Elizabeth Warren, who electrified progressives with her “plan for everything” and strong message of economic populism, confirmed to her campaign staff Thursday she would depart the Democratic presidential race.
In ending her campaign for the Democratic nomination, the Massachusetts senator spoke about sexism but demurred when questioned about whom she might support. 0:41
Calling it the “honour of a lifetime,” Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said on Thursday she is ending her bid for the Democratic nomination for president.
Warren, who electrified progressives with her “plan for everything” and strong message of economic populism, confirmed earlier to her campaign staff she would depart the race.
Speaking to reporters outside her home in Cambridge, Mass., said she would continue fighting in her current capacity for everyday Americans “who have gotten the short end of the stick.”
“There are still tens of millions of people across the country who, one bad medical diagnosis and they’re upside down financially. There are still mamas and daddies all across this country who can’t finish their education, can’t take on jobs because they can’t find access to decent child care that they can afford,” Warren said, standing beside her husband Bruce Mann.
For much of the past year, her campaign had all the markers of success: robust poll numbers, impressive fundraising and a sprawling political infrastructure that featured staffers on the ground across the country. She was squeezed out, though, by Bernie Sanders, who had an immovable base of voters she needed to advance.
“I refuse to let disappointment blind me — or you — to what we’ve accomplished,” Warren told her campaign staff on a conference call. “We didn’t reach our goal, but what we have done together — what you have done — has made a lasting difference. It’s not the scale of the difference we wanted to make, but it matters.”
Warren never finished higher than third in the first four states and was routed on Super Tuesday, failing to win any of the 14 states voting and placing an embarrassing third in her home state, behind former vice-president Joe Biden and Sanders.
Members of the Biden and Sanders campaigns confirmed Thursday that Warren had reached out to them, but there were no further details on that front from Warren herself.
“Let’s take a deep breath and spend a little time on that,” she told reporters. “We don’t have to decide that this minute.”
Warren, 70, entered the face on Feb. 9, 2019 in her native Massachusetts, but wasn’t able to translate some strong debate performances into delegates.
Her polling began improving through the summer and she appeared t