Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who has emerged as a hero among liberals across the country, said she loves what Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is talking about on the presidential campaign trail but that it’s too early to say whether she would campaign with Mr. Sanders at some point.
“Bernie’s out talking about the issues that the American people want to hear about,” Ms. Warren told the Boston Herald.
With Ms. Warren out of the 2016 race for the Democratic presidential nomination, some of her supporters have latched onto Mr. Sanders’ message of higher taxes on the wealthy, expanded Social Security, and attacks on big banks and corporations.
“These are people who care about these issues, and that’s who Bernie’s reaching,” Ms. Warren said. “I love what Bernie is talking about. I think all the presidential candidates should be out talking about the big issues.”
Mr. Sanders, an independent and self-described democratic socialist, has been gaining in some recent polls; former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, led him by just 8 points, 43 percent to 35 percent, in a recent poll on the early state of New Hampshire.
Asked if Mr. Sanders can actually win, Ms. Warren said: “Bernie is there on the issues. That’s what matters to a lot of people.”
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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