15th January 2020, 10:02 AM
It's a non-controversy. Warren stated Sanders told her a woman couldn't win the presidency. Sanders contradicted this, clarifying that he said that Trump would use Warren being a woman as a weapon against her. He's not wrong, I'm sure. But the point is, this is a subtle enough distinction that it's not unreasonable that both people would remember a conversation from what, a year and a half ago? In a different way. And that Warren could easily draw the inference from Sanders' words that she would have more trouble as a female candidate, enough such that it would cost her the election.
It's all silly drama. I'm more disillusioned by Warren coming out and saying this now, acting combative towards Sanders. Right before the debate. Where she used the opportunity to say how a woman could win, exploiting the news story. NOTE: I didn't see the actual debate and maybe context/prompting of the moderators could change this, but it strikes me as cynical that Warren would use this as a cudgel against her rival, who is clearly very progressive in supporting women.
It's all silly drama. I'm more disillusioned by Warren coming out and saying this now, acting combative towards Sanders. Right before the debate. Where she used the opportunity to say how a woman could win, exploiting the news story. NOTE: I didn't see the actual debate and maybe context/prompting of the moderators could change this, but it strikes me as cynical that Warren would use this as a cudgel against her rival, who is clearly very progressive in supporting women.