Sanders' campaign released an angry statement from the Vermont senator in response to the CNN report.
"It is ludicrous to believe that at the same meeting where Elizabeth Warren told me she was going to run for president, I would tell her that a woman couldn't win," Sanders said. "It's sad that, three weeks before the Iowa caucus and a year after that private conversation, staff who weren't in the room are lying about what happened."
I had no idea that Bernie Sanders was a misogynist! How dare he tell Harvard Law School’s first woman of color, in so many words, that she’s got no chance of winning!
I had no idea that Bernie Sanders was a misogynist! How dare he tell Harvard Law School’s first woman of color, in so many words, that she’s got no chance of winning!
It continues…
Sanders denied the characterization of the meeting in a statement to CNN.“It is ludicrous to believe that at the same meeting where Elizabeth Warren told me she was going to run for president, I would tell her that a woman couldn’t win,” Sanders said. “It’s sad that, three weeks before the Iowa caucus and a year after that private conversation, staff who weren’t in the room are lying about what happened. What I did say that night was that Donald Trump is a sexist, a racist and a liar who would weaponize whatever he could. Do I believe a woman can win in 2020? Of course! After all, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by 3 million votes in 2016.”
Wow. Berie ain’t taking this sitting down! He actually used the ‘L’ word to describe Warren’s staffers.
Seriously though, this really does sound a bit like a hit job by Warren to try and hurt Bernie before the debate tomorrow night, and before the Iowa caucuses. So far Warren hasn’t weighed in on the accusations, and so the big question remains as to whether she will she deny it happened tomorrow night and take up for the old socialist coot, or pile on by saying it really did happen. Maybe, just to keep it going she’ll say doesn’t remember…