CNN continued their town hall meetings with the 2020 Democratic hopefuls and last night Elizabeth Warren took the stage in Jackson, MS. Jake Tapper served as moderator.
On the bigger issues, Warren sounded very much like her Democratic colleagues, touting free health care, high taxes on the rich and free college. But racism and slavery seemed to be on the minds of many of the audience members, and the Mass. Senator talked about apologizing for slavery and offering reparations to families who descended from slaves.
Elizabeth Warren says there needs to be a national conversation about reparations and calls for a congressional commission to study the issue, but does not commit to direct payments, explaining there are a lot of ways to do it. #WarrenTownHall https://t.co/pPFMVywETf pic.twitter.com/omtAk2JaNR
— CNN (@CNN) March 19, 2019
Warren is also in favor of MS changing their flag, as it’s the only state left to still have the Confederate battle emblem on it.
"I would support removing Confederate celebrations from federal lands and putting them in museums where they belong,” Elizabeth Warren says, adding she thinks Mississippi should adopt a new flag since the current one has the Confederate battle emblem on it. #WarrenTownHall pic.twitter.com/zvxoUW7sKm
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Warren would also like to abolish the Electoral College.
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren calls for abolishing the Electoral College and moving to a national popular vote: “Every vote matters” #WarrenTownHall https://t.co/pPFMVywETf pic.twitter.com/yy0J0HgAjc
— CNN (@CNN) March 19, 2019
Her “Native American” heritage came up, but Warren glossed over the question, saying “I learned about my family from my family. Based on that … that’s just kind of who I am and I do the best I can with it.”
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on her handling of her Native American heritage assertions: “I learned about my family from my family. Based on that … that’s just kind of who I am and I do the best I can with it." #WarrenTownHall https://t.co/pPFMVywETf pic.twitter.com/0FGOpFsOZJ
— CNN (@CNN) March 19, 2019
One of the final questions of the night was about impeaching President Trump and on that, Warren didn’t really answer, instead saying that the Mueller report needs to come out and be made public.
When asked about impeaching President Trump, Elizabeth Warren says that the Mueller investigation has already produced indictments and guilty pleas and needs to be protected. She adds the Mueller report should be completed and made public to the American people. #WarrenTownHall pic.twitter.com/LlHesNoM3G
— CNN (@CNN) March 19, 2019