After a poor showing during Super Tuesday — and really throughout the Democratic primary — Senator Elizabeth Warren has decided to throw in the towel when it comes to her presidential campaign.
According to sources close to the campaign, the Massachusetts Senator decided to ultimately call it quits on her bid for the nomination after failing to generate any traction as of late which obviously came to a head following a third-place finish in her own home state.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is suspending her presidential campaign, a source familiar with the decision tells NBC News, a bitter blow for a senator who was long seen by prominent Democrats as headed for the White House.
Warren, who did find traction prior to Iowa with her extensive plans started to fall flat as a progressive darling when she started to backtrack on those same progressive policies she was putting forth. Notably pulling back on medicare for all which forced progressives to withhold any new support for her while the more moderate wing of the democratic party more than likely couldn’t trust her. Warren was then faced with another backfire when she made unsubstantiated claims against her friend and counterpart in the democratic race Bernie Sanders that he told her in a 2018 meeting that a woman could not beat Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the logic behind this claim just didn’t add up and people simply weren’t buying it.
That aside, it’s unclear who Warren will endorse going forward — if anyone — however, top Warren and Sanders surrogates did reportedly have a conversation Wednesday going over plans for her exit as well as plans on how the two campaigns can work together going forward as moderates continue (and probably the DNC for that matter) continue to coalesce behind Joe Biden.
Top surrogates and allies of Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are discussing ways for their two camps to unite and push a common liberal agenda, with the expectation that Warren is likely to leave the presidential campaign soon, according to two people familiar with the talks.
The conversations, which are in an early phase, largely involve members of Congress who back Sanders (I-Vt.) reaching out to those in Warren’s camp to explore the prospect that Warren (D-Mass.) might endorse him. They are also appealing to Warren’s supporters to switch their allegiance to Sanders, according (sic) two people with direct knowledge of the conversations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss delicate discussions that are supposed to be confidential.
According to a national Quinnipiac poll (via Common Dreams) released last month, 33% of Warren supporters say Sanders is their second choice for president—a number Jones argued could rise if Warren backs Sanders with a full-throated endorsement.
