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Aug 3, 2018 6 tweets 2 min read Read on X
Away from #NetrootsNation @elizabethforma sits for a conversation with Congressional Black Caucus Chair @RepRichmond
Averse to the minute-by-minute returns watching, Warren said she and her husband were watching “Ballers” on election night ‘16 until later when most numbers in
Richmond asks Warren about criminal justice reform: "Let’s just start with the hard truth about our criminal justice system: it’s racist."
Warren: "Our prison system is something that America should be ashamed of. What we do to other human beings is fundamentally wrong."
Richmond: What factors played into your decision not to run in 2016, and have any of those things changed about 2020?

@elizabethforma: "Can I just answer the second question? Donald Trump!"
Warren pivots to talk about the importance of 2018. "We cannot be a party that focuses every four years on presidentials and skips" the midterms.

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"When they go low, I say We. Hit. Harder."

cc: @MichelleObama
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