In a new interview, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts didn’t foreclose the possibility of running as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential nominee.
“Right now, I just want to be clear. I love my job. I’m here in the United States Senate doing exactly what the people of Massachusetts sent me here to do,” Ms. Warren said in an excerpt of an interview with Mic posted Wednesday.
She had been asked if she would say yes to Mrs. Clinton if the Democratic presidential front-runner came to her and said she needed Ms. Warren to be her running mate in order to take on presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.
“I’m in the thick of the fights to try to level the playing field, to try to un-rig this system and that’s what really matters to me. That’s where I’m headed,” Ms. Warren said.
Asked if she would rule out the possibility of joining Mrs. Clinton’s ticket, Ms. Warren said: “You know, this is something that right now, we’ve got to get all of our nominations settled on the Democratic side.”
“For me, I’m going to keep doing my job every single day and I’m not thinking about another job,” she said.
Asked if she had spoken to Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Warren said: “No, not recently.”
Many progressives had hoped Ms. Warren, first elected in 2012, would jump into the 2016 race herself as a presidential candidate.
She has not officially endorsed either Mrs. Clinton or Sen. Bernard Sanders, but has gone after Mr. Trump on social media recently.
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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