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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Elizabeth Warren, met with the largest Soapbox crowd so far, touts her 2-cent ultra-millionaires tax
When U.S. Sen Elizabeth Warren told fairgoers what America could fund with her ultra-millionaires tax on Saturday, the crowd responded with a chant.
Two cents!" "Two cents!"
...The senator from Massachusetts was met with the biggest crowd of the Register's Soapbox so far in 2019, with numbers easily in the thousands. Fairgoers stood behind the stage and spilled onto the Grand Concourse. A woman in the front row seemed to stand in adoration of Warren, and was brought nearly to tears as the Democratic presidential candidate spoke.
It took about 40 minutes for Warren to make the short distance from the west entrance of the fair to her Soapbox speech near the Grandstand. She posed for photos, ate a chocolate chip cookie from a woman's Bucket O' Cookies, and made her signature pinky promises with young girls.
When asked by the Register why she thinks she drew such a large crowd, Warren circled back to her primary message.
"I think people understand that this government is working great for the wealthy and well-connected, and just not working for the rest of America," she said. "They know in 2020, we've got a chance to turn that around. Ultimately, that's about real optimism and real determination to build the kind of America of our best values."
More at https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/08/10/elizabeth-warren-election-2020-iowa-state-fair-register-soapbox-caucus-wealth-tax-corruption-loan/1881764001/
Two cents!" "Two cents!"
...The senator from Massachusetts was met with the biggest crowd of the Register's Soapbox so far in 2019, with numbers easily in the thousands. Fairgoers stood behind the stage and spilled onto the Grand Concourse. A woman in the front row seemed to stand in adoration of Warren, and was brought nearly to tears as the Democratic presidential candidate spoke.
It took about 40 minutes for Warren to make the short distance from the west entrance of the fair to her Soapbox speech near the Grandstand. She posed for photos, ate a chocolate chip cookie from a woman's Bucket O' Cookies, and made her signature pinky promises with young girls.
When asked by the Register why she thinks she drew such a large crowd, Warren circled back to her primary message.
"I think people understand that this government is working great for the wealthy and well-connected, and just not working for the rest of America," she said. "They know in 2020, we've got a chance to turn that around. Ultimately, that's about real optimism and real determination to build the kind of America of our best values."
More at https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/08/10/elizabeth-warren-election-2020-iowa-state-fair-register-soapbox-caucus-wealth-tax-corruption-loan/1881764001/
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided