Elizabeth Warren: 'The game is rigged, and the Republicans rigged it'

Elizabeth Warren: &#039;The game is rigged, and the Republicans rigged it&#039;

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last updated 8 January 2015

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pulled no punches Saturday at a campaign event for fellow Democratic Sen. Al Franken (Minn.), accusing Republicans of having "rigged" the system against average Americans.

"The game is rigged, and the Republicans rigged it," she said.

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Warren's "rigged" remark is not a change of tone for the freshman lawmaker. She has on several occasions said the economy is "rigged" against the middle class in favor of the rich and powerful, and that message was the crux of her 2012 campaign.

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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.