#NeverWarren Was Trending on Twitter. Thank Her Supporters
- Divisive hashtag shows flaw in Twitter’s popularity contest
- Rift between Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders moves online
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An online feud between two of the top Democratic presidential candidates took an odd turn Wednesday morning when defenders of Senator Elizabeth Warren helped promote a hashtag ostensibly attacking her. It was an instructive moment in the mechanics of online political discourse as passions around the 2020 election season rise.
The situation began Tuesday at the Democratic presidential debate. Some of the most dramatic moments of the night were exchanges between Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders, in the wake of reports that he had told Warren a woman could not be elected president, which she confirmed and he denied.