Feb. 21, 2020
Elizabeth Warren Wanted to Be the Unity Candidate. Now, She’s Playing for Keeps
“If all the candidates want to get rid of super PACs, count me in. I’ll lead the charge,” Sen. Warren said in Las Vegas on Thursday.
After rising to prominence as an unapologetic crusader against money in politics, Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has crossed her own red line and embraced a once forbidden tool: a super PAC.
The move was unthinkable to the liberal Democrat just several months ago, when she publicly denounced the decision of
“any Democratic candidate” to “reverse course and endorse the use of unlimited contributions from the wealthy.”
Warren’s position has shifted so swiftly, even her campaign has struggled to keep up. As Persist PAC, the newly minted political action committee, gained attention, the ethos advertised on Warren’s campaign website still read that the senator
“rejects the help of Super PACs and would disavow any Super PAC formed to support her in the Democratic primary.”
Asked for a comment about her super PAC on Thursday,
a spokesperson sent a statement after 1 p.m. saying “Senator Warren’s position hasn’t changed.
Since day one of this campaign, she has made clear that she thinks all of the candidates should lock arms together and say we don’t want super pacs and billionaires to be deciding our Democratic nominee.”
“There are two Elizabeth Warrens,” said the strategist who admires both Sanders and Warren. “There’s the one who progressives love.
And there’s the one manufactured and created by consultants.”
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