Except for the extraordinarily bad timing (New Year’s Eve?), Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s video announcement that she was forming an exploratory committee for a likely 2020 presidential run shocked exactly no one; she likely would have run in 2016 if it hadn’t been Hillary Clinton’s “turn.”
What was more interesting was Warren fooling over the weekend with her Twitter handle, changing it from @elizabethforma to simply @ewarren, then changing it back and changing it back one more time to settle on @ewarren (last we checked). It certainly looked like a sign that she was ready to go national.
Michael Malice thought there were three possible scenarios at work:
Three possible scenarios:
1) bernie told warren he isn't going to run
2) warren announced first to put pressure on bernie to not run and to support her
3) warren announced first so she wouldn't have to defer to bernie's decision— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) December 31, 2018
Well, that or …
Or (4) she gave her decision the same careful thought she gave her decision to release the DNA testing.
— Ray Zacek (@Zhombre) December 31, 2018
5) Warren didn't think about Bernie at all.
— Theo (@TigerRidge929) December 31, 2018
I think she wanted secret service protection before Hillary decided to run.
— Marlon Rando (@jda2000) December 31, 2018
Good call.
Heap big Bear come to Warren in night, say it is you who the fire choose for the headress of big country chief.
— Brian (@brian_broche) December 31, 2018
4) Warren saw the smoke signal but Bernie couldn’t understand it
— The VikiD Truth ? (@vukini) December 31, 2018
I heard native Americans used to drink a lot of water the night before battle so they would wake up early due to a full bladder. Maybe she did this so she could get a head start
— Chris Nodimas? (@CholeraFan) December 31, 2018
I think they should sign some kind of treaty with each other
— Demon1527 (@demon1527) December 31, 2018
4) She figures either Bernie's got it, or Crazy Uncle Joe, and hopes to be the token woman Veep for one of the two.
— ❌Tenser, said the Tensor❌ (@bobaloo_1) December 31, 2018
Great point
— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) December 31, 2018
Crazy Uncle Joe and Bernie Sanders are still crushing it in the polls; Democrats can’t get enough of old white men, it seems.
Is this backroom stuff because Beto is becoming frontrunner?
— EROCK ARMY LT. (@Erocksweatypits) December 31, 2018
4) Elizabeth possesses absolutely no self-awareness that the majority of the country won’t tolerate her.
— ? The Tropical Cow ? (@Tropicow) December 31, 2018
Remember when @SenWarren first offered her support to @BernieSanders and then took it back?
— JustAJuggalo (@JuggaloJust) December 31, 2018
She calls it Indian giving
— Cameron Poe (@rickydickburn) December 31, 2018
It's a dog and pony show for which the dogs and the ponies will wag their tails & bare their backs for fans far and wide, then retreat when the anointed one takes the reigns.
— Enaid Yretciva (@enaid_yretciva) December 31, 2018
No worries. By 2020 no one will remember her.
— Vishnubhai (@Vishnubhai) December 31, 2018
Nah, we’ll still be laughing about her DNA test.
Malice’s thoughts now that she’s announced her exploratory committee?
this bold statement will really serve well to distinguish her from the rest of the competitors https://t.co/xmiHIXzvBG
— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) December 31, 2018
Watching the Democratic primary debates with all 193 candidates on stage is going to be lit.
Related:
Elizabeth Warren dropped a not-so-subtle HINT that she's running for president in 2020 https://t.co/Fsf5xIkGsB
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 31, 2018
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