Warren urges Democrats to reject centrist policies and move leftward

Warren is already seen as one of Democrats' foremost voices -- along with Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders -- on progressives' economic policies.

So she used her speech in front of about 3,000 attendees at the progressive Netroots Nation conference Saturday to dive into issues of culture, which have split progressive and centrist Democrats since Hillary Clinton's loss in November.

In a shot at Bill Clinton-era Democratic policies, Warren said Democrats are not "going back to the days of welfare reform and the crime bill."

"We're not going back to the days of being lukewarm on choice," she said.

"We're not going back to the days when universal health care was something Democrats talked about on the campaign trail but were too chicken to fight for after they got elected."

Warren's comments came at a crucial moment for the Democratic Party.
Its base is energized by the fight against Trump, and Democrats were thrilled to see the GOP effort to repeal former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act fail in late July.

However, the party is also without a national leader, and its path forward on policy is not yet settled.

For the first time in decades, Democrats reacted to a national election loss by moving leftward -- rather than to the center. The party's leaders have embraced confrontational tactics against Trump, while a growing list of its top prospects for the 2020 presidential race -- including Warren -- are embracing Sanders' call for a "Medicare for all" single-payer health care system.

But that shift has caused consternation in some quarters. Some leading Democrats -- including Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy -- recently backed the launch of a group called "New Democracy," aimed at moving Democrats toward positions that can win over moderates, independents and disaffected Republicans.

Warren pointed to a New York Times op-ed by Mark Penn, a Hillary Clinton 2008 campaign strategist, who called for the party to abandon "identity politics."

Warren noted that those calls, after previous election losses, had prevailed.

"This time, no one cared," she said. "Big yawn."

"In the wake of the last election, I've heard people say we need to decide whether we're the party of the white working class or the party of Black Lives Matter," Warren said.

"I say we can care about a dad who's worried that his kid will have to move away from their factory town to find good work -- and we can care about a mom who's worried that her kid will get shot during a traffic stop," she said. "The way I see it, those two parents have something deep down in common -- the system is rigged against both of them -- and against their kids."

Warren argued that many of the voters who abandoned Democrats and either fell into Trump's camp or stayed home in November because they see a "rigged" system and "don't feel like anyone in politics is doing anything to un-rig it, or it's too broken to un-rig at all."

"So spare me the argument about whether we ought to be trying to bring back folks who voted for Donald Trump or trying to turn out folks who just didn't vote," she said. "Because we can't do either of those things until we can show that things can change -- and that we will fight to change them."

Warren broke out her biggest applause line mid-speech, saying Democrats don't need permission from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell -- a reference to a clash between her and the Kentucky Republican earlier this year.

"He would probably tell me to sit down and shut up," Warren said. "Nevertheless, I would persist."

I hope her dumbass gets voted out in 2018.and she runs for 2020 only to get demolished. I want to see annual liberal tears.

>>137390965
>FREE SHIT FOR EVERYONE!
And who the fuck is going to pay for all that?

>>137391337
DUH MILLIONAIRE AND BILLIONAIRE CLASS!

>>137391152
I don't think she will lose. I'm American BTW. Say hello to your next president.

>>137392451
>Implying the democrats would pick another white woman.

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>>137390965
>leftists become more extreme
>push undecided Whites to the right
LOL

>>137393144
They think they can milk this dead heifer all the way into 2020.

>>137392693
They're going to double down. Expect the racism against Whites to increase.
From now on the Democrats will be the official party of non-Whites. They'll push the White liberals out of it; they were already telling them to be quiet after they lost the election.
Let them hang themselves.

>>137393198
The butthurt of 2016 is of immense proportions. They really are delusional.

>>137391337

>Close loopholes for companies and rich people to get their money out f the states
>Cut the fucking budget of the military

There you go easy

I absolutely detest this cunt. She's symbolic of everything wrong with the left. But I hope she manages to stay alive and influential for awhile because she's absolute cancer to their side.

>>137390965
>be as left as possible
>move to the left because of aftermath
top kek

>>137393390
You know what's delusional? Coming up with all these crazy conspiracy theories that anyone acting in the name of the right, like the car guy, must be a leftist plant, but refusing to entertain the idea that the guy who shot up the baseball game could be false flagging in favor of the right.

>>137390965
>Warren urges Democrats to reject centrist policies and move leftward
>The crowd responded with chants of "Warren 2020!"
PLEASE for the love of god! DO IT you Stupid Pocahontas wreck fucking do it wreck the rest of the pathetic demorats party

>>137390965
Please do, more fodder for the moderate right.

>>137391337
White working class ofcoz~

>>137392693
Michelle Obama! USA' 1st trans president!

>>137393789
>cut military budget, that also helps defend various nations around the world as well as america
>norks nuke everything
>cali goes first

yes let's do this

>>137390965
nothing would make me happier than seeing Trump destroy her in a run. I can just imagine him walking on the debate stage wearing indian garb and facepaint.

she can't wait to blow the bank can she. sure this isn't bern.

>>137390965
Institutionalized race war is now centrist...

>>137393789
the military does indeed waste money in some areas but most of it does actually have proper uses. Problem is nobody goes in and checks where it is being wasted because the government doesn't let them.

>>137396520

>the only thing stopping norks who have a 6 billion dollar budget and never attacked anything except starcraft Koreans is our 600 quintillion dollar military

I can see why the emus made you hear the lamentations of your women coral

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>>137390965

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If waren gets elected I will make you leave the country.

>>137396057
Literally what most of pol believes. The guy who shot scalise was obviously a deep state plant dumbass. Pay attention

>>137393233
This.

A populist left campaign might win from a populist right campaign.

>>137390965
are you the gay jew from the discord?

>>137397325
You'd better hope so.

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>>137393233
This.

>>137390965
brilliant, Bloomberg's stooge has even more bad ideas

>>137392451
>I don't think she will lose. I'm American BTW. Say hello to your next president.

IC says she can't win, too old, too ugly, nobody relates to her, also she's pretty green and a lot of do nothing to give her more power she can't make use of

electing her would be electing Michael Bloomberg as president, Bloomberg would probably be VP

>>137390965
>republican supermajority soon
Based

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>>137400459
Uhm no sweetie.

Polls show if Bernie had been the democrat nominee, he would have crushed Trump.

2020 will be the nail in the coffin for Republicans

>>137400747
He would have done better than hillary but still lost because he's a fucking commie and this is america. Also you're underestimating generation zyklon

>>137400897
Generation Z were Bernie's most unanimous supporters.

>>137391152
Whaddaya mean? She needs to stay and continue pushing the Dems into the insanity of "Progressiveness" I'm all for liberal tears, but we need people like Warren to ensure Trump's 2020 victory

>>137400747
>Polls show if Bernie had been the democrat nominee, he would have crushed Trump.

polls are filthy liars, the day the whole of America elects a jew I'll eat my hat, not an anti semite but I know being in politics for as long as I have that a jew can't win in the general

neither can a mormon or an Italian

>>137392693
If republicans picked an orange man why can't democrats pick a white woman?

>>137393144
is this story true? god its like history is repeating itself.

Do you think Liz gets the irony of being a democrat driving her people leftward?

>>137400747
>polls
Lol election day most polls gave Hillary 90-99% chance of winning.

>>137390965
So much for;
>better deal
>better wages
>better pizza
>DNC

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>>137401314

this is were you are completely wrong, bong. Bernie's supporters were mainly brainwashed Millennials that have been indoctrinated by various universities into believing that gommunism = power to the people. The same generation that adhered to identity politics and social justice machinations.

Always blame the millennials and the boomers, they are the ones that have completely fucked our society over and over again. Generation Z, albeit not that conservative whatsoever as reported by the media or /pol/, is actually shifting towards the right slowly and slowly, mainly because the left is plagued by weird people that push forward an agenda that clearly isn't normal, in a traditional sort of way. You might say that Generation Z is being pushed towards the right by the constant radicalization of the far-left - kids never want to do what the authority says so, and nowadays the authority is the progressive left.

I really don't want to quote that faggot PJW, but the right has become the counter-culture in the past few years. More and more people are flocking towards traditionalism because they see the current status quo as being completely fucking crazy. There's no wonder that the most nostalgic generation is Generation Z, even thought they were born after the 2000s - they feel the need to identify with a time when all of these things were non-existent and life was /comfy/.

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Do it fauxahontas, please do it, the farther left the better, you dried up cunt !

>>137391117
>"I say we can care about a dad who's worried that his kid will have to move away from their factory town to find good work

1) lose to Trump's policies

2) adopt Trump's policies as your own.

3) ???

4) Profit!

>>137401314
Half of gen zyklon wasn't even old enough to vote. Early-mid 1990s to mid 2000s

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>>137390965
Her voice alone will keep her from EVER winning the Presidency.

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>>137392451
No. Forget it

>>137405584
Gen Z starts in 2000 you stupid sperglords.

They're also just a meme and are filled with just as many freaks and geeks as the last generation.

>>137393789
>the rich leave the US
>military collapses and civil war ensues
Free pussy for everyone.