Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren, a left-wing firebrand critic of Donald Trump, announces 2020 US presidential bid
- Elizabeth Warren tweeted that she was ‘launching an exploratory committee to run for president’
- Warren took a DNA test in October that proved she had Native American ancestry, after Donald Trump regularly derided her as ‘Pocahontas’
US Senator Elizabeth Warren, a liberal firebrand and Wall Street antagonist, took the first step toward a 2020 White House run on Monday, becoming the most prominent Democrat to announce a challenge to Republican President Donald Trump.
Warren said she had formed an exploratory committee, which will allow her to begin raising campaign funding as part of what is expected to be a crowded Democratic field before the November 2020 presidential election.
Warren, 69, who became a senator from Massachusetts in 2013, has frequently clashed with Trump, who has cast aspersions on Warren’s claim to Native American ancestry and mockingly referred to her as “Pocahontas.”
Warren released a video in which she outlines her vision of a path to opportunity for all Americans, not just the wealthy.
“Every person in America should be able to work hard, play by the same set of rules, & take care of themselves & the people they love,” she said in a Twitter post.