On a day when President Barack Obama met with Democratic Presidential nomination contender Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and endorsed presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren had a busy news day as well. It ended with her long-awaited endorsement of Clinton — but made big news waves with a speech in which she literally shredded Republican presumptive Presidential nominee Donald Trump.
What made it remarkable was that Warren articulated what many independent voters, Democrats and some Republicans feel about Trump — and did not mince words. Here’s the video showing the key portion on Trump:
And here’s her entire speech, which also deals with Republican obstructionism on Obama court nominees. It is worth watching in full:
Here’s some reaction on Twitter:
Political rhetoric doesn't usually interest or excite me much, but @SenWarren is really extraordinary. https://t.co/mbsVMnn9oB
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) June 10, 2016
Whether or not the Curiel issue is “hurting Trump” it’s good to see @SenWarren telling the truth about it https://t.co/KzTg2HguDd
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 10, 2016
senator warren
for god's sake
stop the damn match
mr trump has a family
you've damn near broken him in half
stop the damn match— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 9, 2016
Elizabeth Warren's strategy for this election seems to be to see if she can literally make Donald Trump's head explode.
— Alyssa Rosenberg (@AlyssaRosenberg) June 9, 2016
In case you're keeping track.
Trump endorsements: David Duke, Imperial Wizard of VA KKK, Sheriff Joe
Hillary: Obama, Elizabeth Warren
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) June 9, 2016
Elizabeth Warren's endorsement proving a little contentious https://t.co/kPHPD61sOH
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 9, 2016
Here’s the full text of her speech.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.