Warren On That Convo With Sanders: ‘I Thought A Woman Could Win; He Disagreed’

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks next to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during the first round of the second Democratic primary debate in Detroit, Michigan on July 30, 2019. (Photo credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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2020 Democratic candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) confirmed on Monday night that she and progressive rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) had disagreed on whether a female candidate could win the presidency in 2020.

According to Warren, the subject arose when she and Sanders had met in December 2018 for several hours to discuss the race.

“Among the topics that came up was what would happen if Democrats nominated a female candidate,” Warren said in a statement. “I thought a woman could win; he disagreed.”

“I have no interest in discussing this private meeting any further because Bernie and I have far more in common than our differences on punditry,” she added.

The Massachusetts senator also said she and Sanders “have been friends and allies in this fight for a long time, and I have no doubt we will continue to work together to defeat Donald Trump and put our government on the side of the people.”

Sanders had flatly denied that he’d made the comment after CNN reported on the conversation Monday.

“It is ludicrous to believe that at the same meeting where Elizabeth Warren told me she was going to run for president, I would tell her that a woman couldn’t win,” he said. “It’s sad that, three weeks before the Iowa caucus and a year after that private conversation, staff who weren’t in the room are lying about what happened.”

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  1. This is why we can’t have nice things, like the Presidency.

  2. I believe her.

  3. “It’s sad that, three weeks before the Iowa caucus and a year after that private conversation, staff who weren’t in the room are lying about what happened.”

    So now will he be calling Warren a liar? That seems to be where this is headed.

  4. We are in a little bit of worse shape than that.

    Last night, on both Maddow and O’Donnell’s shows, extensive conversations were engaged in by (1) Maddow and O’Donnnell, (2) panelists and (3) United States members of both chambers of Congress…

    on the topic of ongoing efforts by Russia to award the 2020 election to Donald Trump.

    I urge those who have not seen those programs last night to access them.

    There are many facets to this story, but one thing stood out: cheating creates confidence.

    The woman who goes into a beauty contest who has been told, “You will win this…it’s already been arranged” has a different mind set and set of actions than a contestant in an honest contest.

    And Bernie or Warren share the same target on their backs for Russian arrows (along with Biden, Pete, and each and every Democrat running for President).

  5. The idiotic thing about all this is they don’t contradict each other. Also this is a stupid topic to highlight before a debate and the primary. No possible upside.

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