In Iowa, Warren camp seeks to convince voters she can take on Trump

[Omaha Steve]

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Democratic primary voters say they are looking for a nominee who can go "toe-to-toe" with the president.

April 6, 2019, 8:15 AM CDT
By Leigh Ann Caldwell

STORM LAKE, Iowa — Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has built a fan base among progressives in the Democratic Party but is facing concerns from some voters here about whether she can go "toe-to-toe" with President Donald Trump in a general election.

Warren has built her candidacy on a record of being a long-time champion of the middle class and speaking out against what she says is an economy stacked in favor of the rich. At a progressive forum in Washington, D.C. recently, she received some of the most boisterous applause of any of the presidential candidates.

But the issue of Warren's ability to beat the president emerged several times at Warren events on a recent campaign trip to Iowa as voters are working to determine which of the more than one dozen Democrats vying for the nomination could best tackle Trump.

“I’m looking for somebody who can win in an actual TV debate,” Jan Franck from Ankeny, Iowa, said at a Warren event last weekend. “(What) I’m looking for in my candidate is somebody who, when he starts a personal attack and bullying approach, can go toe-to-toe with him.”

FULL story: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/iowa-warren-camp-seeks-convince-voters-she-can-take-trump-n990711


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at the Heartland Forum held on the campus of Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa on March 30, 2019.Nati Harnik / AP file

[Irishxs]

1. Done ✅. She is one I know can whoop a** on potato head.

[Funtatlaguy]

2. The first time that he calls her Pocohantas,

what will she say?

[Omaha Steve]

3. "Mr President"...

"Lets take this outside in the parking lot!" for the win.

[Funtatlaguy]

4. Lol....🤕🙀🙌

[Omaha Steve]

6. Thank YOU!

For the donation.

[peggysue2]

5. This is the major obstacle that Warren is facing and . . .

I suspect it's the reason her early polling is lower than it should be. Can she beat Trump? That is the question.

So yes, I think she does need to convince the electorate that she can put some serious whoop-ass on Trump. The Pocahontas brouhaha was not a good moment. It wounded her but I don't think it was fatal. She certainly is the most policy-driven candidate and has absolutely convinced me that her pragmatic progressivism is sound and well-thought out.

She can do this! The debates will be a major arena to prove her mettle.