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With the answer of the night, Elizabeth Warren just hit a home run and ended the electability question once and for all.
She showed not only that women can win, but that she can win. Americans saw that Warren's vision, strength, and poise make her the best candidate to unify Democrats and defeat Trump.
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Check out Warren's answer on women and electability:
This question about whether or not a woman can be president has been raised and it's time for us to attack it head-on. And I think the best way to talk about who can win is by looking at people's winning record. So, can a woman beat Donald Trump? Look at the men on this stage. Collectively, they have lost ten elections. The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they've been in are the women: Amy and me...
And the only person on this stage who has beaten an incumbent Republican anytime in the past 30 years is me. And here's what I know. The real danger that we face as Democrats is picking a candidate who can't pull our party together or someone who takes for granted big parts of the Democratic constituency. We need a candidate who will excite all parts of the Democratic party, bring everyone in, and give everyone a Democrat to believe in. That's my plan and that is why I'm gonna win...
So, I do think it's the right question, how do we beat Trump? And here's the thing: since Donald Trump was elected, women candidates have outperformed men candidates in competitive races. And in 2018, we took back the House, we took back State Houses, because of women candidates and women voters. Look, don't deny that the question is there. Back in the 1960s, people asked could a Catholic win. Back in 2008, people asked if an African-American could win. In both times the Democratic party stepped up and said "YES," got behind their candidate and we changed America. That's who we are.
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