Posted on 01/28/2020 8:18:02 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
DES MOINES, Iowa - Gender has loomed over the presidential candidacy of Sen. Elizabeth Warren from the beginning. It's in her comedic retelling of moments when she's been told to "smile more," called "angry" by a 2020 opponent and faced questions from voters who wonder whether she can beat President Donald Trump.
At times, she's dealt with it all by tilting toward feminism, giving speeches focused on women throughout history who have effected change in government from the outside in. At other moments, she's glossed over questions that have long plagued women in politics.
Now, less than a week before the Iowa caucuses — and amid an unsteady standing in the polls — she's leaning in to the discussion.
"I just want to be clear: Women win!" she declared Sunday night to cheers in Cedar Rapids.
No one had asked about gender directly — at least not yet. Warren explained that she was speaking directly to a question that's otherwise "hidden."
"People ask in different ways," Warren said when asked by NBC News about her new closing pitch Sunday night. "They ask about it. I'm glad to talk about it right up front."
And the new riffs directly take on the electability argument, presenting her gender as an asset against Trump.
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Flailing Flabby Arms from the Tax & Spend tribe. Cool how you helped set up another unaccountable bureaucracy (CFPB) Lizzy Warpath. The CRIMINAL STATE hearts the squaw. When is it time for cowboys and indians? This isn’t Little Big Horn.
I don’t think that she (nor many people on her side) “gets” that there are women as well as men who don’t vote based on the candidate’s gender, skin color, ethnicity, and other superficial qualities.
I didn’t vote for Hilary Clinton and it had nothing to do with her being female; I didn’t vote for her husband, either.
What gender did “Warren take on”? Flip a coin. She looks like she swings either way and then some.
I agree.....most people don’t vote according to Gender....that’s like people who vote for candidates that are good looking, and unfortunately some do.
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