Elizabeth Warren dives into 2020 race to take on Trump as middle-class warrior – but his aides say liberal who the president mocks as ‘Pocahontas’ is a ‘dream come true’ Democratic opponent
Massachusetts senator, 69, is first major Democrat in elected office to make a solid move towards a 2020 run
Formed ‘exploratory committee’ and issues video which highlights family ties to Oklahoma in bid to get over east-coast elite image
Warren can now officially raise money for a run, also changed her Twitter handle
Trump has bashed her as ‘Pocahontas’ for faking American Indian descent
DNA test showing she was as little as 1/1,024th Native American was a PR flop
Trump aides joked that Warren was a ‘dream come true’ opponent and asked about her chances: ‘How?’
Only other big name to have a committee is ex-Obama housing chief Julian Castro, who set one up in November; three other outsiders are already running
By DAVID MARTOSKO
DAILYMAIL.COM
31 December 2018
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren penciled in her 2020 White House lotto ticket on Monday, staking out early territory in what will likely be a crowded field of Democrats itching for a swing at Donald Trump.
But Trump aides licked their chops and laughed as they anticipated a battle between the president and the ultra-liberal swashbuckler he regularly mocks as ‘Pocahontas.’
‘It’s a dream come true,’ said one official with knowledge of the president’s thinking, adding a fond hope that Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal would follow Warren into the race.
‘Can we get Blumenthal to run too? More phony Democrats, please,’ said the official, who is not authorized to speak to the media.
Trump has long been critical of Warren for claiming to have Cherokee ancestry, a move the president claims gave her preferential treatment in university hiring at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania.
Warren conceded this month that she is ‘not a person of color,’ following her embarrassing October release of DNA test data that concluded her proportion of American Indian blood might be as small as 1 part in 1,024 – lower than average European-Americans.
Trump has similarly weaponized Blumenthal’s past missteps, turning his military career into a case of stolen valor because he has falsely claimed to have fought in Vietnam.
Blumenthal served in uniform as a U.S. Marine reservist for six years but spent the war thousands of miles from harm’s way.
A second administration official said Monday that Warren ‘will go down in flames,’ and cracked a subtle Native American joke.
‘She’s going to somehow ride her far-left platform into the White House?’ the official asked.
‘How?’
Warren’s New Year’s Eve launch guaranteed she had the nation’s political spotlight largely to herself.
‘America’s middle class is under attack,” the 69-year-old Massachusetts Democrat said in a launch video. ‘How did we get here? Billionaires and big corporations decided they wanted more of the pie. And they enlisted politicians to cut them a bigger slice.’
She tried to strike a uniting tone, declaring that ‘no matter what our differences, most of us want the same thing: ‘to be able to work hard, play by the same set of rules and take care of the people we love. That’s what I’m fighting for.’
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