Posted on 10/18/2020 7:39:38 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Less than three weeks out from the Nov. 3 presidential election, during an interview with the Cap Times, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren touted the importance of Democratic candidate Joe Biden winning Wisconsin and the White House in a high-stakes election where "lives are on the line."
The Massachusetts Democrat played up the stakes in this battleground state in Democrats' effort to oust President Donald Trump, describing it to attendees at a Madison drive-in get-out-the-vote event Saturday as one that lies "at the intersection" of this election.
Slamming Republicans for “trying to steal a Supreme Court seat” ahead of the election with the appointment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the bench, Warren noted justices will hear oral arguments in a case seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Aact, or Obamacare, shortly after Nov. 3.
Looking ahead to a potential Biden administration, Warren, who has made a name for herself as a financial watchdog, didn’t say whether she’d be interested in a Cabinet position.
And she said she has not considered about who may fill certain slots in the administration, including who may head up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency that was Warren's idea.
Warren said she had not “thought about specific people in specific spots,” noting the election is 17 days away and she’s “focused 100%” on Nov. 3.
Others in the party have not shied away from discussing what a potential Biden administration could look like — and seeking to preemptively shape the behind-the-scenes decision making. Politico this week reported that progressive groups and left-wing members of the House urged officials to not consider corporate executives or corporate lobbyists for any Senate-confirmed jobs.
As for the CFPB, an agency dedicated to protect consumers in the financial realm that Warren proposed before becoming a U.S. senator, she said even though it “hasn’t been as aggressive as it should be” under Trump’s administration, “it’s still there.”
“For me, it’s a reminder that if you build it right, you get the right structure and you attract good people, you really can make government work and make it work under the most adverse circumstances,” she said. “Now, am I looking forward to having Joe Biden in and getting a new director for the agency? Yes I definitely am because there’s a lot of work that needs to be done.”
Responding to Warren's support of Biden and her role in the campaign, Trump Victory spokeswoman Anna Kelly said: “It’s fitting that Joe Biden has enlisted fellow fraud Elizabeth Warren to stump for him in Wisconsin. Warren has lied about pretty much everything from her heritage to why she left teaching, and Joe Biden has been caught red-handed lying about his knowledge of his Hunter’s business dealings. Wisconsinites know that Biden is out-of-touch with their values, and his clear crony corruption will be defeated on November 3rd."
But she dived further into what she sees as the stakes in this presidential race and her commitment to supporting former Biden's campaign when she spoke with the Cap Times later in the day. Her comments came in the hours before Trump was set to rally his supporters in Janesville, his first visit to the state since he contracted COVID-19.
As a presidential candidate, Warren’s progressive candidacy struck a chord for some voters in Wisconsin, a state where U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders won the 2016 Democratic primary over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Her campaign was one of the first to open an office in Madison and have a team of volunteers working on the ground as early as last summer.
What resonated then with her Midwest supporters and is hitting home now with Biden’s campaign, she said, is the commitment to prioritizing individuals and policies that would help them.
“I think that when you put people first it matters,” she said. “But when you back that up with real plans, childcare, student loan debt, increasing Social Security, it matters even more.”
Warren ultimately finished a distant third in the state’s April presidential primary this year, having dropped out ahead of the election.
The last major female candidate in the race at the time of her exit, she addressed the reality head-on as she talked about the little girls she met on the campaign trail who would “have to wait four more years” at least to see female representation in the White House.
On Saturday she revisited the topic, saying: “I’m sorry that I couldn’t pull it across the finish line. I’m all in for Joe and Kamala. We’re going to get this done. It’s just going to take longer than I thought.”
Previously thought to be a top potential running mate for Biden as someone who could help unite the more progressive and moderate wings of the party, Warren urged more liberal voters to turn out in support of the Biden-Harris ticket this fall.
“With Donald Trump in the White House and Republican control of the Senate, more people are going to die,” she said. “The planet could reach a tipping point in the climate crisis. Millions more will fall into poverty. And there will be no racial reckoning. Joe Biden is committed on all of those issues to building a stronger, better America that works for all. That’s the team I want to be part of and help make it work.”
Two years ago when Warren campaigned in Wisconsin with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin during the Madison Democrat’s re-election bid, protecting health care was a key theme in remarks Warren delivered in Madison. Now, she said, health care and former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act are still at stake – and lives, she added, are literally “on the line.”
With all the big guns showing up in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Minnesota, it is apparent that the dems have figured out that they might lose...
Yeah, your Trump-voting neighbors want to kill you.
Take whatever actions you feel are necessary.
What exactly is a ‘Rat “racial reckoning” ?
Talking to cars
I think it’s code for, ‘Kill Whitey.’ ;)
“The planet could reach a tipping point in the climate crisis. Millions more will fall into poverty. And there will be no racial reckoning. Joe Biden is committed on all of those issues...”
That’s the honest part of her comment...Biden is committed creating MORE poverty...Biden is committed to increasing racism...Biden is committed to spending much of OUR money on false climate change...
“....lives are on the line”. Yes! Untold millions of pre-born babies’ lives are on the line. And Fauxcahontas gives less than a damn about them.
Gag me...
Trump and Republicans are going to kill you!
Stealing a SCOTUS justice seat!
Little girls have to wait to see a woman “representative” in White House (Biden deeply saddened)!
Earth at tipping point!
Millions becoming poor!
Free childcare!
Student loan debt forgiveness!
Increase your Social Security!
No more health care for you!
Blah, blah, blah. How can any person believe any of this argle-bargle?
... ‘lives are on the line’ ...
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Yes, lives ARE on the line ... just not the ones she thinks/is worried about.
“””Joe Biden is committed on all of those issues...””””””
You had me at...Joe Biden should be committed......
Okay, I know this sounds kind of dumb, but how could the Secret Service allow People to have their Cars parked right in front of a Presidential Candidate like that?
Someone with the inclination could easily ram their 4,000 Assault Vehicle into the Stage and take out Jomentia and “Doctor” Jill Biden.
What dis the do, make everyone disconnect the Battery on their Cars or confiscate their Keys / Keyfobs?
Was the Squaw campaigning for her people’s vote? Thee are a lot of Tribes and reservations in Wisconsin?
This Injun needs to hit the campaign trail hard for Biden. Besides Biden, Warren is an ideal advocate for Trump. Please, please, please keep spewing your drivel Liz.
And how many of the proliferate automobiles maintained a safe social distance??
Two in the lower right corner are obviously too close!!
So this liar is in Wisconsin’s center of socialism touting Biden the criminal to people that do not see anything wrong with making a little money on the side.
Disgusting people follow disgusting people.
LOL...That too.....
“Lives on the line” meaning “Baby lives that we can end”
Obamacare is now considered "settled law" and anyone who touches it is going to be evil. Nevermind that people who already had coverage, especially for pre-existing conditions, got screwed and had to pay super-high deductibles for s--tty coverage.
Republicans simply need to take a stand and run firmly on repealing Obamacare entirely and touting market-based, patient-center solutions. They are already accepting the pre-existing premise lie. If people lose their pre-existing plans that they had under Obamacare if Obamacare is repealed, they'll get some or most of that coverage back through the market.
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