=Roger is a person of deep integrity, someone who always tells the truth and who never makes a promise that he doesn't keep. I'm grateful and honored to have him in this fight. |date=February 13, 2019}}
Dan Geldon (chief of staff){{cite tweet |number=1095704246497017857 |user=mj_lee |author=Lee, M.J. |title=Dan Geldon, Warren's longtime aide and former Senate chief of staff, will serve as chief of staff on the presidential campaign. |date=February 13, 2019}}
Caitlin Mitchell (senior digital organizer){{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/15/elizabeth-warren-2020-campaign-staff-1102379 |title=Warren stocks campaign with top party talent |last1=Korecki |first1=Natasha |date=January 15, 2019 |work=Politico |last2=Thompson |first2=Alex |access-date=February 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011139/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/15/elizabeth-warren-2020-campaign-staff-1102379 |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
Emily Parcell
Joe Rospars (Chief Strategist){{cite news |last1=Plouffe |first1=David |title=Warrenmentum |url=https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cadence13/campaign-hq-with-david-plouffe/e/64170869 |access-date=16 January 2020 |work=Campaign HQ with David Plouffe |date=26 September 2019 |archive-date=January 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102142341/https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cadence13/campaign-hq-with-david-plouffe/e/64170869 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Axelrod |first1=Tal |title=Hundreds of former Obama aides backing Warren's 2020 bid |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/475103-hundreds-of-former-obama-aides-backing-warrens-2020-bid |access-date=16 January 2020 |work=The Hill |date=18 December 2019 |archive-date=January 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130061112/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/475103-hundreds-of-former-obama-aides-backing-warrens-2020-bid |url-status=live }}
Janice Rottenberg
Tessa Simonds
Tracey Lewis
Richard McDaniel
Kane Miller
Brendan Summers{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/01/02/elizabeth-warren-makes-key-2020-hires-ahead-of-1st-iowa-trip/ |title=Elizabeth Warren makes key 2020 hires ahead of 1st Iowa trip |date=January 2, 2019 |work=Boston Herald |access-date=February 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011143/https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/01/02/elizabeth-warren-makes-key-2020-hires-ahead-of-1st-iowa-trip/ |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
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{{Elizabeth Warren series}}
The 2020 presidential campaign of Elizabeth Warren was a campaign from the senior United States senator from Massachusetts. It began with Warren's formal announcement on February 9, 2019, at a rally in Lawrence, Massachusetts, at the site of the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike.{{cite web |last=Tennant |first=Paul |url=https://www.newburyportnews.com/off-and-running-warren-launches-presidential-bid-in-lawrence/article_7cfdff77-88ea-5e8b-8d52-63ca9cdd3149.html |title=Off and running: Warren launches presidential bid in Lawrence |publisher=newburyportnews.com |date=February 4, 2019 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210202711/https://www.newburyportnews.com/off-and-running-warren-launches-presidential-bid-in-lawrence/article_7cfdff77-88ea-5e8b-8d52-63ca9cdd3149.html |archive-date=February 10, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/09/politics/elizabeth-warren-campaign-kickoff-massachusetts/index.html |title=Elizabeth Warren kicks off presidential bid with challenge to super wealthy — and other Democrats |access-date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209164703/https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/09/politics/elizabeth-warren-campaign-kickoff-massachusetts/index.html |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |url-status=live |website=CNN |df=mdy-all}} The announcement followed widespread speculation that she would run after supporters urged her to run in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/warrens-jump-into-the-presidential-campaign-kicks-the-2020-race-into-high-gear/2018/12/31/64adbc50-0d02-11e9-831f-3aa2c2be4cbd_story.html |title=Warren's jump into the presidential campaign kicks the 2020 race into high gear |first1=Annie |last1=Linskey |first2=Jenna |last2=Johnson |date=December 31, 2018 |access-date=January 2, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101172329/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/warrens-jump-into-the-presidential-campaign-kicks-the-2020-race-into-high-gear/2018/12/31/64adbc50-0d02-11e9-831f-3aa2c2be4cbd_story.html |archive-date=January 1, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}} In 2018, Warren had been considered a top contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.{{cite news |title=Analysis {{!}} The top 15 Democratic presidential candidates for 2020, ranked |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/07/06/the-top-15-democratic-presidential-candidates-for-2020-ranked-3/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=July 10, 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710101929/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/07/06/the-top-15-democratic-presidential-candidates-for-2020-ranked-3/ |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
Warren is generally considered a progressive within the Democratic Party. Her political positions include an end to lobbying, a wealth tax and $15 hourly minimum wage within the context of a capitalist economy, single-payer healthcare, canceling student loan debt, and support for the Green New Deal. Polls showed Warren in second or third place, and she briefly challenged Biden and Sanders for frontrunner status in the race.
After a disappointing finish on Super Tuesday, including a third-place result in her home state of Massachusetts, she suspended her campaign on March 5, 2020. Political commentators have attributed her inability to win primary races to the primaries' focus on "electability" in a race against Donald Trump, her popularity peaking too early in the race, and her inability to position herself between progressive and more moderate voters.
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Background
File:Women's March on Portland - 53 (cropped).jpg, 2017, held the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. ]]
During the run-up to the 2016 presidential elections, Warren was widely believed by political commentators to be planning a run for the Democratic primaries and she was seen as one of the favorites to win the Democratic nomination, due to her popularity among the progressive wing of the party.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/18/elizabeth-warren-2016-election-netroots-hillary-clinton |title='Run, Liz, run!' Elizabeth Warren plays down 2016 bid despite growing chorus |last=Swaine |first=Jon |date=July 18, 2014 |work=The Guardian |access-date=January 4, 2019 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105200921/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/18/elizabeth-warren-2016-election-netroots-hillary-clinton |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2015/03/21/democrats-need-elizabeth-warren-voice-presidential-race/TJkJtbu3UYaJYBmVHcrAcI/story.html |title=Democrats need Elizabeth Warren's voice in 2016 presidential race |date=March 22, 2015 |work=The Boston Globe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105042810/https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2015/03/21/democrats-need-elizabeth-warren-voice-presidential-race/TJkJtbu3UYaJYBmVHcrAcI/story.html |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=January 4, 2019 |df=mdy-all}} However, she decided not to enter the race, claiming she "wanted to stay buckled down and keep doing [her] job" in the Senate.{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2017/04/13/heres-why-elizabeth-warren-didnt-run-for-president-in-2016 |title=Here's why Elizabeth Warren didn't run for president in 2016 |last=DeCosta-Klipa |first=Nik |date=April 13, 2017 |work=Boston.com |access-date=January 4, 2019 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103145617/https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2017/04/13/heres-why-elizabeth-warren-didnt-run-for-president-in-2016 |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}} Despite this, Warren later stated in an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek on July 25, 2019 that she would have accepted a role on the 2016 Democratic presidential ticket as vice president if nominee Hillary Clinton had offered it to her.{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-07-25/elizabeth-warren-has-a-radical-plan-to-beat-trump-at-his-own-game |title=Elizabeth Warren Has a Radical Plan to Beat Trump at His Own Game |author=Joshua Green |publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=July 25, 2019 |access-date=July 26, 2019 |archive-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102092936/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-07-25/elizabeth-warren-has-a-radical-plan-to-beat-trump-at-his-own-game |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/25/warren-hillary-clinton-vice-president-1435422 |title=Warren: I would've accepted a VP offer from Clinton |author=Quint Forgey |publisher=Politico |date=July 25, 2019 |access-date=July 26, 2019 |archive-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102092833/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/25/warren-hillary-clinton-vice-president-1435422 |url-status=live }}
Speculation on a possible 2016 presidential run by Warren continued even after she explicitly denied plans to join the Democratic fray, with headlines such as "Should we believe Elizabeth Warren when she says she won't run for president?" appearing in the press.{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/1/13/7538037/elizabeth-warren-president-2016 |title=Should we believe Elizabeth Warren when she says she won't run for president? |last=Prokop |first=Andrew |date=January 13, 2015 |website=Vox |access-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104231155/https://www.vox.com/2015/1/13/7538037/elizabeth-warren-president-2016 |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/01/run-warren-run/384490/ |title=Elizabeth Warren says she's not running for president. But she can run. She should run. And despite her denials, she probably will. |last=Frum |first=David |date=January 13, 2015 |website=The Atlantic |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105043006/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/01/run-warren-run/384490/ |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=January 4, 2019 |df=mdy-all}} She stopped short of claiming that she would "never" run for the office of President, paving the way for a future attempt at the White House.{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/01/elizabeth-warren-wont-run-114088.html |title=Why Warren Won't Run |last=Lawrence |first=Jill |date=January 8, 2015 |website=POLITICO Magazine |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822093951/http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/01/elizabeth-warren-wont-run-114088.html |archive-date=August 22, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=January 4, 2019 |df=mdy-all}}
Warren remained formally neutral throughout the 2016 Democratic presidential primary, declining to endorse a candidate. However, in a March 2016 interview Warren remarked that she was, "cheering Bernie
The media speculation regarding her campaign further increased her profile and widened the appeal of her platform among voters, leading CNBC to claim that she was "the real winner of the 2016 election".{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/18/elizabether-warren-is-the-winner-of-election-2016-commentary.html |title=Elizabeth Warren is the winner of election 2016—Commentary |last=Novak |first=Jake |date=October 18, 2016 |website=www.cnbc.com |access-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104231144/https://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/18/elizabether-warren-is-the-winner-of-election-2016-commentary.html |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
File:Holyoke Town Hall (45342237014).jpg in Holyoke, Massachusetts where she acknowledged she would consider running for president]]
Warren was named as part of the "Hell-No Caucus" by Politico in 2018, along with Senators Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, and Bernie Sanders, given she voted "overwhelmingly to thwart his [Trump's] nominees for administration jobs", such as with Rex Tillerson, Betsy DeVos, and Mike Pompeo; all of the Senators in this group were considered potential 2020 presidential contenders at this point in time.{{cite web |last1=Schor |first1=Elana |last2=Lin |first2=Jeremy C.F. |title=The Hell-No Caucus: How five 2020 contenders voted on Trump's nominees |url=https://www.politico.com/interactives/2018/how-five-2020-contenders-voted-on-trumps-nominees/ |website=Politico |date=April 6, 2018 |access-date=April 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407053647/https://www.politico.com/interactives/2018/how-five-2020-contenders-voted-on-trumps-nominees/ |archive-date=April 7, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}} At a town hall meeting in Holyoke, Massachusetts on September 29, 2018, Warren said that "[a]fter November 6, I will take a hard look at running for president", referencing the date of the 2018 United States elections in which she was running for reelection to the Senate.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elizabeth-warren-2020-presidential-run-hard-look-holyoke-massachusetts-today-2018-09-29/ |title=Elizabeth Warren says she will take a "hard look" at running for president after midterms |first=Grace |last=Segers |work=CBS News |date=September 29, 2018 |access-date=January 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107101121/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elizabeth-warren-2020-presidential-run-hard-look-holyoke-massachusetts-today-2018-09-29/ |archive-date=January 7, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/30/sen-elizabeth-warren-says-she-will-take-hard-look-presidential-run/ |title=Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she will take 'hard look' at presidential run |first=Mike |last=DeBonis |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 29, 2018 |access-date=December 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101100357/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/30/sen-elizabeth-warren-says-she-will-take-hard-look-presidential-run/ |archive-date=January 1, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
Campaign
= Exploratory committee =
File:Des Moines Organizing Event (48016208852).jpg, Iowa on January 5, 2020]]
Warren was regarded to be the first major Democratic contender to have announced the formation of an exploratory committee for a 2020 presidential campaign, delivering her announcement in a video on December 30, 2018.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-2020-president-announcement.html |title=Elizabeth Warren Announces Iowa Trip as She Starts Running for President in 2020 |last1=Herndon |first1=Astead W. |last2=Burns |first2=Alexander |date=December 3, 2018 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231133926/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-2020-president-announcement.html |archive-date=December 31, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}} In this video, she said that "America's middle class is under attack" in explaining the need for her populist economic agenda, indirectly referring to her recently proposed Accountable Capitalism Act.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/current/elizabeth-warren-steps-forward |title=Elizabeth Warren Steps Forward |last=Lach |first=Eric |date=December 31, 2018 |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=January 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231223444/https://www.newyorker.com/news/current/elizabeth-warren-steps-forward |archive-date=December 31, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
News reports soon after the announcement noted that Republicans have often criticized Warren for her liberal economic positions and the controversy around her claim of Native American ancestry; political commentator Peter Beinart wrote that Warren's weak favorability numbers,{{efn|A recent poll by Quinnipiac University had measured it at 30%, compared to 37% who expressed an unfavorable view.{{cite web |url=https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2591 |title=Biden Has Top Score Among Dem Presidential Contenders, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; U.S. Voters Say 3-1 Any President Should Face Indictment |date=December 19, 2018 |publisher=Quinnipiac University |access-date=May 11, 2023 |archive-date=December 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219192309/https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2591 |url-status=bot: unknown }}}} reflected "the deeper discomfort that Americans again and again express with ambitious women".{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/elizabeth-warren-unpopular-it-depends-who-you-ask/579247/ |title=There's a Reason Many Voters Have Negative Views of Warren—But the Press Won't Tell You Why |last=Beinart |first=Peter |date=January 2, 2019 |work=The Atlantic |access-date=January 3, 2019 |quote=The better explanation for why Warren attracts disproportionate conservative criticism, and has disproportionately high disapproval ratings, has nothing to do with her progressive economic views or her dalliance with DNA testing. It's that she's a woman. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103035126/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/elizabeth-warren-unpopular-it-depends-who-you-ask/579247/ |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}} Columnist and political commentator Karol Markowicz disagreed with Beinart's view, describing Warren as "stern, abrasive and unfriendly," dismissing claims of sexism.{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2019/01/06/no-its-not-sexist-to-call-elizabeth-warren-unlikable/ |work=New York Post |title=No, it's not sexist to call Elizabeth Warren 'unlikable' |author=Karol Markowicz |date=January 6, 2019 |access-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317002905/https://nypost.com/2019/01/06/no-its-not-sexist-to-call-elizabeth-warren-unlikable/ |archive-date=March 17, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
= Campaign announcement =
File:Announcement Day - Lawrence, MA (1).jpg]]
On February 9, 2019, Warren officially announced her run at a rally at the Everett Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the site of the 1912 Bread and Roses strike. Warren announced that Roger Lau would serve as her campaign manager, making him the first Asian-American campaign manager for a major American Presidential candidate.{{cite web |author=2h |url=https://twitter.com/ASPIRE_PAC/status/1098611823237099521 |title=ASPIRE PAC on Twitter: "Congratulations to @RogerLau, the first Asian-American to be named campaign manager for any major Presidential candidate! #AAPI #RepresentationMatters |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2019 |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427074638/https://twitter.com/ASPIRE_PAC/status/1098611823237099521 |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
Commenting on her campaign, The New York Times said that Warren "is signaling to party leaders that, far from wanting to stage a 'political revolution' in the fashion of Mr. Sanders, she wants to revive the beleaguered Democratic National Committee and help recapture the Senate while retaining the House in 2020." The Times also wrote that "with phone calls, texts and handwritten notes, the Massachusetts senator is continuing an unusually determined outreach effort to show party officials she is aligned with them" and that "many of the officials she is courting are so-called superdelegates, who are able to cast a binding vote should the primary go beyond a first ballot."{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-democrats.html |title=What Elizabeth Warren Is Quietly Telling Democratic Insiders |last=Martin |first=Jonathan |date=August 26, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=September 21, 2019 |archive-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010133532/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-democrats.html |url-status=live }}
= Early developments =
File:Tempe, AZ Town Hall (49640443751).jpgs with a young girl at a campaign event]]
Warren instituted a number of traditions at her campaign events. One of them was how she would interact with young girls. She made it a practice to say to young girls, "My name is Elizabeth and I'm running for president, because that's what girls do", before having them make a pinky promise with her to remember what she said.{{cite web |last1=Norvell |first1=Kim |title='That's what girls do': Elizabeth Warren tells young Iowa girls why she's running for president, with a pinky promise |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/05/09/elizabeth-warren-election-2020-girls-female-candidates-pinky-promise-iowa-caucus-women/1122078001/ |website=Des Moines Register |access-date=21 February 2021 |date=19 May 2019}}{{cite web |title=Sen. Warren's 'Pinkie Promises' to be published this fall |url=https://apnews.com/article/new-york-elizabeth-warren-us-news-massachusetts-7177f935c0961f0aee8cc10847752fca |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=22 February 2021 |date=10 February 2021 |archive-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210143306/https://apnews.com/article/new-york-elizabeth-warren-us-news-massachusetts-7177f935c0961f0aee8cc10847752fca |url-status=live }} Another practice Warren instituted were so-called "selfie lines", where, at the end of her campaign events, she would take a photo with anyone who waited in line to do so. Her "selfie lines" would sometimes last for hours after her larger rallies.{{cite web |last1=Jennings |first1=Rebecca |title=Why selfie lines are crucial to Elizabeth Warren's campaign |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/9/19/20872718/elizabeth-warren-2020-selfie-line |website=Vox |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=19 September 2019 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128134031/https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/9/19/20872718/elizabeth-warren-2020-selfie-line |url-status=live }}
File:Warren Has A Plan For That 1.pdf
Calling for "big structural change",{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Leonard N. |title=Elizabeth Warren woos Michigan voters with 'big structural change' |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/26/elizabeth-warren-woos-michigan-voters-big-structural-change/4738602002/ |website=The Detroit News |access-date=24 February 2021 |date=25 February 2020 |archive-date=December 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217061205/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/26/elizabeth-warren-woos-michigan-voters-big-structural-change/4738602002/ |url-status=live }} Warren, during her candidacy, rolled out many detailed policy proposals.{{cite web |last1=Kaplan |first1=Thomas |last2=Tankersley |first2=Jim |title=Elizabeth Warren Has Lots of Plans. Together, They Would Remake the Economy. (Published 2019) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-2020-policies-platform.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=21 February 2021 |date=10 June 2019 |archive-date=February 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222224609/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-2020-policies-platform.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Ramos |first1=Nestor |title=Elizabeth Warren keeps offering detailed policy proposals. Why do so few Democrats seem to care? - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/04/24/elizabeth-warren-keeps-offering-detailed-policy-proposals-why-few-democrats-seem-care/PSbJu4WsYsIQZrFFCQjVzJ/story.html |website=BostonGlobe.com |publisher=Boston Globe |access-date=21 February 2021 |date=24 April 2019 |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514014555/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/04/24/elizabeth-warren-keeps-offering-detailed-policy-proposals-why-few-democrats-seem-care/PSbJu4WsYsIQZrFFCQjVzJ/story.html |url-status=live }} Warren became known for the number and depth of her policy proposals.{{cite news |last1=Tamkin |first1=Emily |title="I have a plan for that": US presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is making a case for optimism |url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/elizabeth-warren-profile-american-election-2020-democrat-policies |access-date=January 19, 2020 |publisher=Prospect Magazine |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214074950/https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/elizabeth-warren-profile-american-election-2020-democrat-policies |url-status=live}} On her campaign website, she detailed more than 45 plans for topics including health care, universal child care, ending the opioid crisis, clean energy, climate change, foreign policy, reducing corporate influence at the Pentagon, and ending "Wall Street's stranglehold on the economy".{{cite web |title=Plans {{!}} Elizabeth Warren |url=https://elizabethwarren.com/plans |website=elizabethwarren.com |publisher=Elizabeth Warren Campaign website |access-date=October 19, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=October 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019001735/https://elizabethwarren.com/plans |url-status=live}} "Warren has a plan for that" became a meme and catchphrase of the campaign.{{cite web |last1=Gallucci |first1=Nicole |title='Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that' memes are here to test your rhyming skills |url=https://mashable.com/article/elizabeth-warren-plan-for-that-rhyme-memes/ |website=Mashable |date=July 3, 2019 |access-date=October 9, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009041453/https://mashable.com/article/elizabeth-warren-plan-for-that-rhyme-memes/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Candidate Catchphrases: Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan |url=https://nowthisnews.com/videos/politics/candidate-catchphrases-elizabeth-warren-has-a-plan |website=NowThis News |access-date=21 February 2021 |language=en |date=27 August 2019 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121183319/https://nowthisnews.com/videos/politics/candidate-catchphrases-elizabeth-warren-has-a-plan |url-status=live }}
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In August and September 2019, it was noted in the media that a number of Warren's events had attracted very sizable crowds, including as many as 20,000 at Washington Square Park in New York City, 15,000 in Seattle, and 12,000 in Saint Paul, Minnesota,{{cite web |last1=Zeballos-Roig |first1=Joseph |title=Thousands flooded a Manhattan park to see Elizabeth Warren in her biggest rally to date, and her selfie line after lasted almost 4 hours |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-drew-a-crowd-of-thousands-campaign-stop-2019-9 |website=Business Insider |access-date=22 February 2021 |date=17 September 2019 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205161015/https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-drew-a-crowd-of-thousands-campaign-stop-2019-9 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Drucker |first1=David M. |title='I'm not mad': Elizabeth Warren's quiet liberal populism draws 12,000 in Minnesota |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/im-not-mad-elizabeth-warrens-quiet-liberal-populism-draws-12-000-in-minnesota |website=Washington Examiner |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=20 August 2019 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107232506/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/im-not-mad-elizabeth-warrens-quiet-liberal-populism-draws-12-000-in-minnesota |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last1=Lutz |first1=Eric |title=Elizabeth Warren's Massive Crowds Are Only Getting Bigger |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/elizabeth-warrens-massive-crowd-size-seattle-only-getting-bigger |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en-us |date=26 August 2019 |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301230632/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/elizabeth-warrens-massive-crowd-size-seattle-only-getting-bigger |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Weissert |first1=Will |title=Elizabeth Warren's big crowds? She has a plan for them, too |url=https://apnews.com/article/24aa9c470b464e048ebfc4075aa7ab9f |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=22 February 2021 |date=17 September 2019 |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130150200/https://apnews.com/article/24aa9c470b464e048ebfc4075aa7ab9f |url-status=live }}
In early October 2019, the campaign fired its national organizing director, Rich McDaniel, for allegations of "inappropriate behavior" following an investigation by outside counsel.{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Alex |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/04/warren-staffer-inappropriate-behavior-campaign-2020-028583 |title=Warren campaign fires senior staffer for 'inappropriate behavior' |work=Politico |date=2019-10-04 |access-date=2019-10-04 |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608155216/https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/04/warren-staffer-inappropriate-behavior-campaign-2020-028583 |url-status=live }}
In October 2019, Warren was shown to be the leading Democratic presidential contender in the RealClearPolitics polling average, overtaking Joe Biden who had previously been the leading candidate throughout the period the polling average was running.{{cite web |last1=Millhiser |first1=Ian |title=Elizabeth Warren is now leading the 2020 polls |url=https://www.vox.com/2019/10/8/20905274/elizabeth-warren-frontrunner-democratic-nomination-2020 |website=Vox |language=en |date=8 October 2019 |access-date=February 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216025754/https://www.vox.com/2019/10/8/20905274/elizabeth-warren-frontrunner-democratic-nomination-2020 |url-status=live }} However, Biden would soon retake the top position after Warren's polling averages fell.{{cite web |title=RealClearPolitics – Election 2020 – 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination |url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html |website=www.realclearpolitics.com |publisher=RealClearPolitics |access-date=21 February 2021 |archive-date=May 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514133457/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html |url-status=live }}
During the campaign, Warren asserted that she had been fired from her first teaching job after the school's principal became aware that she was pregnant at the end of the 1971 school year. In October 2019, multiple media outlets discovered school board meeting minutes indicating that Warren's employer had offered her a position for the 1971–1972 school year, and that her resignation was later officially recorded as having been "accepted with regret" by the board.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elizabeth-warren-pregnancy-claim-democratic-presidential-candidate-stands-by-being-pushed-out-of-teaching-job/ |title=Elizabeth Warren stands by account of being pushed out of her first teaching job because of pregnancy |website=CBS News |date=October 8, 2019 |access-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102122913/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elizabeth-warren-pregnancy-claim-democratic-presidential-candidate-stands-by-being-pushed-out-of-teaching-job/ |url-status=live }} Warren stood by her account.{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/10/08/elizabeth-warren-cites-pregnancy-discrimination-new-questions-surface-about-old-job-loss/jxrvPxzsu0eSgKbXIv9Z0O/story.html |title=Elizabeth Warren cites pregnancy discrimination, now banned, in loss of teaching job |work=The Boston Globe |access-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804204103/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/10/08/elizabeth-warren-cites-pregnancy-discrimination-new-questions-surface-about-old-job-loss/jxrvPxzsu0eSgKbXIv9Z0O/story.html |url-status=live }} Thomas Kaplan of The New York Times and Tom Kertscher of PolitiFact both noted that in the early-1970s, it was common for women to be pushed out of teaching positions after becoming pregnant.{{cite web |last1=Kertscher |first1=Tom |title=PolitiFact - Did Elizabeth Warren lose a teaching job because she was pregnant? |url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/09/did-elizabeth-warren-lose-teaching-job-because-she/ |website=PolitiFact |access-date=21 February 2024 |date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221112617/https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/09/did-elizabeth-warren-lose-teaching-job-because-she/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Kaplan |first1=Thomas |title=Elizabeth Warren Details Her Account of Losing Teaching Job Because of Pregnancy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-fired-pregnant.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=21 February 2024 |date=8 October 2019 |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221112617/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-fired-pregnant.html |url-status=live }} CBS News quoted two individuals who had contemporarily taught at the same school as agreeing that, under the school's practices in the early-1970s, a non-tenured teacher such as Warren would have lost their job at the school due to pregnancy. One of these individuals said that there had been a de facto policy at the school of dismissing teachers who were more than five months pregnant, and that Warren would certainly have been "unwelcome" to continue working at the school due to her pregnancy.
On November 22, 2019, Reps. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Deb Haaland of New Mexico, and Katie Porter of California (all prominent members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus) were announced as co-chairs of the campaign.{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/471679-warren-adds-ayanna-pressley-as-campaign-co-chair |title=Warren adds Ayanna Pressley as campaign co-chair |last=Greenwood |first=Max |date=2019-11-22 |website=TheHill |language=en |access-date=2019-11-25 |archive-date=May 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530141934/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/471679-warren-adds-ayanna-pressley-as-campaign-co-chair |url-status=live }}
At a December 2018 meeting, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders had agreed to refrain from attacking each other in the primaries, because both favored similar progressive goals. On January 12, 2020, however, Politico published a Sanders volunteer script allegedly being used in Iowa, giving talking points for a volunteer to attack Warren.{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/sanders-campaign-goes-negative-on-warren-in-volunteer-script.html |title=Sanders Campaign Goes Negative on Warren, Claims She Is Candidate of the Wealthy |last=Stieb |first=Matt |work=NY Magazine |quote=The Sanders talking points mark a major step in dismantling the "non-aggression pact" between the two progressive senators that has mostly been adhered to up to this point. |date=January 12, 2020 |access-date=March 5, 2020 |archive-date=March 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311225556/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/sanders-campaign-goes-negative-on-warren-in-volunteer-script.html |url-status=live }} On January 13, CNN published a story based on reports from four sources familiar with the December 2018 meeting between Warren and Sanders, reporting that during the meeting Sanders had told Warren that he believed a woman couldn't win election to the presidency in 2020. When asked about this story, Warren said it was true, while Sanders denied that he had said anything resembling the reports.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/politics/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-meeting/index.html |title=Bernie Sanders told Elizabeth Warren in private 2018 meeting that a woman can't win, sources say |last=Lee |first=MJ |work=CNN |quote=Sanders responded that he did not believe a woman could win. The description of that meeting is based on the accounts of four people: two people Warren spoke with directly soon after the encounter, and two people familiar with the meeting. After publication of this story, Warren herself backed up this account of the meeting, saying in part in a statement Monday, "I thought a woman could win; he disagreed." |date=January 13, 2020 |access-date=March 5, 2020 |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106135911/https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/politics/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-meeting/index.html |url-status=live }} The controversy increased tensions on the campaign trail between the two progressive senators.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-clash-between-warren-and-sanders-has-been-a-story-waiting-to-happen/2020/01/15/72d46380-3702-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html |title=The clash between Warren and Sanders has been a story waiting to happen |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=March 5, 2020 |archive-date=February 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228171629/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-clash-between-warren-and-sanders-has-been-a-story-waiting-to-happen/2020/01/15/72d46380-3702-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html |url-status=live }}
In February 2020, six women resigned from Warren's campaign, citing a toxic racial environment and tokenism.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/women-of-color-quit-warren-nevada-campaign-949201/ |title=Six Women of Color Quit Warren's Nevada Campaign Citing 'Toxic' Work Environment |first1=Peter |last1=Wade |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 7, 2020 |access-date=February 8, 2020 |archive-date=February 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208001736/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/women-of-color-quit-warren-nevada-campaign-949201/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/06/elizabeth-warren-campaign-nevada-111595 |title=Women of color bolt Warren's Nevada campaign in frustration |first=Alex |last=Thompson |website=POLITICO |date=February 6, 2020 |access-date=February 8, 2020 |archive-date=February 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208192701/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/06/elizabeth-warren-campaign-nevada-111595 |url-status=live }} Warren apologized, saying she took responsibility and would work with her team to do better.{{cite news |title=Warren apologizes to 6 women of color who left Nevada office |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/warren-apologizes-to-6-women-of-color-who-left-nevada-office/2020/02/06/526ac12c-494d-11ea-8a1f-de1597be6cbc_story.html |access-date=9 February 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |quote=Elizabeth Warren is apologizing to six women of color who left her presidential campaign office in Nevada before the state's caucuses because they felt marginalized and because their concerns weren't addressed by supervisors.}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/02/07/warren-apologizes-6-women-color-who-left-nevada-office/4694904002/ |title=Elizabeth Warren apologizes to 6 women of color who left Nevada office |agency=The Associated Press |website=USA TODAY |quote="I believe these women completely and without reservation...I take personal responsibility for this, and I'm working with my team to address these concerns," she added. |access-date=February 8, 2020 |archive-date=February 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208221508/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/02/07/warren-apologizes-6-women-color-who-left-nevada-office/4694904002/ |url-status=live }} In March 2020, two Nevada campaign insiders said that their local team had failed to "address the culture that led to the women's departures."{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/06/warren-team-wonders-how-they-blew-it-122628 |title='Bailey' vs. 'blood and teeth': The inside story of Elizabeth Warren's collapse |last=Thompson |first=Alex |work=Politico |quote=Even after POLITICO reported the departure of several women of color from the Nevada team in the final stretch of the caucus, inside the campaign many advisers in the state complained the media sensationalized the story, rather than trying to address the culture that led to the women's departures, according to two staffers on the ground in Nevada. |date=March 6, 2020 |access-date=March 7, 2020 |archive-date=March 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307010138/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/06/warren-team-wonders-how-they-blew-it-122628 |url-status=live }}
= Primary races =
A week before the Iowa caucuses, on January 25, 2020, The Des Moines Register endorsed Elizabeth Warren. The newspaper stated that, "[Warren] cares about people, and she will use her seemingly endless energy and passion to fight for them. At this moment, when the fabric of American life is at stake, Elizabeth Warren is the president this nation needs."{{cite news |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/caucus/2020/01/26/elizabeth-warren-president-democrat-iowa-caucuses-des-moines-register-editorial-board-endorsement/4562157002/ |title=Endorsement: Elizabeth Warren will push an unequal America in the right direction |work=Des Moines Register |access-date=2020-01-29 |language=en |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005211318/https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/caucus/2020/01/26/elizabeth-warren-president-democrat-iowa-caucuses-des-moines-register-editorial-board-endorsement/4562157002/ |url-status=live }} In the Iowa caucuses, held on February 3, 2020, Warren came in third place, earning eight pledged delegates.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/04/us/elections/results-iowa-caucus.html |title=Live: Iowa Caucus Results 2020 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 4, 2020 |access-date=February 27, 2020 |last1=Lee |first1=Jasmine C. |last2=Lieberman |first2=Rebecca |last3=Aufrichtig |first3=Aliza |last4=Bloch |first4=Matthew |archive-date=February 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205060435/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/04/us/elections/results-iowa-caucus.html |url-status=live }}
Warren finished in fourth place in the New Hampshire primary held on February 11, 2020. Warren did not meet the 15% eligibility threshold and thus did not earn any delegates.{{cite news |title=Results: New Hampshire 2020 Presidential Primary – Democratic President |url=https://sos.nh.gov/20PresPrimaryDem.aspx |website=New Hampshire Secretary of State |access-date=February 13, 2020 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213004849/https://sos.nh.gov/20PresPrimaryDem.aspx |url-status=dead }}
On Super Tuesday, Warren had a disappointing finish, winning no states and only 57 delegates. In addition, she came in third place in her home state of Massachusetts.{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/05/elizabeth-warren-drops-out-2020-121931 |title=Elizabeth Warren drops out |author=Thompson, Alex |work=Politico |date=March 5, 2020 |access-date=March 5, 2020 |archive-date=December 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206052717/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/05/elizabeth-warren-drops-out-2020-121931 |url-status=live }}
= Campaign suspension =
On March 5, 2020, following disappointing results on Super Tuesday, Warren suspended her campaign.{{cite news |last1=Herndon |first1=Astead W. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-drops-out.html |title=Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Drops Out of Presidential Race |date=March 5, 2020 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=March 5, 2020 |last2=Goldmacher |first2=Shane |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305160003/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-drops-out.html |url-status=live }} Warren did not immediately endorse either of the major candidates remaining, former vice president Joe Biden or U.S. senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-05/elizabeth-warren-will-drop-out-of-presidential-race |title=Elizabeth Warren drops out of presidential race |last=Bierman |first=Noah |date=March 5, 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 5, 2020 |archive-date=March 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305234212/https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-05/elizabeth-warren-will-drop-out-of-presidential-race |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/05/elizabeth-warren-drops-out-of-presidential-race.html |title=Elizabeth Warren drops out of 2020 presidential race after disappointing Super Tuesday showing |last=Mangan |first=Tucker Higgins, Dan |date=2020-03-05 |website=CNBC |language=en |access-date=2020-03-06 |archive-date=March 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306154038/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/05/elizabeth-warren-drops-out-of-presidential-race.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/03/06/elizabeth-warren-condemns-bullying-bernie-sanders-supporters/4972959002/ |title=Warren slams 'bullying' Sanders supporters as she exits race, says candidates are responsible for followers' actions |last=Wu |first=Nicholas |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |access-date=2020-03-06 |archive-date=March 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307080302/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/03/06/elizabeth-warren-condemns-bullying-bernie-sanders-supporters/4972959002/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last1=Wallace-Wells |first1=Benjamin |title=Elizabeth Warren's American Leadership |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/elizabeth-warrens-american-leadership?source=EDT_NYR_EDIT_NEWSLETTER_0_imagenewsletter_Daily_ZZ |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=6 March 2020 |language=en |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830223204/https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/elizabeth-warrens-american-leadership?source=EDT_NYR_EDIT_NEWSLETTER_0_imagenewsletter_Daily_ZZ |url-status=live }}
Many political strategists theorized why Warren — once considered a front-runner — had struggled to win primary races. An analysis by FiveThirtyEight noted that the 2020 primaries were focused on "electability"; Warren faced unfavorable numbers in hypothetical head-to-head polls against Donald Trump, and Democratic party officials worried that her background as a Harvard Law professor and Massachusetts Senator would not connect with working-class voters in the Midwest.{{cite web |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-warren-couldnt-win/ |title=Why Warren Couldn't Win |author=Bacon Jr., Perry |work=FiveThirtyEight |date=February 5, 2020 |access-date=February 5, 2020 |archive-date=March 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306055648/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-warren-couldnt-win/ |url-status=live }} Democratic strategist Joe Trippi compared Warren's early rise to Howard Dean's 2004 campaign, saying that her popularity peaked too early in the race, allowing her to lose ground to other up-and-coming candidates.{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/warren-2020/607327/ |title=What happened to Elizabeth Warren? |author=Godfrey, Elizabeth |work=The Atlantic |date=February 5, 2020 |access-date=February 5, 2020 |archive-date=March 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305154218/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/warren-2020/607327/ |url-status=live }} Political consultant James Carville noted Warren's inability to position herself as a true "progressive" candidate, citing her support for Medicare-for-all while still calling herself a "capitalist". At the same time, Warren's embrace of progressive policies turned off more moderate voters. Ahead of the Iowa caucuses, a Selzer & Company poll found that Warren was the favorite second choice for Pete Buttigieg voters, however, his campaign suspension and subsequent endorsement of Joe Biden swayed would-be moderate Warren voters to switch to Biden.
Warren endorsed Biden after he became the presumptive nominee, following Sanders' campaign suspension and subsequent endorsement of Biden.{{cite web |url=https://www.axios.com/elizabeth-warren-endorses-joe-biden-president-c0ed2c4b-65db-437c-8743-580c171c942b.html |title=Elizabeth Warren endorses Joe Biden in 2020 presidential race |first=Alexi |last=McCammond |website=Axios |access-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127063250/https://www.axios.com/elizabeth-warren-endorses-joe-biden-president-c0ed2c4b-65db-437c-8743-580c171c942b.html |url-status=live }}
Endorsements
{{main|List of Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign endorsements}}
Political positions
{{main|Political positions of Elizabeth Warren}}
= Anti-corruption =
Warren's campaign website says she will "end lobbying as we know it by closing loopholes so everyone who lobbies must register, shining sunlight on their activities, banning foreign governments from hiring Washington lobbyists, and shutting down the ability of lobbyists to move freely in and out of government jobs." She promises to "shut the revolving door between Wall Street and Washington" by banning Congresspeople from trading stocks while in office and becoming lobbyists once they are out of office. Warren also supports requiring every candidate for federal office to post their tax returns online for public viewing and strengthening the code of ethics for Supreme Court justices and the code of conduct for all other federal judges.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-marijuana-legalization-cnn-town-hall_n_5cbe58ede4b0315683fc0b4a |title=Elizabeth Warren Reiterates Support For Marijuana Legalization |website=Elizabeth Warren |date=April 23, 2019 |language=en-US |df=mdy-all |access-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820121940/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-marijuana-legalization-cnn-town-hall_n_5cbe58ede4b0315683fc0b4a |url-status=live }}{{better source needed|date=August 2019}}
= Economy =
A fellow at the Roosevelt Institute sums up Warren's economic ideology as follows:
[W]e should select the tool appropriate to each economic problem we face and not decide ahead of time that the same solution is appropriate.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/31/warrens-agenda-break-up-monopolies-give-workers-control-over-corporations-fight-big-pharma/ |title=Warren's 2020 agenda: Break up monopolies, give workers control over corporations, fight drug companies |last=Stein |first=Jeff |date=December 31, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=February 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020227/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/31/warrens-agenda-break-up-monopolies-give-workers-control-over-corporations-fight-big-pharma/ |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
Warren has rejected the "socialist" label and has said previously she is "a capitalist to [her] bones". She has cosponsored a bill raising the U.S. minimum wage to $15 an hour. She has also stated her openness to universal basic income.{{cite news |last=Zeballos-Roig |first=Joseph |title=Elizabeth Warren says Andrew Yang-backed universal basic income among 'options to consider' to ensure American financial well-being |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-universal-basic-income-option-to-consider-andrew-yang-2019-11 |access-date=November 18, 2019 |work=Business Insider |date=November 18, 2019 |archive-date=November 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118232431/https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-universal-basic-income-option-to-consider-andrew-yang-2019-11 |url-status=live }}
Warren has proposed an economic program based on "economic patriotism," which includes investing $2 trillion in climate-friendly industries, creating a new Department of Economic Development, and implementing measures to support exports. Her plan aims to support American workers and manufacturing, echoing President Trump's goal, but not his means such as tariffs and tight immigration restrictions.{{Cite news |last1=Herndon |first1=Astead W. |last2=Cohen |first2=Patricia |date=2019-06-04 |title=Elizabeth Warren Proposes 'Aggressive Intervention' to Create Jobs |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-economy-jobs.html |access-date=2023-06-03 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603010600/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-economy-jobs.html |url-status=live }}
== Taxes ==
Warren supports an "Ultra-Millionaire Tax" on the 75,000 richest families in the U.S. (those with net worth greater than $50 million) that she says would result in $250 billion a year in federal revenue.Leonhardt, David, "Capitalism Needs Elizabeth Warren," The New York Times, March 17, 2019. She proposes using that extra funding to provide universal childcare and a pre-K program that mirrors the universal high school movement of the early 20th century, relief of student loan debt, and down payments on a Green New Deal and Medicare for All. Additionally, she says a historic investment in housing would result in rents decreasing by 10% nationwide and 1.5 million new jobs.{{better source needed|date=August 2019}}
Former top economic adviser to Obama and both Clintons, Gene Sperling has said "This type of wealth tax is essential." David Leonhardt wrote that "Warren is trying to treat not just the symptoms but the underlying disease."
== Working class ==
Warren supports transferring corporate power to workers. She considers herself a defender of the middle class, saying in her announcement video that "America's middle class is under attack." Recent legislation she has submitted would make it easier for Americans to form and join labor unions.
She supports and recently introduced legislation requiring U.S. corporations worth more than $1 billion to allow their employees to select 40% of their board of directors. This is an attempt to get more money flowing back into the pockets of regular workers instead of corporate leaders. It would also require that shareholders approve any corporate funds being donated to political candidates.
== Jobs ==
Warren supports the proposed Green New Deal which Warren states will create jobs and fight climate change. She says some of the extra funding from her proposed tax on "ultra-millionaires" could be used to begin paying for this, as well as using some to create 1.5 million new jobs.{{better source needed|date=August 2019}}
== Monopolies and government intervention ==
She does not support U.S. government-takeover of certain industries. Instead, she wants to restructure markets, reflecting her view that the economy has been dominated by a select few individuals and that the government can reform it to make it more competitive. Her focus has been specifically on breaking up what, in her view, are monopolies in the technology sector through stronger antitrust enforcement. She has specifically called out Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon. She has also pushed for more competition and government involvement in the healthcare industry.
= Elections =
Warren supports the passage of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to "protect the right of every American citizen to vote and have that vote counted." She also supports outlawing "unnecessary and unjustified" regulations that increase the difficulty of voting. She supports a ban on gerrymandering. She has also called for the abolition of the Electoral College in favor of a national popular vote in presidential elections.{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/434652-warren-calls-for-abolishing-electoral-college |title=Warren calls for abolishing Electoral College |last=Burke |first=Michael |date=March 18, 2019 |access-date=March 31, 2019 |work=The Hill |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319140618/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/434652-warren-calls-for-abolishing-electoral-college |archive-date=March 19, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
Warren also supports overturning the Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. FEC, outlawing political donations made by federal lobbyists and PACs, and completely banning Super PACs,{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/25/warren-says-she-doesnt-take-pac-money-any-kind-what-does-that-mean/ |title=Analysis | Sen. Warren says she doesn't 'take PAC money of any kind.' What does that mean? |first=Glenn |last=Kessler |date=25 January 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=February 25, 2020 |archive-date=February 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225045301/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/25/warren-says-she-doesnt-take-pac-money-any-kind-what-does-that-mean/ |url-status=live }} though late in her campaign, she changed her policy, noting when all the men but none of the women were getting PAC money, it created an uneven playing field.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/elizabeth-warren-reverses-her-position-on-super-pac-support.html |title=Elizabeth Warren reverses her position on super PAC support as she seeks comeback |first=Tucker |last=Higgins |date=February 20, 2020 |website=CNBC |access-date=March 9, 2020 |archive-date=March 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306105150/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/elizabeth-warren-reverses-her-position-on-super-pac-support.html |url-status=live }}
= Impeachment =
Warren was one of the first major candidates to call for the impeachment of President Trump.{{cite news |last1=Goodwin |first1=Liz |last2=Bidgood |first2=Jess |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/06/18/elizabeth-warren-makes-gains-primary-trumpworld-takes-notice/qAYrbcosTaKAXiXxbH5VJM/story.html |title=As Elizabeth Warren makes gains in the primary, Trumpworld takes notice |work=The Boston Globe |date=2019-06-18 |access-date=2019-06-19 |archive-date=June 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619165624/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/06/18/elizabeth-warren-makes-gains-primary-trumpworld-takes-notice/qAYrbcosTaKAXiXxbH5VJM/story.html |url-status=live }} On April 19, 2019 she tweeted, "The severity of this misconduct demands that elected officials in both parties set aside political considerations and do their constitutional duty. That means the House should initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of the United States."{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1119331296470237185 |title=Elizabeth Warren |work=Twitter |date=2019-04-19 |access-date=2019-06-19 |archive-date=June 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620011418/https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1119331296470237185 |url-status=live }}
= Foreign policy =
Warren opposes President Trump's renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, "unless he produces a better deal for America's working families".{{better source needed|date=August 2019}}
Warren acknowledges the need for a strong military for deterrent purposes, and says the U.S. must maintain vigilance regarding the threat of terrorism, but she says she wants to bring the troops home. She says in doing so, the U.S. government must ensure they get the support and benefits they're owed. She also says she supports "cutting our bloated defense budget" and cutting the hold by defense contractors on military policy. She opposes "endless wars".
She advocates "reinvesting in diplomacy" and multilateralism on issues of shared interests with allies. Warren has stated that "no foreign country should be able to purchase farmland in America," which she claims are dominating the United States agricultural sector.{{cite news |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-foreign-ownership_n_5c9d2e8ae4b00ba63279602b |title=Elizabeth Warren: 'No Foreign Country Should Be Able To Purchase Farmland In America' |author1=Maxwell Strachan |date=March 30, 2019 |work=Huffington Post |access-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504041702/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-foreign-ownership_n_5c9d2e8ae4b00ba63279602b |archive-date=May 4, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
= Housing =
Warren supports federal funding for the construction of millions of new homes. She has also introduced legislation that would reward local governments for relaxing restrictive zoning codes that prevent the building of new homes. The plan also calls for further investment in affordable-housing projects, with a specific focus on assisting black families who have historically been hurt by federal housing guidelines.
She says some of the extra funding from her proposed tax on "ultra-millionaires" could be used to begin lowering rents.{{better source needed|date=August 2019}}
= Healthcare =
Warren supports a proposal by Senator Bernie Sanders that would require the U.S. government to provide health insurance to every U.S. citizen, a program known as Medicare for All. On November 1, 2019 Warren released a detailed plan of how she proposes paying for Medicare for All.{{cite news |last=Kurtzleben |first=Danielle |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Here's How Warren Finds $20.5 Trillion To Pay For 'Medicare For All' |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775339519/heres-how-warren-finds-20-5-trillion-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all |work=NPR |access-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101210124/https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775339519/heres-how-warren-finds-20-5-trillion-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all |url-status=live }}
== Drug costs ==
Warren has advocated for the U.S. government to begin producing prescription drugs as a way to lower drug costs in the U.S. She has introduced legislation that would give the government the ability to produce generic versions of certain drugs, the name-brand versions of which are much more expensive.
== Opioid epidemic response ==
In response to the national opioid epidemic, Warren has called for the U.S. government to assist in the treatment of more addicted Americans. Additionally, her plan calls for $100 billion in federal funds to be directed into fighting the opioid crisis over 10 years.
= Judicial issues =
== Criminal justice reform ==
Warren supports criminal justice reform stopping racial disparity in the justice system, banning private prisons, utilizing community policing, and demilitarizing local police departments. She also supports comprehensive sentencing reform and the legalization of marijuana.
== Economic crime ==
Warren was a major player in the establishment of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She is expected to highlight related legislation she has introduced to further eliminate white-collar crime. One such bill would create a law enforcement unit to specifically investigate crimes at big banks and financial institutions. It would also require senior executives of banks with more than $10 billion in assets to certify each year that they "found no criminal conduct or civil fraud within the financial institutions."
Warren has also introduced legislation with Republican Senator James Lankford (OK) requiring federal agencies to release more information in regards to closed federal investigations and cases against bad corporate actors.
Warren supports "new laws and a new commitment" to investigating and prosecuting large corporations and their leaders. She emphasizes the protection of customers and workers and stopping monopolies from forming.{{better source needed|date=August 2019}}
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