On the CNN debate stage Tuesday night, Bernie Sanders flat-out denied that he ever told Elizabeth Warren that a woman couldn’t be president, a hard-to-believe rumor reported this week.
But the debate moderator next asked Warren to respond to Sanders’s statement that a woman can’t win — essentially, accepting the premise of the rumor as if it were established fact. Warren responded, “I disagree,” implying, without any evidence and despite the denial, that he did ask it and saying, “This question has been raised, and it’s time for us to attack it.”
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These are just shady underhanded tactics on Warren’s part. She knows Sanders is not a sexist, they’ve been friends for decades, and he’s been publicly saying a woman could be president since 1988. It’s just sad and dishonest that Warren would let this mischief stand, but unfortunately, dishonest politicking is more of the same from the Massachusetts Democrat.
Warren lied, for years, about having Native American heritage, despite being whiter than Wonder Bread and having no valid claim to tribal membership. She also lied about her father being a “janitor” as part of her blue-collar background. This was not true, and Warren’s brother told reporters the false claim made him “furious.”
Additionally, Warren misled her Massachusetts constituents in 2018, promising them that she would focus on the Senate and not run for president. We all know how that worked out. So, too, she misleadingly claimed her children attended public schools, when in fact, they also attended expensive private institutions (yes, the same kind that she wants to limit access to by restricting school choice programs).
And Warren has repeated the untruth time and time again, including at tonight’s debate, that she would institute socialized healthcare for all without raising taxes, despite being plenty intelligent enough to know that this is mathematically impossible.
As the Washington Examiner editorial board concluded, “Some sexist bias against female presidential candidates may certainly exist. But, mostly, Warren has her untruthfulness to blame for all the voters who think she can’t be trusted.” And come the Iowa caucuses in just a few weeks, Warren may just pay the price for her dishonesty.
