Democrat senator, presidential hopeful, and descendant of Native American fighters Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren may be gaining traction among leftists.
She just drew in her biggest crowd to date since she began her presidential campaign. The numbers totaled around 20K in New York City’s Washington Square Park.
It was here that she declared “Donald Trump is corruption in the flesh,” then proceeded to attack President Trump while speaking to the crowd.
Warren posted the clip of her bashing President Trump in NYC proudly to Twitter, and you can watch the whole smear for yourself here:
Here's some photos and videos of the crowd that gathered to hear Elizabeth Warren trash-talk President Trump in NYC:
If Elizabeth Warren makes it to the debate stage to face off against our president, Donald Trump, then she will be in for a rude awakening.
Trump won't play nicely, and he has already vowed to bring Elizabeth Warren's history of claiming to be "Native American" while in fact, her ancestors actually murdered Indians in bloody battles to center stage!
Watch the epic clip of Trump's promise to do this here:
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CBS News has more to say about what Elizabeth Warren told the crowd she attracted in NYC:
And taking direct aim at issues involving the Trump administration, Warren would require candidates for public office to post their tax returns online. Presidents, Cabinet secretaries and members of Congress would also be prohibited from owning businesses on the side.
Mr. Trump, of course, has refused to release his tax returns years after promising to do so, and the Trump organization continues to do business around the world.
"Donald Trump is corruption in the flesh," Warren said. "He is sworn to serve the people of the United States, but he serves only himself and his partners in corruption." Warren noted, however, that the president is only a symptom of the corruption that has infected the U.S. political and economic systems.
Warren has long argued that the nation's modern government only works for "the wealthy and the well-connected" such as big energy, health care and insurance companies that employ lobbyists to advance their priorities over the best interests of ordinary citizens.
She wrote that popular policies championed by the Democratic Party's progressive wing - and many in its crowded field of presidential hopefuls - like universal child care, an overhaul of the federal criminal justice system, gun reform and plans to promote affordable housing have been "stymied because giant corporations and billionaires who don't want to pay taxes or follow any rules use their money and influence to stand in the way."
Warren's campaign noted that she already proposed a series of anti-corruption measures in Congress last year, but it says the proposal released Monday goes further.
Warren has emerged as a central player in the broader fight for the direction of the Democratic Party in the age of Trump.
Like her Democratic rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Warren is demanding transformational change that Mr. Trump and his allies deride as socialism. Warren and Sanders are up against Democratic front-runner and former Vice President and Delaware Senator Joe Biden, a favorite of the party's establishment wing.
Warren didn't identify any of her Democratic opponents by name.
She noted, however, that "too many politicians in both parties have convinced themselves that playing the money-for-influence game is the only way to get things done."
Earlier Monday, Warren was endorsed by the Working Families Party (WFP), described by Reuters as "a progressive group with rising political influence" that supported Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders during his 2016 White House run.
Reuters says the endorsement "could boost Warren's chances of positioning herself, rather than Sanders, as the liberal alternative" to Biden.
Warren doesn't participate in high-dollar fundraising events as a 2020 candidate, though she did before launching her presidential campaign.
On Monday, looking out at the swelling crowd, Warren noted that she typically takes selfies with everyone who wants one at her events.
"Tonight is a little something different," Warren said.
USA Today also said:
Facing thousands of cheering supporters in the nation’s largest city, Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren on Monday decried President Donald Trump as “corruption in the flesh” and outlined her plans to root out corruption in the White House, Congress and courts.
“Corruption has put our planet at risk. Corruption has broken our economy. And corruption is breaking our democracy,” said Warren, a Massachusetts senator who has emerged as a leading presidential contender.
While aggressive, the message was a familiar one. Warren has embraced corruption as a central campaign theme from the beginning of her 2020 presidential bid. But rarely has Warren addressed such a crowd with such a symbolic backdrop.
The crowd – which exceeded 20,000 people, according to the Warren campaign – filled almost the entirety of the 10-acre Washington Square Park, wrapping around a massive fountain and clogging the pathways that connect the street chess games to the classrooms of New York University to the giant marble arch the downtown park is best known for.
It was a younger audience, racially diverse and packed with women. One of the biggest applause lines of the night: “We’re not here tonight because of famous arches or famous men. In fact, we’re not here because of men at all.”
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