Bernie Sanders' First 2016 Congressional Endorser Explains Why He's Backing Warren Now

[George II]

Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), who became the first member of Congress to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) 2016 presidential campaign, announced this week that he will back Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) this time around.

“I think it's a very powerful combination that Elizabeth has,” Grijalva told The Daily Beast ahead of a Thursday event in Arizona where he will introduce the Massachusetts Democrat. “And that's that she's got the intellect and more importantly the heart for this job. And that I think she brings in a level of smarts and energy. I think that's what it's going to take to take Trump out. And philosophically, I agree with her.”

Grijalva stressed that his support for Warren was “not a repudiation of Bernie. This is not an abandonment of the reasons and positions of why I supported him.”

A member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Grijalva said that he was in fact enthused when Sanders and Warren vociferously defended their ideas against a large group of centrist Democrats during the first night of CNN’s 2020 primary debates this week in Detroit.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-first-2016-congressional-endorser-raul-grijalva-explains-why-hes-backing-elizabeth-warren-now?source=twitter&via=desktop

It's the Daily Beast, but couldn't find this anywhere else.

[Hortensis]

1. Definitely a step in the right direction. I'll give him that,

and nothing else.

[Me.]

2. When I First Read Your Headline

I thought BS was endorsing Warren and I was wondering why I hadn't heard he's pulling out. My bad....

[lunamagica]

3. I agree that Warren's intellect is vastly superior than Sander's