Warren Has A Quick Comeback When Asked About People Who Oppose Marriage Equality

Democratic presidential hopeful Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren waves as she arrives for a town hall devoted to LGBTQ issues hosted by CNN and the Human rights Campaign Foundation at The Novo in Los Angeles on... Democratic presidential hopeful Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren waves as she arrives for a town hall devoted to LGBTQ issues hosted by CNN and the Human rights Campaign Foundation at The Novo in Los Angeles on October 10, 2019. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) stood out in CNN’s “Equality Town Hall” Thursday night with a line on marriage equality.

Asked by an audience member how she would respond to an “old fashioned” supporter who opposes marriage except between “one man and one woman,” Warren quipped, “I’m going to assume it’s a guy who said that.”

“And I’m going to say, ‘Then just marry one woman!’” the presidential contender said. “I’m cool with that.”

She added, after some applause from the Los Angeles crowd: “Assuming you can find one.”

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  1. “Assuming you can find one.”

    You enjoyed reporting that line, didn’t you, Mr. Shuham?

    Thanks!

     

    @matt_shuham

  2. From the look of things, she would slap Current Occupant around on a debate stage with ease.

  3. Forthright, fearless, funny, forty-six.

  4. Avatar for ljb860 ljb860 says:

    I can just see it now, tRUmp tries the standing behind her as he did with some success against HRC. I can just picture the comment, with a smile on her face, “I see, I’ve picked up a stalker” and leave it as that. I can then picture the camera swinging to a split screen on Trump’s face and the other on the audience. One face would be sour, beet red vs orange for a change and sputtering while the other is rolling on the floor in laughter.

  5. Great answer. However, the question may have been a bit of batting practice given the equality lapel pin on the jacket of the questioner.

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