Trump White House eyes Warren as potential 2020 foe

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY JORDAN FABIAN - 05/09/17 06:00 AM EDT

The White House is keeping tabs on Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), viewing her as a potential challenger to President Trump in the 2020 election.

The Republican National Committee (RNC), in coordination with the White House, is assembling a research file on Warren and other possible 2020 opponents and frequently circulates memos critical of her to reporters. White House aides, meanwhile, are closely following the senator’s criticism of the president and have aggressively hit back in the media.

When The Hill published Warren’s criticism last month of Trump’s decision to drop America’s largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan, the White House press office quickly responded with a rebuttal — an unusual level of attention for a single senator.

“As somebody who is probably, in the hearts and minds of liberal activists, a leader of the party, that voice carries some weight, and we have to respond,” said one White House official who requested anonymity to describe internal thinking. “We don’t think ignoring her is the right approach.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/332456-in-warren-white-house-sees-potential-2020-foe

[CanonRay]

1. He's got Putin and his Belarus Basement Boyz on it!

[irisblue]

2. Really!? trump afraid of a woman he cannot

exploit or shut up on order. Time for the near daily comment...f that guy.

[Javaman]

3. I don't think she will run. I think Hillary and maybe Bernie will run again. nt

[StevieM]

6. I love Hillary but it seems clear that she is retired. Bernie looks like he will run again.

And I do think Warren will run in 2020.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Bernie will be 79 in 2020

Depends on his health I would guess.

[melm00se]

4. The White House better

be looking at someone inside their own party as a challenger as it is extremely likely that there will be a strong Republican primary challenge to Trump (assuming he makes it thru his 1st term).

[woundedkarma]

5. How about Warren/Yates 2020? :)

[StevieM]

7. Right now I am liking Elizabeth Warren and Jay Inslee as our possible nominees. (eom)

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Absolutely amazing

they think Trump will still be in office by 2020

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Wow. I guess the WHT has nothing better to do than campaign

against someone 42 months in advance.

[Honeycombe8]

11. It's early for that, and she doesn't have a strong following yet. No one does.

So my guess is they're HOPING their responding to her elevates her enough to become the candidate, so she'll go the way of Bernie Sanders. They saw how the Sanders thing worked out.

Look for the one who has a high profile and a following, but who the W.H. doesn't respond to. THAT is the candidate they are trying to force into the unknown void.

[NNadir]

12. I'm hoping Trump will be in prison by 2020. n/t,