Warren's momentum spurs new attacks from 2020 rivals

[left-of-center2012]

Elizabeth Warren has enjoyed a heady summer of massive crowds and endless selfie lines as she steadily climbs in Democratic presidential primary polls. With the apparent success comes a new reality: She’s now a prime target for rivals and their supporters.

Some of the offensives are direct, with Pete Buttigieg hammering her this week as “evasive” on what a single-payer government health insurance system would mean for middle-class tax bills. Some Bernie Sanders supporters lashed out when the Working Families Party endorsed Warren over Sanders. Others are more circumspect, with Joe Biden’s campaign beginning to question Warren’s corporate legal work decades ago, suggesting it’s at odds with her brand as a progressive champion for middle-class Americans.

Together, it’s a new dynamic that at once affirms Warren’s strength and promises to test whether she can dispatch fellow progressive Bernie Sanders and ultimately challenge the more moderate Biden, who has maintained front-runner status since the spring. At least in the short term, it could shift some heat off of Biden, who as the consistent polling leader has drawn more frequent attacks and media scrutiny than the Massachusetts senator, but has thus far weathered the hits.

For her part, Warren insists she won’t go hard after her opponents, at least not yet, and her campaign has declined comment on the emerging onslaught. Some of her supporters, meanwhile, are leaning into the latest turn.

https://www.apnews.com/898bffd7fa87406b8e9a2cb09042f6e0

[still_one]

1. I think it is important to distinguish between "attacks", and disagreements on issues.

[NurseJackie]

2. 👍

Great point.