In an eerily familiar tactic, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz brought up an anecdote about Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), unprompted, while talking about their policy differences.
Schultz said that the Massachusetts senator once asked him for a campaign donation, and he said no.
The Warren campaign did not immediately deny or confirm the story.
While discussing Warren’s tax proposals on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Schultz agreed that he considered Warren a “serious person” before offering the story.
When the “Morning Joe” hosts reacted with surprise, he told them that he didn’t want the country to “be heading to socialism.” He added that she “believes in programs that would lead to a level of socialism in America.”
Telling stories like this, where an opponent appears weak and vulnerable, is a favorite tactic of President Donald Trump. From former Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) to Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), Trump has reveled in telling anecdotes where his enemies (of the moment) needed something from him.
Watch Schultz:
Schultz shares anecdote about Warren asking him for money pic.twitter.com/jn2GbZLT0K
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Where’s the democratic part of his so called position and history as a democrat? He just sounds like a never trumper.
Well.
Great Day in the Morning (Joe), the Trumpublicans have an alternate to Donnie. May they vote for him in droves.
(The Democratic Party needn’t worry about this clown.)
(Current stockholders of Starbucks might worry, though.)
I have no doubt that Schultz has gotten a “soliciation” from Warren, almost every person who has ever given to the Democrats at some point is on the list, and her name is often attached to those appeals.
Do I think that he got a personal one-on-one pitch from her? Highly, Highly, highly unlikely.
He is likely lying, in that what happened was he was at an event where she sought to raise money.
This is probably a 2 Pinocchio on the Post scale.
He’s a dick…always has been…with all his success in business, he has always been a wannabe…For fun, GOOGLE Howard Schultz and Driveway…we were incensed.
How endearing.