After Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced that she was suspending her presidential campaign, President Donald Trump weighed in on the timing of the decision.
In a tweet on Thursday, Trump suggested that Warren’s decision to stay in the race may have cost Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) the Democratic nomination for president.
“Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren, who was going nowhere except into Mini Mike’s head, just dropped out of the Democrat Primary…THREE DAYS TOO LATE. She cost Crazy Bernie, at least, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Texas. Probably cost him the nomination! Came in third in [Massachusetts.]”
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1235598653114511360
In the lead up to Super Tuesday, Warren came under pressure to drop out of the race and help consolidate the progressive wing of the party to give Sanders a boost.
Sanders wound up winning four out of the 14 states that held primaries on March 3, while Biden won the rest — which launched him into first place in the delegate count.
As it became clear that the consolidation of the moderate wing of the party had boosted Biden on Tuesday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn)— who endorsed Sanders — appeared to suggest that Warren had split the vote and cost Sanders some victories.
Imagine if the progressives consolidated last night like the moderates consolidated, who would have won?
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) March 4, 2020
That’s what we should be analyzing. I feel confident a united progressive movement would have allowed for us to #BuildTogether and win MN and other states we narrowly lost. https://t.co/lAj2mhI3GR
Trump sent several tweets on Wednesday that suggested Warren was “selfish” and had hurt Sanders’ chances of winning the nomination.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1235171235505598465
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1235176283740524546
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1235223911538872323
Warren’s departure leaves Biden, Sanders, and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) in the race for the nomination.
