Elizabeth Warren has a million-dollar booster begging her to run for president

Elizabeth Warren has a million-dollar booster begging her to run for president
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has repeatedly said she will not run for president. And polls show her trailing presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton by more than 50 percentage points in a hypothetical national primary.

Still, the liberal organization MoveOn.org says it could spend $1 million to "demonstrate there's a path" for Warren to win the Democratic nomination, thus giving her a compelling reason to join the race. When asked about the effort, a spokesperson for Warren reminded The New York Times Warren has said many times she is not running.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.