Elizabeth Warren says pressure of running against ‘shadows of Martha and Hillary’ cost her presidential bid

Elizabeth Warren says pressure of running against ‘shadows of Martha and Hillary’ cost her presidential bid

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren attributes her failed 2020 presidential bid to her stumbles on explaining how to pay for her signature healthcare plan and the role that gender, particularly her omnipotent female predecessors, played in the campaign. 

The Massachusetts Democrat doesn’t blame sexism directly in her new book “Persist,” but Warren suggests her campaign was hampered by the failed political efforts of women before her. 

“I had to run against the shadows of Martha and…

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