Elizabeth Warren calls Donald Trump's entire campaign a 'late-night Trump infomercial'


With an introduction from former Harvard student Rep. Joe Kennedy III, Sen. Elizabeth Warren stepped on stage at Monday's Democratic National Convention and tipped her hat to Sen. Bernie Sanders, telling the delegates that "Bernie reminds us of what Democrats fight for every day." Then she lit into Donald Trump, calling him a man who was born into wealth and maintained it by cheating regular people. Hillary Clinton, she said, is "one of the smartest, toughest, most tenacious people on this planet."
After talking about Clinton's contributions over the decades, Warren said, "We're here tonight because our choice is Hillary Clinton. I'm with Hillary." This earned her some loud rebukes from the floor of "we trusted you," presumably from Bernie Sanders delegates.
"The system is rigged," Warren said. Congress is said to be gridlocked, but it doesn't have problems passing legislation for banks and other special interests, she added. "Try to do anything for working people and you have a fight on your hands." She thanked President Obama for pushing through the Consumer Finance Protection Agency, adding, "We won, but Republicans and lobbyists fought us every step of the way." The Republicans, "they're still trying to kill it," Warren said. "To every Republican who said no in Congress, this November the American people are coming for you."
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Trump never "lifted a finger" in those legislative fights to help working people, she added, asking, "What kind of a man" cares only for himself, cheats students, bilks contractors, and leaves partners with steep losses? "A man who must never be president of the United States."
Trump spoke last week at his convention for over an hour, she said, but "other than building that stupid wall — which will never be built" — did you hear even one idea from Trump? she asked. Trump's ideas are huge tax cuts for himself and his fellow billionaires, Warren said. "Trump's entire campaign is just one more great late-night Trump infomercial," where the "the great Trump hot-air machine will reveal all the answers," and as a bonus, "he'll even throw in a goofy hat."
"We are not going to be Donald Trump's hate-filled America," Warren said. "Not now, not ever." She finished with a litany of ways Clinton wants to improve the life of working people, using the call, "and we're with her."
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