Warren Says Sanders Told Her a Woman Can’t Win: Campaign Update
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Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren confirmed Tuesday night that Bernie Sanders told her in a 2018 meeting that a woman could not win the presidency.
“Among the topics that came up was what would happen in Democrats nominated a female candidate,” Warren said in a statement. “I thought a woman could win; he disagreed.”
Sanders earlier had denied making the remark after CNN reported the conversation, which occurred when he and Warren met privately in December 2018 to discuss their candidacies in the 2020 election. Sanders initially said the report was “ludicrous” and that Warren staff members, who weren’t present at the meeting, were “lying about what happened.”