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EXCLUSIVE: Working Families Party considering backing Sen. Elizabeth Warren instead of Hillary
NY Daily News ^ | 2/07/15 | Annie Karni

Posted on 02/08/2015 4:11:40 PM PST by Libloather

In a sign of the growing pressure Hillary Clinton faces from the left, the Working Families Party is considering backing the movement to draft Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for President, the Daily News has learned.

One person said the effort was not so much a bid to get the Massachusetts senator to run but to “Warrenize Hillary” by pushing her to adopt more liberal policies.

At a meeting of the WFP’s advisory council last week, executive committee members wanted to bring the idea to a vote, sources said.

Those pushing to publicly back Warren — who has said she will not run for President — included Communications Workers of America, a union that represents 70,000 local members; the labor-backed New York Communities for Change; and the community group Make the Road Action Fund.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016demprimary; astroturf; clinton; commievote; georgesoros; hillary2016; party; warren; warren2016; wfp; working; workingfamiliesparty
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To: Libloather

They’ll fall in line - liberals have their ways.....


21 posted on 02/08/2015 9:05:02 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Libloather

Good for them.


22 posted on 02/09/2015 8:55:56 PM PST by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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