Warren supporters in Virginia hold out hope for Super Tuesday

ARLINGTON, Va. — After a disappointing finish in the nation’s first two nominating contests, Elizabeth Warren took a detour Thursday night from the next two states on the primary calendar.

After voting for a bipartisan resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s power to launch a new war in Iran, the Massachusetts Democrat didn’t jet off to Nevada or South Carolina, she stuck around to campaign in the Washington suburbs. Virginia’s primaries are less than a month away on March 3, after the caucuses in Nevada and primary in South Carolina.

“It’s a little rejuvenation stop,” said Allan Abramson, a strong Warren backer in his late 70s, who said he and his wife were at Thursday’s town hall at an Arlington high school because they wanted to show they still support the senator after the last week. “I think she could use the kick that we’re going to give.”

Once she took the stage, Warren came out swinging against former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, accusing him of trying to buy the nomination and attacking his remarks about the 2008 financial crisis.

Warren supporters in the crowd mostly weren’t worried about her performance in Iowa, where she finished third last week, and New Hampshire, where she finished fourth on Tuesday.


https://www.rollcall.com/2020/02/14/warren-supporters-in-virginia-hold-out-hope-for-super-tuesday/